Trunk-or-TreatNo. 8517 · The 2026 edition
Creepy Spider Halloween Party
Weave a hauntingly beautiful celebration with a spider motif in monochrome tones.
Our own summary of the original — the full post and photos live at karaspartyideas.com.
This party idea includes spider cupcakes, black skull blooms, spider snack boxes, egg sack donuts, a spider web background, and spider bark sweets.
About this
A Halloween party built around creepy, eight-legged spider decor and black-and-white treats. Host Leslie Carpenter of The Lily Sage used a large spider web decoration from Oriental Trading as the starting point and kept the palette black and white for an unsettling, horror-story feel. The dessert spread includes spider cupcakes, Oreo parfaits, spider bark, egg sack doughnuts, and chocolate-drizzled popcorn. Decor highlights are a black skull floral arrangement, spider table runner, skull mug, and DIY spider accents on containers and spoons.
The plan
- Use a large spider web decoration as the focal point.
- Keep the color palette strictly black and white for an unsettling look.
- Build a sweet table with spider-themed desserts.
- Source decor and props from Oriental Trading, Wal-Mart, and Target.
- Buy white popcorn containers from a local party store.
- Customize plain containers and spoon handles with drawn spider accents.
- Dress up plain cupcakes with laser web liners and glitter spiders.
- Use black and white foods to match the theme.
Decoration ideas
- Spider web backdrop
- Black skull floral arrangement
- Floral skull centerpiece
- Spider table runner
- Skull Mug (Wal-Mart)
- Spider rings (Oriental Trading)
- Glitter spiders (Oriental Trading)
- Spider web
- Spider bloom
- Spiders
- White popcorn containers with drawn spider legs on random polka dots
- Parfait spoon handles decorated with drawn spiders
- Black and white Halloween decor
- Laser web cupcake liners
- Spider sweet table
- Sweet table detail
Food & drink
- Spider cupcakes (white cupcakes with laser web liners and glitter spiders)
- Oreo parfaits
- Spider bark
- Oreo candybark
- Egg sack doughnuts
- White powder donut holes (resemble spider egg sacks)
- Chocolate drizzled popcorn
- Spider popcorn
- Spider dessert shooters
- Spider snack boxes
- Spider sweets
- White cupcakes
Facts from the original
- Leslie Carpenter of The Lily Sage hosted the party in Hyde Park/UT/USA.
- The party appears on Kara's Party Ideas under Halloween on October 17, 2017.
- Leslie found an incredible web from Oriental Trading and knew she had to throw a spider party.
- She kept everything in black and white tones, finding colorless Halloween decor a little unnerving.
- The black-and-white look reminded her of horror books she read growing up.
- She stuck with black and white food: white cupcakes, Oreo parfaits, Oreo candybark, white powder donut holes, and chocolate drizzled popcorn.
- Plain cupcakes were dressed up with laser web liners and glitter spiders.
- The powdered donut holes reminded her of spider egg sacks.
- The drizzle on the candy bark looked just like spider webs.
- White popcorn containers were bought from a local party store.
- She drew spider legs onto random polka dots on the popcorn containers.
- She did the same spider drawing on the handles of the parfait spoons.
- Styling & Photography: The Lily Sage.
- Web, spider rings, glitter spiders: Oriental Trading.
- Skull Mug: Wal-Mart.
- Spider Runner: Target.
More photos
Photos hosted by karaspartyideas.com.
