Giant Spiderweb House Decoration for Halloween!

Here's a rather unique Halloween decoration I've done for the past two years -- a giant spiderweb on your house!  It's done with a lot of nylon cord and a few simple knots and some patience!

Full list of materials:
- 200' of nylon rope
- A stepladder (two is even better)
- A Coathanger

Step 1 Frame and Anchors

The web is built from the outside in, so the first step is to create the outer 'frame' with the rope and anchor that to your house.

I have aluminum gutters that are sturdy enough that the tension from the rope would not be enough to pull the gutter off. Be aware of this when you start! The tension grows as you 'weave' the web inwards, so watch the gutters as you go along so to not rip it off your house!

Attaching the rope to the gutters can be done by drilling a small hole in the gutter and threading a piece of coathanger wire as a hook through the gutter. Once you've bent the coathanger into a hook, it will hold the rope nicely at the top corners. (image 2)

For the bottom corners, I wrapped the rope around the downspout (on the right) and on the rail of my front stoop (on the left, just out of the frame). Improvise based on what you have available, but be aware that you need to string a horizontal length of rope along the bottom as you did with the top.

When you're done with the 'frame,' your web should look roughly like Diagram 1 (image 3)