I used 13 foam noodles for this spider. I bought mine from foamnoodles.com I spent about $60 on materials.

Are you kidding me! That's the best spider I have ever seen, you are very creative I have been watching you for years your the best so far,, happy halloween,

I jumped when one leg was touched and the other moved.... you absolutely brought him to live with the glazed eyes... amazing. 👏 👏 👏

Your imagination astounds me! Thank you for showing some of it not sped up. My old eyes thank you too 🤓 Edit: I forgot, as a crocheter, I highly recommend to anyone not familiar with yarn to stick with what's shown here. Not all yarn will create the fur look needed.

any other spider enthusiasts wanting to do this with perfect markings and articulation? this is seriously one of the best videos I've seen in a long time I feel like posting it to my insect group

I’m so stoked, I already have a bundle of about three dozen pool noodles from last season out in the garage. I own a small circus themed haunt, and this will be SO perfect for our “World’s Largest Spider” scene. Any chance you could share a digital copy of your diagram? I’m just so rotten at figuring out measurements myself.

There's just something really convincing about this when you take the time to get the proportions right. So many of the giant spider builds are so fantastical that they get out of that realism zone. Well done and thank you! I learned a lot!

I'm saving this video for next Halloween. I wanna do all spider decor next year. Thank you for always having the best tutorials. 💙

One of the most realistic spiders I have ever seen! Definitely will give me nightmares for the next few days.

I'm in UK and you never find anywhere that sells decent halloween decorations. So I decided to create my own . I did your foam hands last month and now this spider. Absolutely fantastic stuff. People think I'm mad starting early!

Wow Allen awesome spider! The flocking brought it to a whole new level of WOW! Thanks for sharing!

Total Genius, This guy is flat out amazing! What an artist, he comes up with these ideas and builds it and films it all for us to see. It’s really cool how he shows us the R&D that he’s done before he ever makes the first cut or glues the first thing. Very fascinating, thank you for posting. New Subscriber!

The little arms on the face are pedipalps and the things the fangs are on are chelicerae. Ilove your spider! I wish I was even half as good as you are at crafts.

Absolutely cool my husband and I can't wait to start our spider army over a long winter thank you !

Genius! The result look sooo good and your ingenuity with easy to find materials is fantastic! Now Quick! To the pool noodles and pantyhoses store! 😆 Thank you so much!

This is an awesome spider! I started making it on Tuesday and I will be done making it on Saturday. I can hardly wait till my Halloween party to show it off. Thank you so much for sharing your creativity. I love watching your videos.

Thank you so much for your tutorials, your such an aspiration to the haunt community.

You just do amazing work and are so gifted in explaining it! Thank you.

WOW! I love the pool noodle technique. I'm going to use that method to build spiders from now on. Never seen flocking before. Neat. Absolutely love the end result.

The good think about learning English, its this kind of thinks, understanding and collect so much information and ideas from a place where halloween isnt just a date but a life style. What a work dude, going to try it with local stuff!!

Your Buc-ee’s attire always cracks me up! Fantastic tutorial, as always. Thanks again for sharing your knowledge with us!

Hands down the most realistic giant spider and done on a dime! A big thank you Allen for sharing your talents and insight on this amazing craftsmanship. The best to you and the wife. Happy Halloween 🎃!!!

Well I gave it a go... body and legs came together in an hour..adding the hair (chunky yarn) took several hours each day for 5 days.. It just wouldn't hold. Tried several adhesive methods, finally found that exterior grade carpenters glue applied with a sponge brush worked best for us. Final outcome is more jim henson cuddly than realistically scary but works well for our child friendly haunt. Instead of the hanger wire I heat bent 1/2" pvc pipe which fits perfectly in the noodle to attach and add support to the legs

You are amazing!!! I love your ideas - 20 years ago I had to make every one of my props- no stores with plentiful supplies of skeletons or anything much- Death Studios was one of my first masks- and Terror Syndicate guys were one of the first to share their prop designs and the now famous monster mud props- thanks for your great tips and tricks especially with the foam and heat gun!!

This is one of your best props!

He looks amazing...however that IS my phobia!!

My dude you're stuff are really cool, definitely I want todo things like this involving animatronics, You're a model for me thanks for sharing the knowledge

I hope just knowing I watched your entire video with no intention of making this, will give me arachnophobia nightmares for weeks; gives you satisfaction!

I would make one for sure. A car port would be a great spot to place the spider(s). However, placing it in someone's car, or even on their bed would work too! (Too bad that I don't live next to some fun neighbors that I could prank!) The Let Dry For 20 Minutes message is backwards. Don't know if it's intentional, but I thought I would point it out.

That is absolutely awesome! I am definitely trying that next year. I love your amazing ideas.

It's so refreshing and such a joy to watch someone so creative and talented. This spider is amazing! Your videos inspire me! Best!

That's an awesome giant spider that looks a little too realistic for arachnophobes like myself haha. I've never seen that flocking tool before! What an amazing idea. It really gives the head and legs a lifelike appearance. I'd love to see how this spider was eventually posed and staged to appreciate it's full impact.

Holy moly this is amazing! I'm completely in awe.

This is great stuff Allen it really turned out awesome!

I hate spiders but I loved this build. Flocking looks like an excellent addition to the tool box. That spider sure was huge. I need one for a Harry Potter themed corridor in my house! The one I bought is too small. Yet another project for me. Thanks Allen and crew.

This is incredibly awesome! Did not think I’d like it al the end, but, you stated painting. Had me hooked! Thanks for sharing this.

I am always amazed with your creativity and the way you create with inexpensive materials.

So talented and you help spark creativity in others as well!

You are a master craftsman/artist. Impressive the way you can visualize materials to match a subject. Awesome!

You are extremely creative. I watched a video from you for those 6’ & 9’ spooky trees day before yesterday and I’m very impressed and inspired! Thank you for your content!

I recently found your channel Allen, and I've been soaking up as many videos as I can nightly. Thanks for the awesome content. Keep being a beast!

Those tiny legs I believe are called “Pedipalp’s”, and a most beautiful wolf spider, fantastic work🕸

This spider is awesome! Halloween is my favorite time to decorate. Saving this tutorial for future use!

I like the basic approach. This makes it look like a low level of entry for some people who want to get involved in this area.

That was really impressive. Looks great!

Beautiful!

I absolutely love this and I’m not a spider fan. Thanks for continuing to show us things and share your knowledge with us. Everything you make is the brainstorm for us to either copy yours exactly or know the techniques to make something else. 💕🎃

Kind of cute. Reminds me of a jumping spider.

I love it!!! Came out Amazing! You should be "pretty happy" with it (as you mentioned in the video). It would be cool if you made your own "jumping spider" out of this too. Would love to see that little add on. Also, can you post the links for the flocking supplies? And, can you weather proof the flocking with spar urethane? First time for me hearing about flocking...Meet The Flockers...lol 😂...as always, thank you!🤘 💀

Looks great! How sturdy is the flocking once its on? I've never seen that technique before... the look is fantastic, I just wander about how touching can it take? Thanks and great job!!

Watching this video again cause its awesome. Don't know if anyone suggested this but making a giant ant from them tearing apart a soldier or normal person would be great in this style.

Thank you for sharing your spectacular skills and knowledge. We are so impressed by the entire video. Speeding through the repetitive things and yet demonstrated a complete real time leg construction. Really outstanding skills

Very Cooooool!!!

Allen "The Wizard" Hopps. It's really annoying how you hide the magic wand and then pretend us muggles can duplicate your wizardry.

This channel sings to my soul! You are an amazing and inspiring Artist !! Thank you!!

This is great. My inner spider nerd wants to say that the fangs and pedipalps are too small for a hunting spider (the length of both are how a wolf spider holds onto it's prey long enough to kill it), but that's just a nitpick, really. It's so life-like, it almost demands to be an animatronic!

Absolutely genius! I love watching you. A true master. Bravo mate!

This was amazing to see! Thank you for the amazing tutorial. Btw those front-leg things are called pedipalps, they are essentially their grabbers when they catch their prey.

Wow, that's the best Halloween spider I've ever seen in Germany. It was a lot of work but she looks amazing and creepy. Thank you for sharing and greetings from Berlin, Germany 😊

Your video is the first video of a pool noodle spider I've watched from start to finish.. Thank you for posting..Best video and spider..

OMG !!! You are amazing !!! Thanks for sharing your knowledge and talents. He’s gorgeous !!!

One of my favorite videos, I built a grey version of this last year. Put in on beef netting spider webs. It looks great!!

Wow, you must have TONS of patience…..thanks for sharing😊😊😊

You are so darn creative! Your videos are addicting.

You, sir, are incredibly talented. Attention to detail! your spider puts most movie pros to shame. Looks so good!

The flocking looks a lot more natural. Cool spider

I love her! One of my DND Characters had a pet diant spider named Uma, if you need a name for her, its a good one. Uma grew to be the size of a large elephant and my character was riiding her. It was a fun RPG.

This was so fun to watch. Thank you for sharing how you make your decorations. I enjoyed every moment of this and felt like I learned so much.

Oh that spider is so awesome. I love your tutorials. Thank you. HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

I'm loving the cute spider and it's so very funny that is naked with out furre.

I am so impressed with your talent!

This was the most amazing thing to watch! GENIUS! When you were attaching the legs, it looked so real that it creeped me out!!! LOVED IT1

My biggest fear is spiders. I’m terrified of them. And your spider is freaking creepy but I love it. If I ever came upon him I’d probably pee myself & then pass out. Great job on this project.

I love spiders and this channel ! Awesome work!

I love watching you build this. It is AWESOME!

Wow seriously epic that's one big gigantic wolf spider a very epic make and that wolf spider is completely very realistic right to the finest of details that really dose look the real thing in the process of the spider it looks like your dog was checking it out for a bit which was pretty cute

Thank for your wonderful videos. We are doing a Benefit for the local Food Bank. The Spider came out incredible! My own design, your knowledge passed on. Thank you!👏

He’s very very cute! Looks wonderful

OMG, You’re so talented and experienced! So truly impressive.

That is awesome spider you are amazing crafter. Loved the video. Happy Halloween 🎃

This spider is so good. Your videos are very inspiring!! Thank you

You guys are fantastic at what you do. keep creating.

Absolutely amazing job! I love this

This thing is massive, and terrifying and all the good shit. Love it!

You can recover most of the excess flocking from your project, your clothes and your tabletop if you combine a stocking and the nozzle of a Shop-Vac. Slide the stocking over the top of the nozzle, and push the very bottom of the stocking (think toes/balls of the feet,) inside the nozzle to form a pocket. You can easily collect 80-90% of the flock that does not stick to the piece. Great video!

Thank your for yoir videos and ising reasonable material. I love it

Your skill is mind blowing! My next spider build will be so much better after watching you!

When u make something show it 2 us out no the lawn or in the drive way. Let's SEE 👀 the finished product. I love yr ideas 💡. Yr crazy !

Fantastic creation! This will be included in my next year's fall projects list. Your wolf spider is worthy of being in a Stephen King movie! Are you a commercial artist or just a self-taught creative genius? Your builds are so exciting and so on point! Thank you for sharing!!!

Love the dog inspecting the project

I think I watched your video 2 or 3 times tonight. Your work is absolutely fascinating, look so simple but an amazing work and built skill behind your spider, I am amazed! Thanks for your clear and helpful explanations, greets from France.

Just fun to watch. Thanks!

Those little "spare legs"... pedipalps. Used as hands, and in the mature male, for mating. Spiders run on hydraulics, and there is an actual valve at the joint of leg to body, that seals off if they lose a leg.

I love your work Allen!!!

CRAP!! ,…now I have ta make even more “STUFF” ! Love this !! Oh! What a tangled WEB you weave ! My spider sense are off the frackin’ chart! ,…dang your the best flocker I’ve ever seen !

I can't believe I just found your channel. Your creation is incredible. Really awesome. Thank you so much for sharing your design and build of your spider. HAPPY HALLOWEEN ALL.💀👺👻👾☠🎃

Your Absolutely Amazing 🖤🕷!!! I Can Not Even Believe This Incredible Spider You Made You Are So Beyond Talented 🖤🕷.

That final gloss on the eyes REALLY brought it to life!!! Wow!

That flocking is really cool look I’ve honestly never seen that before make’s look 👀 so lifelike

Amazing job dude