You can make your own DIY Halloween pillow in a few minutes with fabric spray paint and our tutorial below. Then add this spider pillow to your front porch for a simple touch of fright on Halloween night. After all, it is these simple touches on your porch that the trick or treaters love! You can add this as well as our Halloween wood sign from last week to your must-make list this year! In fact, you should start planning a Testors Crafternoon right away! Read on to learn more. This post is sponsored by Testors, however, all projects and opinions are my own.
Seasonal throw pillows are a great way to add a little holiday spice without going crazy on the decorations. I love this idea for fall decorating or adding spring touches around your home. These are also great for making outdoor patio furniture a little more comfortable or layering on another throw pillow to complete your look.
For this project, you can use any size pillow cover. Place this creepy-crawly design on any throw pillow cover, like a bolster pillow for the living room, outdoor pillows for the patio, or even on a burlap pillow cover.
This is so easy and makes a great gift, too!
How to Make a Spider Pillow for Halloween:
Supplies to make a DIY Halloween Pillow:
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- Pillow cover
- Fabric Spray Paint
- Cricut machine (alternately you can purchase a pre-made stencil and felt spider)
- Stencil material
- Masking tape
- Stencil adhesive
- Paper or cardboard
- Black felt
- Embroidery floss
- Needle
DIY Pillow for Halloween Video
Want to see how to make this fun DIY Halloween pillow on a video? Just watch below!
Can’t watch or missed some of the steps? Just keep reading for step-by-step instructions.
Start by cutting your stencil and spider on your Cricut machine. You can find the files in Cricut Design Space (spider web #M7868E5A and spider #M4F2526B1). Cut the stencil from a stencil material and the spider from felt. Then grab your stencil adhesive as well as masking tape to paint your pillow.
Spray the back of the stencil with the stencil adhesive and allow it to dry. After drying, it will still be tacky but shouldn’t be wet.
Add paper or cardboard to the inside of your pillow cover to prevent the paint from bleeding through.
Then place the stencil on the front of your pillow cover. Add masking tape and paper all along the outside to protect the rest of the pillow cover from overspray.
Spray Testors Fabric Spray Paint over the top of your stencil. Give it a couple of light coats being sure to get even coverage.
Remove the stencil and allow the pillow cover to dry completely.
Remove the paper from inside the pillow cover and add the spider to your web. Just use a needle with embroidery floss to hand stitch down the middle.
Tie off the thread once the stitching is complete. Then, add your pillow to the inside to complete your DIY Halloween pillow.
I added mine to my front porch. In fact, you can see the Halloween wood sign from last week in the background!
Hosting a Testors Crafternoon
You can actually plan to do both of these projects with friends by hosting your own Testors Crafternoon! Just get the supplies or have everyone order their own. Then get together and get crafty! Everyone comes away with their own Halloween decor plus an afternoon of fun with family and friends! It doesn’t get much better than that! Want more ideas of projects to tackle during your Crafternoon? Try these Halloween ideas with Testors paint:
- Halloween Signs and Testors Crafternoons
- Halloween Clothespins
- Pot Decoration Ideas for Testors Crafternoons
- Halloween Tree for Testors Crafternoons
- Halloween Lanterns: Testors Crafternoons
I am partial to this DIY spider pillow myself but you can pick and choose from all of the craft ideas for your event.
So, will you be making a DIY pillow for Halloween? With Testors fabric spray paint, the process is super easy!
I might just need to make another DIY Halloween pillow for my other porch rocker!
Want to print the instructions for this easy Halloween pillow? Just use the card below!
Equipment
Supplies
- Pillow cover
- Testors Fabric Spray Paint
- Stencil material
- Masking tape
- Stencil adhesive
- Paper or cardboard
- Black felt
- Cricut cut file
- Embroidery floss
- Needle
Instructions
- Start by cutting your stencil and spider on your Cricut machine. Cut the stencil from a stencil material and the spider from felt. Then grab your stencil adhesive as well as masking tape to paint your pillow.
- Spray the back of the stencil with the stencil adhesive. Allow to dry. This should dry completely. It will still be tacky but not wet.
- Add paper or cardboard to the inside of your pillow cover to prevent bleed through.
- Then stick the stencil to the front of your pillow cover. Add masking tape and paper all along the outside to protect from overspray.
- Use Testors Fabric Spray Paint over the top of your stencil. Give it a couple of light coats being sure to get even coverage.
- Remove the stencil and allow the pillow cover to dry completely.
- Remove the paper from inside the pillow cover and add the spider to your web. Just use a needle with embroidery floss to hand stitch down the middle.
- Tie off once stitching is complete. Then just add your pillow to the inside to complete your DIY Halloween pillow.
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