Clever Plastic Spoon Art You'll Eat Up
Sometimes the best craft supply is the one that just shows up unannounced, jammed into the backs of cabinets and utensil drawers, shoved into the seams of takeout bags and leftover in broken packs of uneven quantities. Here, of course, we’re talking about the plastic spoon.
With a little imagination and some creative gluing, the ubiquitous plastic spoon is elevated to top shelf craft supply. In fact, an entire new genre of craft has emerged based on the skill set of melting plastic spoons and molding them into new shapes (see the Melted Spoon Flower Vase bellow!). Kudos to the crafter who saw the curved end of a spoon made for on-the-go yogurt and thought: this can be a pineapple. And not just a pineapple, but a pineapple lamp! See how the plastic spoon is reimagined in these 10 impressive DIY projects for the home.
Plastic Spoon Laurel Wreath
via The Nester
Make this simple laurel wreath with about 50 plastic spoons and hot glue.
Pineapple Plastic Spoon Lamp
With the base of a small desk lamp and a plastic bottle you can build this quirky pineapple lamp with the painted tops of plastic spoons.
Plastic Spoon Chrysanthemum Mirror
DIY that chrysanthemum mirror you’ve seen on every design blog with a cardboard circular base and stacked plastic spoon tops. Paint each ring with a lighter shade of blue to create an ombre effect.
Melted Spoon Flower Vase
via Shannon Berrey
After melting a plastic spoon over a candle, you can mold it into the shape of a petal! Hot glue the spoon petals together to make the full flower. Spray paint in bold colors then glue onto vases to create the collection above.
Gold Plastic Spoon Lotus Votive
via Sinnen Rausch
Use gold spray paint and glass tea light holders to make a set of chic lotus candleholders.
DIY Chocolate Dipping Spoons
via Sweetapolita
Set up a coffee or hot cocoa bar at your next party so you can melt, sprinkle and share these fun chocolate spoons.
Plastic Spoon & Pom Pom Flower Garland
via Chica Circle
Arrange colored plastic spoons and pom poms into the shape of a flower to create the kid-friendly springtime pennant garland above.
Olympic Laurel Plastic Spoon Wreath
via A Subtle Revelry
Branch out! Glue the backs of colored plastic spoons to each other to make these bright laurel leaf wreaths (that are perfect for an Olympics viewing party!).
Recycled Plastic Spoon Wind Chime
Have kids collect objects like acorns, straws, string and beads. Decorate plastic ice cream spoons with their collections, then hang them from a recycled lid to create this low cost wind chime.
Metallic Plastic Spoon Trees
Create holiday tree decorations by spray painting the tops of plastic spoons gold and silver and hot gluing them in rows to a styrofoam cone.
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