My daughter wanted to be something creepy yet beautiful for Halloween, so we decided on a Spider costume! I loved making her costume – Her legs are made out of thick poster board that were rolled, then we overlayed that with a fuzzy liner to give it a “hairy” look. Each leg was attached with zip ties to a precut piece of EVA foam shaped to her back. So these were very light weight ;)
The basic mask we got from Hobby lobby and created the face using Latex and while it was wet, the eyes were added to give that spidery look! The fangs were made our of thin EVA foam, covered in duct tape and then texture as made with duct tape and spray painted black.
We cut eyes out of a coke bottle and lined it was black screen to black out her eyes but yet she could still see out of them;) We used beads to give a glamorous feel and attached them to a piece of ribbon then hot glued it to the mask to top it off. We got an old black dress from a 2nd hand store ($6) and attached it as the skirt.
She looked so amazing an got tons of compliments from kids and adults alike! So many people asked to take her picture :) We hope you love this Spider costume as much as we do! Thank you!
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This is one of the coolest costumes I’ve seen!!! Would you mind detailing a bit more about the legs? What did you use for the.. uhm… knee. Haha. English is not my first language.
In case you are still interested, I used a Styrofoam ball that we got from our local Hobby lobby store ..it’s about the size of a tennis ball . I also used hot glue to create a little detail with “dots” on the joints and legs before spray painting them black!!
Im in love with this costume!! What did you use for the hair on her head? I’m creating this for myself and husband, he is going to be the web. Thank you!
How did you make the legs stay up, rather than flopping down? How did you attach the joints to the legs? Thanks!
I used very thick poster board and then purchased a type of liner (not even sure exactly what it was) that I found at a fabric store but it was originally white …but the back of it was kind of a plastic feel and the top was fuzzy so after I wrapped that around the thick poster board it was pretty sturdy..but, If you try this and it seems floppy, maybe just put some poly stuffing inside and that should help!!
Loving this costume. Not wanting to replicate, just looking for more details on the legs. I see foam (?) spheres that you attached each section of leg to, did you do that with glue or is that a different foam? And for your EVA foam, did you choose a thick piece or thin to zip tie?
Hi! We used a thicker piece of eva foam, I honestly don’t remember the exact thickness but I know it wasn’t thin. And I used cement glue for the spheres. Hope this helps:)
I responded already but don’t see it posted so just Incase I thought I’d leave another….the foam spheres are circles that I got from hobby lobby ….they’re about the size of tennis balls. I just attached them with cement glue, you can get that glue at any hardware store or even a Walmart, it’s just a little can. And the eva foam was a thicker size to be sure the legs were secured good. Hope this helps!
Can you add a picture of the back I love this
Curious on how you attached the legs to the Eva foam and the foam to the back ! Thanks !
I plan on making a costume like this for myself this year! Could you please post a photo of how the legs are attached? I love how the legs sit and I can’t figure out how to do it as well as this. 😍
Just found your costume any chance you have any picture of the back with the legs. I’m making my own. I’m putting my legs on front with straps My hat will be red and black. My mask will be red devil mask upside down with black fur on horns.
Do you have a picture of the back how you attract the legs
Hi! I also would like more info on how u attached the legs with zip ties. Pics please! Thank you!
Ciao, complimenti per il costume. E’ bellissimo. Ma si può acquistare?
Ciao, complimenti per il costume. E’ bellissimo. Ma si può acquistare?