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Glow In The Dark Spider Pillow Tutorial

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October 21, 2015 by Sydney 28 Comments

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Create a fun and spooky pillow in a matter of minutes with Cutting Edge Stencil.
 Glow In The Dark Spider Pillow | Day 12 of Tastefully Frugal's 13 Frightfully Fun Days of Halloween
Happy Hump Day and welcome to Day 12 of the 13 Frightfully Fun Days of Halloween. You all know how much I love pillows. From our Mummy Pillow to last week’s Jack-O-Lantern Pillow, decorating pillows for the holidays is quickly becoming one of my favorite things to do. So when my friend Stephanie from Casa Watkins invited me to join her in the Create and Share Challenge and told me we would all be doing a Halloween pillow I couldn’t respond yes fast enough.
 
I was even more excited when I found out we were using the Paint A Pillow kits from Cutting Edge Stencils. I have been oohing and aahing over their stencils for months and this was the perfect way to try them out on a small scale. After my Autumn Banner craft fail I was a little timid to use a stencil again. But the directions Cutting Edge sent were great and this was the easiest craft I’ve ever done.
 Glow In The Dark Spider Pillow | Day 12 of Tastefully Frugal's 13 Frightfully Fun Days of Halloween
When the box came I was surprised at how big it was and everything was included. Not only did it include the stencil, and pillow cover but it also included the pillow insert, two paint colors, paint roller, paint brush, stir stick, paint tray, latch hook, tassels and googly eyes. Talk about everything you need in one box. 
Glow In The Dark Spider Pillow | Day 12 of Tastefully Frugal's 13 Frightfully Fun Days of Halloween
 
The pillow cover is set up in a cardboard with brads you can use to attach the stencil with so that it doesn’t move. Once I had the stencil attached to the frame and I poured my black paint in the tray and lightly rolled it on to the pillow. The quality of the paint and stencil are the best I’ve seen and there was no craft fail this time. 
Glow In The Dark Spider Pillow | Day 12 of Tastefully Frugal's 13 Frightfully Fun Days of Halloween Glow In The Dark Spider Pillow | Day 12 of Tastefully Frugal's 13 Frightfully Fun Days of HalloweenGlow In The Dark Spider Pillow | Day 12 of Tastefully Frugal's 13 Frightfully Fun Days of Halloween
 
Once I was done painting the spider I let the paint dry. It took about an hour but you can speed up the process by using a blow dryer. After the paint was dry I used Tulip Glow in The Dark Spider Web Paint (I got this bottle at Michael’s for $.99) to outline the spider and to make a
corner spider web. 
 
Glow In The Dark Spider Pillow | Day 12 of Tastefully Frugal's 13 Frightfully Fun Days of Halloween
 
Glow In The Dark Spider Pillow | Day 12 of Tastefully Frugal's 13 Frightfully Fun Days of Halloween
Glow In The Dark Spider Pillow | Day 12 of Tastefully Frugal's 13 Frightfully Fun Days of Halloween
 
Next I added googly eyes to the head of the spider. I actually had to google how many eyes a spider had because I don’t ever get that close to them and the ones I’ve seen in movies make it look like they have hundreds. But I learned that they only have eight simple eyes so that worked perfect.
Glow In The Dark Spider Pillow | Day 12 of Tastefully Frugal's 13 Frightfully Fun Days of Halloween 
The last step was to add the tassels. I was a little worried that this was going to be hard but the latch hook made it so easy. You just poke the hook through the front of the pillow from the inside, hook the tassel’s loop through it, pull it through and tie a knot. It only took about 5 minutes to attach all 4 tassels.
 
Glow In The Dark Spider Pillow | Day 12 of Tastefully Frugal's 13 Frightfully Fun Days of Halloween
Glow In The Dark Spider Pillow | Day 12 of Tastefully Frugal's 13 Frightfully Fun Days of Halloween
And there you have it. In less than an hour I had a fun and spooky spider pillow to join my Halloween Pillow Collection. I can’t wait to try another stencil for Christmas and every holiday next year too! Have you ever heard of Cutting Edge Stencils? What spooky character would you like to stencil on a pillow?
Glow In The Dark Spider Pillow | Day 12 of Tastefully Frugal's 13 Frightfully Fun Days of Halloween
 
Glow In The Dark Spider Pillow | Day 12 of Tastefully Frugal's 13 Frightfully Fun Days of Halloween
 
The Create and Share Challenge is a monthly challenge group and is hosted by Casa Watkins. Featuring 16 talented bloggers we get together each month and create a fun project using the same supplies. Check out the other Halloween and Fall Pillows and enter to win one of three $50 Cutting Edge Stencil gift certificates.
 
 
 
1. Refashionably Late~Paint Your Own Halloween Pillow
2. Domicile 37~DIY Bleached Out Skull Pillow
3. Green With Decor~A DIY Pillow for Fall 
4. Tastefully Frugal~Glow In The Dark Spider Piillow
5. Pocketful Of Posies.~Painted Pillows
6. Old House to New Home~DIY Painted Pillow with Braided Trim
7. Flourish and Knot~Poe-etic Pillow
8.  A Shade Of Teal ~DIY Jack-O-Lantern Pillow
9. Our House Now a Home~Spider Pillow
10. Farmhouse 40~DIY Black Cat Pillow
11. Shabby Grace Blog~DIY Halloween Throw Pillow
12. Uncookie Cutter~Halloween Paint a Pillow
13. Casa Watkins~A Non-Traditional Painted Pumpkin Pillow
14. Around the Watts House~Stenciled Pillow
15. The House Down the Lane~Whimsical Stenciled Skull Pillow
16. One Mile Home Style~Halloween Crow Pillow
  
If you loved these creative stenciled pillows, you can now make your own!  
Enter our giveaway for your chance to be 1 of 3 winners of a Cutting Edge Stencil or Paint-a-Pillow kit of your choice valued up to $50!  Scroll down for even more chances to win.
 
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Cutting Edge Stencil sent me a kit and supplies to make this pillow. All opinions are 100% mine alone.

Filed Under: Crafts Tagged With: 13 Frightfully Fun Days of Halloween, Cutting Edge Stencil, glow in the dark, Paint A Pillow, Pillow, Spider

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  1. Sara says

    October 21, 2015 at 6:41 am

    Your added touch of glow in the dark paint and the spider web is brilliant! The eyes rock too!!! šŸ™‚

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    • Sydney says

      October 21, 2015 at 10:19 pm

      Ah thank you Sara! I had a lot of fun making this one and am glad everyone likes it too!

      Reply
  2. JESSICA says

    October 21, 2015 at 7:19 am

    So cool! My kids would love this!

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    • Sydney says

      October 21, 2015 at 10:18 pm

      Thanks Jessica! This is definitely a kid friendly pillow šŸ™‚

      Reply
  3. Stephanie C. says

    October 21, 2015 at 7:53 am

    Oooh, I love the googly eyes, and the glow in the dark paint is such a fun touch!!

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    • Sydney says

      October 21, 2015 at 10:18 pm

      Thank you Stephanie! I am definitely loving the glow in the dark paint too! I need to use it on a few more projects now too!

      Reply
  4. Ruthie says

    October 21, 2015 at 8:03 am

    Brilliant to use glow in the dark paint! I love it and the spider web along with the spider is adorable!

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    • Sydney says

      October 21, 2015 at 10:18 pm

      Thanks so much Ruthie! This was so much fun to make šŸ™‚

      Reply
  5. Amanda says

    October 21, 2015 at 8:16 am

    What a creative idea to use glow in the dark paint! My daughter would be so excited to see that!

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    • Sydney says

      October 21, 2015 at 10:17 pm

      Thanks Amanda! My boys love the glow in the dark part too; and the eyes…and the tassels lol

      Reply
  6. bonbon @ farmhouse 40 says

    October 21, 2015 at 8:34 am

    A great idea to use the glow in the dark paint. Love how this turned out…really cool looking.

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    • Sydney says

      October 21, 2015 at 10:17 pm

      Thank you BonBon! The glow in the dark is my favorite part too!

      Reply
  7. Tiffany says

    October 21, 2015 at 8:36 am

    Hi, Sydney ~ I LOVE that you added glow-in-the-dark details! So creative and fun and festive! And the eyes on that spider? Just creepy enough to be totally cool. :0) Awesome job!

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    • Sydney says

      October 21, 2015 at 10:16 pm

      Ah thank you Tiffany! This was such a fun project to make. Your Green Skull Pillow is so stinkin’ cute too!!

      Reply
  8. Amy | Canary Street Crafts says

    October 21, 2015 at 12:31 pm

    Such a cute idea! Love the eyes and that it glows in the dark.

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    • Sydney says

      October 21, 2015 at 10:16 pm

      Thank you Amy! This was such a fun pillow to make šŸ™‚

      Reply
  9. Iris Nacole says

    October 21, 2015 at 1:06 pm

    Sydney, I love that you made this glow in the dark! Such a cute idea!

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    • Sydney says

      October 21, 2015 at 10:15 pm

      Thank you Iris! Your striped spider is awesome too!!

      Reply
  10. Cathy says

    October 21, 2015 at 3:33 pm

    I know that if the lights were turned out and I entered the room it would frighten me for sure. So creepy but so much fun for Halloween. Love it. Cathy

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    • Sydney says

      October 21, 2015 at 10:15 pm

      There have been a few times where I walk downstairs at night and it freaks me out a little bit; but still fun. Thanks for visiting Cathy!

      Reply
  11. Heidi says

    October 21, 2015 at 10:08 pm

    That is such a fun idea! I love that it glows in the dark. So cool!

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    • Sydney says

      October 21, 2015 at 10:14 pm

      Thank you Heidi! The glow in the dark is definitely my favorite part too!

      Reply
  12. Sarah says

    October 22, 2015 at 4:24 am

    What a great idea to add the glow-in-the-dark! I bet it looks a little spooky if you get up in the middle of the night, though. šŸ˜‰

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  13. April R @Uncookie Cutter says

    October 23, 2015 at 8:50 am

    Sydney, this turned out so cute! I love the eyes and especially the glow in the dark feature. I bet the kiddos love that!

    Reply
  14. Stephanie @ Casa Watkins says

    October 24, 2015 at 11:21 pm

    Totally creative!!! I love the addition of the glow in the dark paint. The googly eyes are so cute. Tweeted.

    Reply
  15. Meg @ Green With Decor says

    October 27, 2015 at 11:26 am

    I never thought I would say a spider is cute, but this totally is! Love that you used glow in the dark paint for an extra effect, too!

    Reply
  16. Heart says

    October 31, 2015 at 11:02 am

    This is so cute! It’s the perfect treat for Halloween! I LOVE it!

    Reply
  17. Claire Lexus says

    September 12, 2016 at 9:11 am

    Really cool idea for a pillows

    Reply

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