How to make a Spider Bun for Halloween
When my daughter was in elementary school, I did the spider hair bun on her for school. They couldn’t have costumes, but it was good old Halloween fun in a subtle way. (I’m not sure why we didn’t make a Halloween shirt too?! haha)
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Halloween hair idea
Halloween hair, don’t care! haha. This Halloween hair is so simple and a fun way to dress up on Halloween for school when costumes aren’t allowed.
This DIY Halloween hair idea doesn’t require a crafty mom at all. Just a quick trip to the dollar store and you’re set.


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Supplies for Halloween Hair Idea
- Bobby pins
- Googly eyes
- Hot Glue
- Black Pipe Cleaners
- Spider shirt for girls
- Black Leggings
It’s so simple to assemble. This should only take a few minutes to get the supplies ready and to create the spider bun. Easy to do before school on a busy morning. See directions below.
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How easy it is to make a Spider Bun for Halloween:
First: I glued 2 larger eyes to a bobby pin.
Second: Put her hair in a bun.
Third: I bent the legs 2 times, creating a leg look to them.
Lastly: We simply tucked the pipe cleaners in the bun, and they stayed all day. I did 3 on each side.
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This spider is so cute!
That is SO cute! Thanks for the idea!
This spider hair design is soooo cute. Thanks for showing it to us.
That’s a neat, cute spider hair idea.
this is adorable. I wish I had long hair!
So cute and easy. I will try the spider bun next October. Love it!!
What a shame I just cut all my hair off otherwise I would do this. So fun!!
I love the spider hair! Thanks for the instructions! I just have to do this!
Cute
This is so cute. My hair is long and every year I hope to do this and it still hasn’t happened. Maybe next year.
I have followed you for a couple years now, I look forward to learning more.
Today the day, Happy Halloween everyone.
I’m going to try this with my Gdaughters hair!
Great idea!!!
This is so cute!! I just cut my hair off, but gonna save for next year.
Cute idea for Halloween
my niece would love this
Definitely going to try this in my hair. Thank you.
I loved the spider bun idea! So cute
My granddaughter would love this spider bun!
This is the cutest thing I’ve ever seen! I have never seen anything like it.
Love the spider bun!
My cats will LOVE this spider bun!😼😳😬🫣
Great Idea, I have a spider costume that needs the Spider Bun!
Love everything dreambox
So cute for a lil girl
This would also be cool just for “crazy hair day” at school!
cute hairstyle idea. perfect for halloween. gonna do this style for the granddaugther.
How cute is that! Love it.
What a cute idea. Definitely need to do this for Halloween.
I can’t wait for my daughters hair to grow longer to do this. Hopefully next year!
This is awesome! Somehow I’m always looking for something last minute. Love how quick this project is.
Ok, now you’ve really got me in trouble! LOL!! My 5 year old grandson (who happens to LOVE spiders) saw the picture of the spider bun on this post & asked me if I would “please make that & wear it for Halloween Nene. Please!” Here’s the pickle. I’d do anything for this child BUT I hate spiders!! I don’t care if they’re fake, real, or make believe spiders, I can’t stand even the thought of them!! So, now my precious boy wants me to wear a facsimile of one in my hair? YIKES! I think I’ll tell him my hair isn’t long enough or something like that. Maybe I’ll go make some funny ghost or googly eyes on a headband & wear them. Do you think he’ll be distracted well enough to forget about the spider hairdo? Unfortunately, I doubt it. Hope you get a good laugh out of this one!
HAHA! Oh no…. I’ll support your hair isn’t long enough but this did give me a chuckle!
Thank you so much!
I LOVE the spider bun idea!!! My daughter was looking for something fun and creative to do with her hair and she loved this idea! Can’t wait to try it 🙂
OM! I love this! wish I would of seen it when I had long hair!
Totally going to do this with my granddaughter! It is too cute!
too cute!
What a fun idea.
The googly eyes just make it perfect~ I’m going to have to try this for work
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Absolutely love this. The spider bun is super cute!! You always share some of the cutest stuff. Thank you so much!!!
SO cute!
my niece would love this..
Love this! I’m already gonna be in a bun, might as well make it fun!
My 7 yr old granddaughter really wants Spider hair – so we’ve sent the page to her older sister and will send home the google eyes and pipe cleaners so sister can do it for her! 🙂
cute!
I love the spider bun. I’m going to put this in my nieces hair for Halloween
So Cute!!!
Awwwww every once in a while, I find something that makes me wish I had had kids, this is one of them.
Can’t wait to try this!
Cute ideas!
I love Halloween, so this project was made for me!!
The bun spider is fantastic!
HAHAHA, NOOOOOOO. I’d scare the pants off of myself!
This cracked me up!! hahahaha
My granddaughter will love this