For the past year we’ve shared over a dozen hand-painted seashells, clam shells and river rock projects with all of you. The majority of these projects can be made with older children and some “light” adult supervision. With Halloween just around the corner, we wanted to feature one more hand-painted seashell design with all of you. If you don’t have access to large clam shells, you can do this design on smooth river rocks too! In addition, you can use regular acrylic craft paints or mix-in some glow-in-the-dark colors too!
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Looking for more fun Halloween Seashell Designs? You can find about a dozen of them right here on the Two Classy Chics blog along with our non-holiday seashell designs too!
Hand-Painted Black Spider Seashells for Halloween
Large Clam Seashell
Craft Paint: White, Black, Green, Yellow, Purple, Orange
Paint Brush, Water Dish, Paper Towels
Mod Podge Spray Sealer, Glossy Finish
Old Newspaper
If you’re doing this project with kids, you’ll want to cover your work surface with old newspaper.
You’ll want to base coat each of your seashells with 2 coats of white acrylic craft paint. Depending on the brand of paint that you use, you may need to use 3 coats to get good coverage. Let dry for 1 hour.
To make the spider you’ll want to make a circle in the center of your seashell using black acrylic craft paint. You’ll want to be generous with the amount of paint that you’re using, so that you get good coverage. Using your paint brush make 6-8 legs on your spider. They should be slightly bent legs. Then make a fine line with the black paint to make it look like your spider is hanging by a thread. Let dry for 1 hour or until no longer tacky.
Dip the end of your paint brush into green paint and dot on two eyes. While your eyes are drying, dip the end of your paint brush into dark purple and orange acrylic craft paints and make dots around the perimeter of your seashell. Dip the end of your paint brush into yellow paint and dot on the spider’s inner eyes. Let dry for 1 hour.
Take your painted seashells outside and lay them on newspaper. Spray them with 1-2 coats of clear acrylic spray sealer and let dry. The sealer will protect your painted surface from chipping, cracking and fading. You can display your new Halloween Black Spider Seashells inside or outside your home.
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I like the idea of using some glow ion the dark paints for Halloween. You have shown us so many cute ideas and the spider for Halloween would definitely be a hit with kids.
What a cute ideal and something I think my niece needs to do with her kids. They were at the beach this summer and brought home a lot of shell. They need to get creative
This is really cute! It’s a fun craft for both kids and adults.
So far I like this one best of the Halloween designs. It’s not just for that holiday since spiders are always with us.
I really like this one! I like how it was a little web. Not scary at all mind you, but really fun looking. Now to see one with a bat !!!
This scary spider painted shell is great! I know the kids will have fun painting this one for Halloween. Fun project for a group of kids on a rainy afternoon.