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Spoon Flowers for the Spring

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Plastic Spoon Flowers

 

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. Making flowers seemed like a good  first time spoon craft for me. They are easy to put together and I’ve got several ideas in mind for using them in my spring time decor.

 

We are happy to continue to participate in the Spring Craft Blog Hop. We’re looking forward to seeing your St. Patrick’s Day, Palm Sunday and General Spring Crafts. To start things off for us, I wanted to make something bright and cheerful. 

Materials Needed:

  • 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.

Spoon Flowers

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.

Spoon Flowers

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

Spoon Flowers

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. 

Spoon Flowers

I made some using five spoons and some using six. 

Spoon Flowers

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

 
Some are made using six petals. I love this color.
 

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

Flowers made of plastic spoons

These are just singing springtime to me. 

Flowers made of plastic spoons
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. 
 

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

 

 

Beverly

Beverly shares easy, inexpensive craft tutorials, diy projects for the home, coastal decor projects, & thrift store find makeover projects all designed to help you create a beautiful home on a budget.

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  4. 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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    • 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. 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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    • 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. 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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    • 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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