5. Giant DIY Yard Spiders and Webbing
Make a massive statement that will have the entire neighborhood talking with giant, realistic yard spiders climbing up the side of your house. This exterior decoration is surprisingly lightweight and easy to store, yet it creates a thrilling, larger-than-life visual impact. Paired with thick, braided beef net webbing, these giant arachnids turn your home into a thrilling haunted house attraction that looks amazing in daytime photos and spooky under nighttime spotlights.
The secret to these lightweight giants is black foam pipe insulation and wire coat hangers. Insert the wire into the foam tubes to make bendable, poseable legs, and attach them to a central body made of black spray-painted styrofoam balls or a stuffed black trash bag. Use white beef netting—which stretches beautifully and looks far more realistic than the cheap cotton webs—to drape from your roofline to the ground, then secure your giant spiders climbing up the web for a terrifyingly fun display.