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How to Make a Beaded Spider Tutorial

December 16, 2020 By: Katie33 Comments

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A step by step Beaded Spider Tutorial. Add your spider to a Halloween scene or hang on your Christmas tree.

I am a little surprised with myself for sharing this craft with you today because I absolutely hate spiders! They scare me to death.

In fact, I am working on training all of my kids the skill of killings spiders so I don’t have to do it.

BUT I think these spiders are so cute! You are correct, that doesn’t make any sense. Maybe it’s because I know it won’t sneak up on me and eat me in the middle of the night.

Beaded Craft Ideas:

Beads are great to use in jewelry and crafts. Here are a few tutorials we have shared when we have used beads. These Beaded Earrings, a Beaded Tassel Ornament, and this Ribbon and Pearl Necklace.

Be sure to look around the blog for more fun beaded craft ideas!

Supplies You’ll Need to Create this Project:

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  • Round Nose Pliers
  • 20 gauge wire
  • 56 – 4 mm black bead
  • 48 – #5 black beads
  • 16 – 6 mm red bead
  • 1 –25mm red bead
  • 1- 12mm black bead
  • 2 – small metal bead caps
  • 2 – large black bead caps
  • 1 – 3-inch headpin

How to Make a Beaded Spider Tutorial:

To start, you want to make sure that the wire will fit through the beads that you will be using.

20 gauge wire used to make a bead spider

Cut 4 pieces of wire about 10-12 inches in length each.

4 strips of wire used to make a spider

At the 1 end of each wire, you will need to place a small loop. This will make it so the beads won’t slide off the end of the wire.

To do this, I pinched the very end of the wire with my round nose pliers and wrapped the wire around to create a small circle.

making a loop at the end of a piece of wire with round nose jewelry pliers
making a loop at the end of a piece of wire with round nose jewelry pliers

Spider Legs:

With each wire strand, you will want to repeat this pattern. This is going to be the legs of the spider. String the beads all the way so they are tight against the loop you made in the wire.

the bead pattern for spider legs

After all four wires are strung with the same bead pattern I made sure the legs were even and clasped tightly with the round nose pliers. (This part is a little tricky. As you can see in the kinky ends of the wires I had to do this a couple of times before I was happy with the results.)

Hold tight with the pliers and do a twisting motion with the legs. You want a nice tight twist like shown in the second picture.

twisting the beaded spider legs together
twisting the beaded spider legs together

Spider Body:

Start the head of the spider by putting the headpin through 1 small bead cap -> 12mm black bead -> 1 small bead cap.

I poked the headpin in between the wires that were already twisted for the legs.

twisting the wire together to connect the legs and the body of the spider

This step is another tricky step where 3 hands would come in useful because I didn’t want the headpin to fall out of the twist. So I held 4 wires a little bit further down the strands and twisted some more. (sorry for the blurry picture but I think it still gives you the idea of what it should like.

twisting the wire together to connect the legs and the body of the spider

Add the large bead cap -> 1″ red bead -> large bead cap -> 1, 4mm black bead to the end of the headpin for the body of the spider.

close up of wire through beads to make a spider body

Here I did a wire wrap loop to keep it all secure and together. If you aren’t sure how to do that click on the link for the tutorial.

creating a wire wrap loop

My cute little spider is coming along, but he isn’t quite finished yet. He needs 4 more legs!

Finishing the Spider Legs:

half of a completed beaded spider

Using the same pattern as before, string the beads onto the wire for the other 4 legs.

beading the legs of a beaded spider

When all beads are on, push them as tightly to the body of the spider as you can and do another wire loop and trim off the excess wire.

looping the end of the spider legs

When all legs were finished he looked like this. Like a spider, but a sad and flat spider.

finished beaded spider

Gently bend the wires at the first joint closest to the body to make it look like he is standing.

beaded spider on a piece of wood

See isn’t he cute? I know you want one now too!

How to Make a Beaded Spider, a tutorial featured by top US craft blog, The Crafty Blog Stalker.
beaded spider on a stack of wood

While this spider fits perfectly for Halloween, did you know there is a legend of the Christmas spider too? It’s why we put tinsel on our Christmas Trees. You can read the story here.

When you make this spider please share a photo! We would love to see it.

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Yield: 1 Beaded Spider

Beaded Spider Tutorial

beaded spider 24 1

A step by step Beaded Spider Tutorial. Add your spider to a Halloween scene or hang on your Christmas tree.

Active Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour
Difficulty Expert
Estimated Cost $20

Materials

  • Round Nose Pliers
  • 20 Gauge Jewelry Wire
  • 56 - 4mm Black Beads
  • 48 - #5 Black Beads
  • 16 - 6 mm Red Beads
  • 1 - 25 mm Red Bead
  • 1 - 12 mm Black Bead
  • 2 - Small Metal Bead Caps
  • 2 - Large Metal Bead Caps
  • 1 - 3" Headpin

Instructions

  1. Make sure that the wire will fit through the beads that you will be using.
  2. Cut 4 pieces of wire about 10-12 inches in length each.
  3. At the 1 end of each wire, you will need to place a small loop. This will make it so the beads won't slide off the end of the wire. To do this, pinch the very end of the wire with round nose pliers and wrap the wire around to create a small circle.
  4. With each wire strand, you will want to repeat this pattern. 1, 4mm black bead - 2, #5 black glass beads - 1, 4mm black bead - 1, 6mm red bead - 1, 4mm black bead - 2, #5 black glass beads - 1, 4mm black bead - 1, 6mm red bead - 1 4mm black bead - 2, #5 black glass beads - 2, 4mm black bead. This is going to be the legs of the spider. String the beads all the way so they are tight against the loop you made in the wire.
  5. After all four wires are strung with the same bead pattern, make sure the legs are even and clasped tightly with the round nose pliers. Hold tight with the pliers and do a twisting motion with the legs to get a nice tight twist.
  6. Next, comes the body of the spider. To make the head to the spider, put the headpin through 1 small bead cap - 12mm black bead - 1 small bead cap.
  7. Poke the headpin in between the wires that were already twisted for the legs.
  8. Hold the 4 leg wires a little bit further down the strands and twist some more.
  9. Add the large bead cap - 1" red bead - large bead cap - 1, 4mm black bead to the end of the headpin for the body of the spider and wire wrap a loop to keep it secure and together.
  10. Using the same pattern as before, string the beads onto the wire for the other 4 legs.
  11. When all beads are on, push them as tightly to the body of the spider as you can and do another wire loop and trim off the excess wire.
  12. Gently bend the wires at the first joint closest to the body to make it look like he is standing.
© Katie Adams
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Comments

  1. Allison Miller says

    September 26, 2013 at 2:53 pm

    This is such a fun tutorial! I love all the helpful pictures. Thanks so much for being part of the Halloween series! It was so fun having you!

    Reply
  2. Lisa says

    September 26, 2013 at 10:41 pm

    I hate spiders too and even thought this is abosoulty adorable. Its still creeps me out. But hey thats what Halloween is all about. Tooo cute!!!

    Reply
  3. Annie says

    September 27, 2013 at 3:22 pm

    I have never seen a pretty spider like this!

    Reply
  4. [email protected] Off Friday says

    September 27, 2013 at 8:38 pm

    That spider is too cute!

    Reply
  5. Heather says

    September 30, 2013 at 3:16 pm

    I’m with you! I can’t stand real spiders, I’m too creeped out to even kill them. This is beautiful! I need to make one for my Christmas tree (according to German folklore a spider in your tree is a very good thing)!

    Reply
  6. Karen Traversy says

    September 30, 2013 at 4:50 pm

    I like spiders! I am going to try this project.

    Reply
  7. Rein says

    September 30, 2013 at 6:28 pm

    Fab spider,
    thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  8. kitblu says

    October 1, 2013 at 3:28 am

    I love spiders and think of them as ‘she’. I currently have a large spider in a massive web on my front verandah. I have a smaller spider in a web on the passenger mirror of my car.I have quite a few ‘art’ spiders around my house all year ’round, a spider and web watch, a necklace and a bracelet. I may have some earrings, I can’t remember for sure.

    Reply
  9. Julie redheadcandecorate.com says

    October 1, 2013 at 2:39 pm

    Hey Katie! I love your spider! We will be featuring her this weekend at our “Inspiration Monday Party”. So nice to meet you` Julie redheadcandecorate.com

    Reply
  10. Melanie G says

    October 2, 2013 at 2:02 am

    Such a cool idea, thank you for sharing!
    Melanie
    violetsbuds.blogspot.com

    Reply
  11. Tammy N says

    October 2, 2013 at 1:54 pm

    Love this spider. You could almost call her pretty. A great Halloween decoration!

    Reply
  12. Leah S says

    October 3, 2013 at 12:33 am

    Very creative! I am with you on training the kids to kill them! If I see a spider I tell my 4 year old it is a spider emergency and he comes running prepared to kill it! I love this spider and the tutorial is very explanatory so even though I know nothing about beads, I think I could do this! Thanks for linking up to the Friday Follow Along and I hope you stop by this week because you are featured 🙂

    Reply
  13. Michelle Day says

    October 3, 2013 at 12:34 am

    Katie, this spider is so cute! And I don’t usually like spiders, lol Thanks so much for sharing at the Spooktacular Halloween link party. Have a great week.
    Michelle

    Reply
  14. Darlene Nemeth says

    October 3, 2013 at 1:40 pm

    My granddaughters love your spider. Fantastic tutorial.

    Reply
  15. Heather May says

    October 3, 2013 at 5:11 pm

    That is an amazing project! The kids will love them! Thank you for linking up to the Friday Follow Along! your post was featured this week..I hope you will swing by and link up again!

    Reply
  16. Talya Tate Boerner says

    October 6, 2013 at 4:49 pm

    adorable!!! I’ve never done any type of bead project. You may have inspired me. Thanks!

    Reply
  17. Missy says

    October 6, 2013 at 6:05 pm

    Interesting! I’m not a big fan of spiders myself, but anything we can make with beads is fun! My girls love beading, but this is a bead project that my son would probably enjoy too 🙂 Thank you for sharing!

    I found your post at the Bewitch Me & Titi Link-up.

    Reply
  18. Sheena @ Hot Eats and Cool Reads says

    October 6, 2013 at 7:58 pm

    This is so cute!! Thanks for linking up at the Spooktacular Halloween Round Up!

    Reply
  19. [email protected] says

    October 6, 2013 at 11:13 pm

    As much as I hate spiders, this is cute, I really love how original it is!

    Reply
  20. Jessica Blacknall says

    October 7, 2013 at 3:46 am

    This is great! I despise birds myself, but my whole house is decorated in them. Funny how we can do that to ourselves. 🙂

    Reply
  21. Camila Rojas says

    October 7, 2013 at 3:23 pm

    This is awesome! I looove it LOL I would enjoy a lot making it. love it love it!

    XOXO

    Reply
  22. Kathy Moody says

    October 12, 2013 at 8:45 pm

    I love your adorable spider, Katie! Just pinned. Thank you so much for sharing at A Bouquet of Talent this week. I featured it today at Pick of the Bunch!

    Have a wonderful weekend.
    Hugs
    Kathy

    Reply
  23. Sherry says

    August 11, 2014 at 10:54 am

    What a cute idea for Halloween. I love it. And Yes I am also afraid of spiders… I shared this so my sister could see how it is made and make her and her grandkids one.. Thanks for sharing..

    Reply
  24. Kristina and Millie says

    September 23, 2014 at 7:31 pm

    spooky, creepy and yet kind of cool 🙂

    Reply
  25. Alexis @ Persia Lou says

    September 27, 2014 at 5:20 pm

    This is awesome! I love Halloween decorations that are pretty. 🙂 Thanks so much for sharing with us at The Maker! Off to pin!

    Reply
  26. Kimberly says

    September 29, 2014 at 11:56 am

    This is super cute! Pinned. Lou Lou Girls

    Reply
  27. Adrian says

    September 29, 2014 at 3:34 pm

    Spiders don’t scare me so bad but snakes? Terrified! I love how this turned out:) Thanks for sharing this with us at the Teach Me Tuesday Linky Party!

    Reply
  28. Jerry and Lisa COmbs says

    September 30, 2014 at 9:39 am

    My wife and I really love the spider and the tutorial. Thanks for the fun. And, Happy Halloween!

    Reply
  29. Vince says

    November 9, 2015 at 8:28 pm

    Thanks so much for posting!

    Reply
  30. Brad says

    February 19, 2016 at 5:26 pm

    I am part Hopi Indian , You should read our belief o the spider, I love this project thank you

    Reply
    • Katie says

      February 21, 2016 at 9:14 am

      Thank you for sharing Brad! The Spider Grandmother is very interesting.

      Reply
  31. Cathy says

    May 4, 2016 at 11:02 am

    I love this idea. I have made spiders and used the Christmas spider story and spiders using bells and pipe cleaners. I just love the bead spiders as they are so very intricate looking. I will be making the beaded version for sure. Thank you for the tutorial.
    (I do not have a website. I am told I should but I just love to make crafts)

    Reply
    • Katie says

      May 5, 2016 at 8:24 am

      Thanks for stopping by Cathy. I hate real spiders but LOVE the beaded version.

      Reply

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