How to make a glow in the dark spider bowl for Halloween treats... or tricks

The kids out on a Halloween crawl can take delight in this glowing, spidery container sitting on your doorstep.

Melissa Gaggiano

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September 28, 2023 - 12:54PM

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The kids out on a Halloween crawl can take delight in this glowing, spidery container sitting on your doorstep.

Alternatively, if you’re more into hosting a private Halloween partay, then this creepy lolly/food bowl will make a fantastic centerpiece.

What you need

• Large transparent plastic party bowl• Black paint• Glow-in-the-dark glue• 8 thin pipe cleaners• 1 fluffy pipe cleaner• 6 medium googly eyes• Tape: regular, double-sided• Lollies• LED candlelight• Scissors• Paintbrush• Small sponge

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Activity

Paint, apply and dry

Apply strokes of black paint to the exterior wall of a transparent plastic party bowl. Allow gaps in the painting.

Apply glow-in-the-dark glue to the interior wall of the bowl. The more glue used the stronger the glow.

Optionally, apply glow-in-the-dark glue to pipe cleaners. Allow time for paint and glue to dry.

Six eyes, eight legs and fangs

Stick six googly eyes to the front of the bowl exterior. Optionally, apply a light coat of glow-in-the-dark glue to the googly eyes.

Tape eight pipe cleaners to the sides of the bowl, four on each side. Curve the pipe cleaners to look like spider legs.

Bend a fluffy pipe cleaner to look like fangs. The stick the fangs to the front of the bowl, below the eyes.

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Feed the lil’ monsters

Place the bowl near a bright light source for at least five minutes to activate the luminescence.

Fill the bowl with lollies.

Optionally, add LED candlelight into the bowl for contrasting illumination.

Swiftly put the bowl out and watch in horror as the ghosts, goblins, witchy-poos and the occasional Spider-man come in from the shadows for their sugar fix.

For more detailed instructions, see the video above!