DIY Glittery Spiderweb Place Mat

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Glittery spiderweb placement using hot glue!

Today's craft from the 5 Days of Halloween Craft series is a spiderweb place mat made from hot glue and glitter!

And yes, it's as easy as it sounds :) All I used was parchment paper, hot glue and gun and some glitter.
Glittery spider web placement using hot glue!
You can free hand the web if you want, but I decided to draw one onto the parchment paper first using a marker.
Glittery spider web placement using hot glue!
There are two ways to do this. You can either us craft glue or hot glue. I did both, and because I'm impatient, I chose to do the hot glue. The craft glue took all night to dry. But, doing it with the hot glue, means the glue cools down quickly. So, to begin, I did a line at a time and then sprinkled some glitter, did another line, glitter, etc.
Glittery spider web placement using hot glue!
Once the lines were all done...
Glittery spider web placement using hot glue!
I then did the curved pieces.
Glittery spider web placement using hot glue!
Once everything was cooled and glittered, I pulled the web off of the parchment paper. I noticed a ton of stray strings, but I don't mind them, gives it more an authentic look :) But you can pull those off if you wish.

The glitter I used is super fine. It almost feels like powder sugar, so it got everywhere and didn't come off. The coverage was great, but it was kind of a mess. So, picking up and placing down the web was also a mess, leaving glitter everywhere. So, I would suggest using not so fine glitter :)
Glittery spider web placement using hot glue!
I had initially placed the webs directly under the plates, but ended up loving how it looked a little off to the side.
Glittery spider web placement using hot glue!
All in all, I think I ended up using about 5 glue sticks, and an eighth of a jar of glitter. I was able to use the same parchment paper piece for multiple webs too. Can't wait to set up the whole table for Halloween night!

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happy DIYing! Alicia