What is on the stencil
In the top left corner a spider web is drawn as five spokes and three curved rings, all gray, so all shaved. From the top edge a shaved thread runs down to the spider, which is black: a round head, an oval body and eight bent legs, cut out as one piece. With the candle lit, the spider glows bright yellow and the web shows as fine orange lines.
The summary under the preview counts one hole and no bridges. The web needs 3 tones: with 2 tones it disappears and only the spider is left.
Size matters here
This is the most detailed design in the picker. The legs and the web threads are lines of a fixed width in the drawing, so they get finer as the stencil gets smaller. At the default 6 inches the legs are narrow; pick Large (8 inches) or Extra large for an easier carve. If the stencil gets bigger than one sheet, the PDF splits it over several pages with lines showing where they overlap.
Order of work
- Poke the spider’s outline, then dot along the middle of each web thread and the hanging line.
- Cut the spider: body and head first, then each leg, working from the body outward.
- Shave the thread from the top edge down to the spider.
- Shave the web last, spokes before rings.
For more designs with fine details, see the scary pumpkin stencils.
The design on this page
| Design | Difficulty | Tones | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spider and web | Harder | Cut and shave | Thin parts, many pieces or several bridges |
All designs were drawn for this site. Every other design is one click away under All in the picker, and the pumpkin stencil maker also turns photos into stencils.