Glowing Spider Web, Spider, Victim
Or, How to properly dispose of a cabbage brat doll
 Rit, Water, Rope.... Everything a 5 foot spider needs to grow healthy and strong.
Soak it. (the rope dummy). YOU NEED COTTON ROPE for this to be effective. I used one roll of cotton (all they had) and one roll of nylon clothesline. The nylon sucks.. |
I screwed small eye-bolts into the side of the house, and a tree that was about 15 feet away. Thread the rope in a pseudo spider web shape, X'ing the rope for the base, and attaching the spiral to the base. I used Kite String to tie the spiral to the base.The spider I picked up at Spencer's Gifts for about $14.00. The flourescent orange hour-glass shape was added. I know it's one the wrong side of the spider, sheesh, nobody has problems in believing in a 6 foot black widow spider, but put the hour-glass on the wrong side and watch out! |
To brighten things up a little when viewed at night, I thought it would be good to add some glow in the darks cobweb material to the giant web. Here, I enlist some child labor to stretch it into shape. |
The finished web. Ohh no! The baby's become a lunch treat! |
A night shot.. A little dark, but enough to show the general idea. I'll probably take a better picture later. Notice the difference between the nylon, and cotton rope. In this shot, the nylon is absolutely dark. In person, it glows a little, but the cotton is much better. |
A better night shot, but the nylon rope still sucks. Hehehe, you haven't had any fun until you mix rit and water in a spray bottle, and play with it in the blacklight. |