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These plastic spoon flowers are unique and different from the typical
flower crafts. You can create sturdy and beautiful flowers
with just a handful of plastic spoons, hot glue and paint.
Some of these crafts for flowers are a bit more difficult and are
geared towards older kids. However, with adult supervision,
even the younger kids can have fun making these flowers. Try
these out for a fun spring craft, Mother's day gift, Valentine's craft
or just to help decorate your house.
To see how to make the vases for these plastic spoon flowers, be sure
to visit the vase crafts for kids page.
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Plastic Spoon Flowers List
These flower crafts can be done with your basic white spoons or look
for colored spoons. You can also paint the spoons to color
your flowers.
Plastic Spoon Flower Craft #1
Water Lily
This one looks great sitting on your table. Place it on a
blue mat or paper to simulate the look of water.
 Supplies
14 Plastic Spoons
Decorative Button or Paper
Green Felt
Sturdy Scissors or Diagonal Cutters
Hot Glue
Thin Cardboard
How to Make a Plastic Spoon Water
Lily
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Cut
the stem portion of the spoon off leaving about 1/4" for gluing.
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Cut
a piece of cardboard into a circle shape 3 inches in diameter.
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Using the hot glue, glue 5 spoon bowls on
the outer edge of the circle cardboard spacing evenly around the circle.
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Take five more spoon bowls and glue these
in between the first 5 spoons slightly in closer to the middle of the
circle. For this layer, angle the spoons slightly upwards.
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Glue the last four spoons onto the
cardboard. Again angling the spoons higher and in closer to
the middle.
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Glue on a decorative button for the middle
of the flower.
Tip: You can also use card stock or craft foam and decorate
it anyway you want.
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Lastly, cut out two leaf shapes with green
felt. Glue these to the bottom of the cardboard.
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Another flower craft idea for this one is to use colored spoons.
You can alternate with white and your choosen color and make
your water lily all one color.
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Plastic Spoon Flower Craft Idea #2
Tulips
This one is fairly simple and the younger kids can give it a try.
You will need an adult to help with the hot glue gun.
 Supplies
1 Plastic Spoon per tulip
Permanent Marker or Paint
Green Pipe Cleaners
How to Make Plastic Spoon Tulips
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Paint
the back bowl side of the spoon the desired color for your tulip. Let
this dry completely.
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Using
a complementing color, paint a triangle starting from the edge of the
top of the spoon and come down to a point for the triangle.
This will create the look of a tulip.
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Paint the handle green to create the stem.
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Fold a pipe cleaner into leaf shapes and
wrap it around the stem.
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Just stick your tulip in a styrofoam ball to display this cute flower.
You can make a vase as well and use floral foam or clay to
hold in place.
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Plastic Spoon Flower Craft Idea #3
Roses
The directions below are for the roses with a "slumped" petal which
requires working with a candle and is intended for older kids with
supervision. If your younger child wants to try this craft,
you can do this without using a candle.
 Supplies
8 Plastic Spoons
Permanent Marker or Paint
Sturdy
Scissors or Diagonal Cutters
Hot Glue
Candle
Green Tissue Paper
Ribbon
How to Make Plastic Spoon Roses
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To
create a petal look (called slumping the spoon), light a candle and
hold a spoon about 2" above the flame. The spoon should be
bowl side down facing the flame.
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Hold
the spoon to where the tip of the spoon is receiving the heat. Hold in
place until you see the spoon "slump".
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Remove the spoon from the flame and press
the tip against a hard surface (like the the table) to bend the tip
back to create the petal.
Tip: For the first two spoons, bend back only slightly.
These will be the center of the rose.
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Paint your spoons the color you want (if
using white spoons). Color the folded part of the petal
(where you bent it back) a slightly darker matching color.
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Hot glue your first 2 spoons together
keeping the handle on the spoon.
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Slump your next two spoons creating a
slightly larger fold in the petal. Paint the spoons. Cut off
the handle of the spoon leaving about 1/2" for gluing to the first two
spoons.
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Glue these two spoons to the first two
spoons but place these so they are on each edge of the first two spoons
(meaning facing each other but in the opposite direction of the first
two spoons.
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Repeat steps 6 and 7 for the remaining
spoons creating a larger slump with each row of petals. Be
sure to glue these on the opposite side of the last set of spoons.
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Lastly, wrap the tissue paper around the
stem and part way up the rose to cover all the edges of the cut spoons.
Tie it off with a bow and give this to mom for Mother's Day
or Valentine's Day.
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 If you want to do this rose craft without the
candle and slumping of the petals, simply follow all the steps above
skipping the slumping. You will still get a beautiful rose
but it will be more of a rose bud without the petals opening.
We placed a small pine cone in the center of ours to give it
a different look.
In addition to these plastic spoon flowers, check out these other rose
crafts.
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