Cobweb with a Spider

A cobweb from a single sheet: fold, trace the cut lines, cut, and unfold. The spider is cut out separately and hangs below the web on its own thread.

• Easy
• 11 steps
• 1 Letter sheet
• 2 pieces

Make it with your phone cameraLesson code: 7465

On VanGami the template appears over your sheet through your phone camera — no printer needed. Trace it, cut, fold and glue. Below are all the steps in text.

What you’ll need

• 1 Letter sheet — white, up to 100 gsm (25 lb)
• Marker
• Pencil — and eraser
• Scissors — with sharp tips
• Thread or string
• Tape — narrow
• Glass — phone stand

Steps

Trace

1. Spider: outline. A white sheet is under the camera. Before folding the sheet, trace the “Spider” piece — it’s below the pattern, to the right of the center of the sheet. You’ll cut it out at the very end.
2. Spider: color. Color the piece. Colors:
3. Fold line. Use a ruler to draw a dashed line 4⅛ in from the left edge of the sheet, and fold the sheet exactly along it: the left part lies on the right. The folded sheet lies on the right half of the template.
4. Cobweb: outline. Trace half of the design: from the fold and back to the fold. The other half will appear on its own when you unfold the sheet.
5. Cobweb: windows. Trace the windows inside the outline. Along the fold they appear as halves — they’ll become whole when you unfold the sheet.

Cut

6. Cut out: cobweb. Without unfolding the sheet, cut both layers at once: the outline first, then the openings. For an opening in the middle, poke through with the scissor tip and cut toward the line.
7. Cut out: spider. Unfold the rest of the sheet. Cut the piece out along its outline.

Unfold

8. Unfold. Carefully unfold the sheet and smooth the fold with your fingernail. If the halves stick to each other, separate them with the tip of a knife.

Hang

9. Twine. Stretch a piece of twine about 23½ in long: tie the ends to chair backs or tape them to a wall.
10. Onto the twine. Stick the top ends to the twine with small pieces of tape: the middle one first, then the outer ones — that way the sheet hangs straight.
11. Spider — into place. Attach the “Spider” piece with a small piece of tape rolled into a loop — in the same spot as in the picture.

Done. The decoration is ready. Hang it where there's a light draft: it will sway.

Make it with your phone camera

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