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Spoon Flowers for the Spring

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Make these easy spoon flowers for spring using plastic spoons and pom poms. They’re great for garden decor, magnets, or potted plant spikes. Using plastic spoons for crafts is nothing new, but it’s something that I hadn’t done, so I thought I’d give it a try. 

Flowers Made from Plastic Spoons and pom poms

Making flowers seemed like a good first time spoon craft for me. They are easy to put together and can have lots of uses.

Spoon Flowers for Spring

blue and Yellow Plastic Spoon Flowers

 

Materials Used for Spoon Flowers:

  • Plastic Spoons
  • Lighter
  • Hot Glue
  • Scissors
  • Backing
  • Pom Pom or felt flower 

I searched Pinterest and found about several methods for making these and how to get the spoons broken apart. One included heating a knife over an open flame on a gas stove top and the slicing through the plastic. I don’t have a gas stove, so that was out. I suppose it works, but it’s not for me.

Breaking them apart isn’t the easiest thing to do. They can snap and come off with jagged edges. I checked Laurie’s (My Husband Has Too Many Hobbies) method for her lovely Spoon Trees and found that she cut them apart. I tired this for a few and decided it wasn’t working for me. I had spoon parts flying over my desk and still got jagged edges. 

I might be making this more difficult than it needs to be, but, after thinking about it for a bit, I decided that I would use a lighter to soften the plastic and then use scissors to cut the spoon apart.

yellow plastic spoons and disposable lighter

 

Hold the spoon above the flame of the lighter, making sure that the flame does not touch the spoon. It only takes about 10 seconds and the plastic will soften and the spoon  will bend on its on. Then scissors just glide right through it.

yellow plastic spoon with handle bent

 

Once it’s bent, use scissors to snip the handle off, leaving you with what will become a petal for the flower. 

yellow plastic spoon broken to use for flower

 

I used a small paper doily as a backing for these. Find the center point of the doily and use hot glue to place a petal in place. Continue adding petals, spacing them as close as you would like. The closer they are placed, the more petals you’ll have, giving you a large or small flower. 

two plastic spoons parts used for flower petals

 

I made some using five spoons and some using six. 

yellow plastic spoon parts used for flower petals on card stock

 

To fill the center, I hot glued a small pom pom.

Yellow Plastic Spoon Flower with white pom pom

 
 
Some are made using six petals. I love this color.
 
teal plastic spoon flower
 
 
 

 Using an assortment of colors for the centers makes them fun.

teal spoon flowers with pink pom poms

 
 
 
I’m thinking of using some of these on a wreath, some in a basket and for some, I’ll be adding a magnet to the back and putting them on the fridge. You could also add a wooden dowel and use them in a garden spot or a potted plant. 
 

Have you made these? What uses would you have for them?

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Spoon Flowers for Spring

Spoon Flowers for Spring Teal with pink and orange pom pom centers

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  4. JBArts says

    February 18, 2015 at 5:13 pm

    these are so cute! I think using them as wall decor would be fun in a kids room! add a magnet to the back and then put thumbtacks in the wall and the kids could decorate their rooms with them! So glad to be a part of the wonderful hosts!
    Jess @liverandomlysimple

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    • Beverly Roderick says

      February 19, 2015 at 1:16 am

      Thanks! They were fun to make and I even think kids could help as far as picking out the pom pom color and placing it on and deciding how to use them. At a distance, they could look like ceramic flowers! Maybe my neighbors will think so when I put them on a wreath on my door!

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  8. Laurie says

    February 19, 2015 at 1:28 am

    Beverly, I’ve been enjoying following the feed of comments on your post! So many creative ideas for your flowers! Can’t wait to see your wreath!

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    • Beverly Roderick says

      February 19, 2015 at 11:08 pm

      I know! It’s great to hear what others might do with these little flowers! I keep changing my mind about what I want on the wreath other than the flowers. It’s a work in progress though!

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  11. Crochet Hooks says

    February 22, 2015 at 10:28 pm

    so cute and how fun! I don’t know but I keep seeing an Easter Egg in the middle! I am going to make a few of these for the grands to add their dyed eggs 🙂 Thanks for sharing!

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    • Beverly Roderick says

      February 25, 2015 at 2:42 pm

      Aw, thanks, Dee! I’ve been so pleasantly surprised by how well these seem to have been liked. I posted this on Hometalk and they shared it on their Facebook page. It’s by far, the most seen craft I’ve posted. Goes to show you can never know what’s going to be a hit or a miss, I guess.

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