Jack's Paper Spider Snowflake

I love The Nightmare Before Christmas and I love the spider snowflake Jack Skellington made accidentally.  So I made it purposefully.  It is very easy.

Supplies:
Printer to print document
Paper
Scissors

Directions:
Just print off the attached document, cut off the bottom portion marked with the dotted line, fold in half, and cut.  Make sure you are careful with the legs; they're skinny!  To cut between the legs, just bend the paper slightly without creasing, and make a slit, then stick the scissors in the cut and carefully cut along the black lines.

Isn't it awesome!

Comments

[ravenking]

gorgeous spider! :)

[Penolopy Bulnick]

Thanks :)

[taransa]

I didn't get a picture but I printed the template on paper and cut it out, then traced on to white contact paper and cut it with a craft knife for my brother for Christmas :) Some of the corners were not as crisp as I would have liked, and it took about 45 minutes total, but his surprise was worth it ;D

Thanks so much for sharing!

[Penolopy Bulnick]

You're welcome!

[ayralu]

Will try to do it when I am at home.

[Penolopy Bulnick]

Wonderful! It's fun and easy!

[_fatguy]

this is really cool

[Penolopy Bulnick]

I quite agree :)

[dgill3]

excellent

[Penolopy Bulnick]

Thank you :)

[ronald11112222]

well,its cool but kinda hard in the middle while cutting between the legs but at the end i used a cutter knife,it would cut it by barely touching it.

[Penolopy Bulnick]

I agree. I wanted to use an exacto knife, but I didn't have one. Your cutter sounds so much easier than the scissors.

[paqrat]

If you did this in soft drink can aluminum you'd having an interesting, if a little dark, Christmas ornament.

[Penolopy Bulnick]

I think it would work out well if it was dark. It is a spider after all :)

[mrelcee]

Hey, Thanks for the pattern. I mirrored to complete the outline, and converted it into an eps file so I could use it in my vinyl plotter.. now I can make some 2 inch to 2 foot versions out of vinyl..

thanks again

[Penolopy Bulnick]

Sounds cool! I'd love to see it when you're done :)

[sirl]

Loved it very simple and nice.

[Penolopy Bulnick]

Yes, I agree. Nice easy, fun snowflake :)

[Xavienne]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing this!

[Penolopy Bulnick]

You're welcome!

[craftknowitall]

If you want to put in a window, cut it from vinyl, Oracal 631 is the type you want. Available at craft stores that sell cricut stuff. I would trace the pattern on the back fold it in half and cut it out. Then it would stick to your walls and windows! Very cute!

[paqrat]

I'd bet one could use contact paper. One could just stick the paper to the Contact paper, which is available in a variety of colors and patterns, and cut it out.

[craftknowitall]

Only one way to find out! Try it! I like experiments!!!!

[paqrat]

I haven't done it recently but I used to use clear contact (sp?) paper to protect paperback book covers. Using it would certainly lower its value to collectors but it does a great job of protecting, particularly in an environment were it would be apt to be spilled upon. It also seemed to make the covers resistant to being bent up.

[SHIFT!]

Absolutely love this! You know, it's sort of a holiday tradition of mine to always celebrate using TNMBC themed decorations, like the Haunted Mansion Holiday.

[Penolopy Bulnick]

Oh my gosh, those are so cute! Did you make them?

[SHIFT!]

Yep 100% custom made, including Jack's pinstripe suit! I can show them to you when I'm back at HQ.

[DreamTheEndless]

Seriously? Flippin' cool... Are you going to make an instructable for them?

[SHIFT!]

Maybe, if I feel so inclined. They're finished though so it might be hard to do a "step-by-step"

[Penolopy Bulnick]

Sweet! I hope it's not too difficult; I'm not great at sewing, but I am going to totally learn to make them.

[evvo]

I soooo need a laser cutter!!!

[Penolopy Bulnick]

I didn't use a laser cutter for this, but it would be fun to have :)

[evvo]

I know! It would make mass production very easy. Or make it easy to cut a chain of them.

[Penolopy Bulnick]

Oooh, a chain of them sounds awesome!

[cakmak10]

thanks...

[lmnopeas]

Very Awesome! I tried to print the template out three times already and my printer's not working. :( Will try again later. Thanks!

[scoochmaroo]

In the past, I've tried enlarging images on my computer screen and tracing them onto paper by hand, if you get tired of waiting (which I always do)!

[lmnopeas]

Great idea! I wouldn't have thought of that. I still haven't figured out what's wrong with my printer. Thanks.

[Penolopy Bulnick]

Thanks! Hopefully your printer will start cooperating soon; f you have any issues with the template, let me know and I'll see what I can do.

[Mrballeng]

Wow this is so cool. Thanks for sharing.