13' X-Mas Spider Web

"On the 13th Night of Christmas, my Ghoul Love gave to me..."

Happy Howlidays Instructabrarians!

Ahem.....It's CHRISTMAS TIME!  Yes, it's that grand year again, time for everyone to get together, decks their halls with balls of holly (??), riding sleighs through snow and jingling all the way, spreading goodwill and peace towards men.

Unless, of course, you're Me.  You see, around where I come from we don't really celebrate the standard jolly Christmas.  Noo, we like to celebrate it's darker brother Scary Christmas, with more ghoulish than joyous, more sinister than silent and where Grim Grinning Ghosts Come Out To Socialize! 

And tonight I hope to share some of my love for this Twisted yet Merry Holliday: Turn your Christmas Lights into a Giant Frightening Christmas Spider Web!

Sandy Claw's Note: Just like last year, I will injecting my favorite Scarols into this project.  Music not mine.

Step 1 Design/ Overview

This is a really simple project and can be done in around half a day (even less if you have a wide area to work with).   Special thanks for this project goes out to bowmaster for his Amazing Halloween Stringed Spider Web, which of utmost help.


I would also like to say this project was a present to a very dear hexapodal robo-rachnid friend of mine. 

Comments

[thealeks]

awesome. i made a similar spiderweb for halloween, but with ropelights instead of string lights. spanned about 10-12 feet from my house to a tree, then another spider web off the other side of the tree into the yard spanned around 10 feet.

[SHIFT!]

Awesome! Would love to see a Hi-Def image of your build- how does it perform against small children?

[thealeks]

http://thealeks.pcriot.com/DSCN0143.JPG
theres an hd pic of it

we kept everyone off it, so no small kids tested its performance : )
the red lights on the ground were a sort of border to keep people from walking on the yard, the grave stones(hard to see in that pic) also deterred people

and not only was it a cool looking display, it also served as a sort of barrier to keep people from crossing the yard(from where the yard extends off the right side of the picture). you'd be surprised how many people walk right through my yard when coming around the corner

also i think some sort of spider in the middle of yours that would drop down on people would have been awesome. next year then : )

[CatTrampoline]

I like it and voted for it, but it needs a giant elf-eating spider to go in a corner of the web.

[canucksgirl]

Very cool. I'm sorry I missed this yesterday. Thanks for the Advent Calendar entry!

[SHIFT!]

Thanks very much canucksgirl! Your snowflake soda can project is absolutely stunning as well.

[canucksgirl]

Why thank you! I appreciate it.

[sunshiine]

You have outdone yourself again! Thanks for sharing shift!

[SHIFT!]

Thanks Sunshiine! This was a really fun project to make and came out pretty well, if I do say so myself :)

[Very Interesting]

Awesome!