Materials
- Wood spoons (you can even use the square ones)
- Acrylic paint
- Acrylic paint pen in black
- Paint brush or sponge
- Small black buttons
- Small wooden mushroom buttons
- Plastic miniature snowman carrot noses
- Plastic miniature snowman carrot noses
- Any other little decorative items like ribbon, beads, googly eyeballs, construction paper, ribbon, pom poms, etc.
DIY Christmas Spoons - Home & Family
Directions
- Set your spoons on a paintable surface, and paint them according to the characters you would like to use. I am making a Santa Claus, a toy soldier, a reindeer, a gingerbread man, an angel and a snowman. We will be focusing on the snowman for the step out.
- Paint your base coat of paint on all sides and set aside to dry. For the snowman, we will be painting the spoon white.
- Once dry, add embellishments like eyes and mouth with your black paint pen.
- Using your hot glue gun, glue on the carrot nose to the middle of the spoon/snowman’s face.
- Add any other embellishments using hot glue that you would like. I’ll be attaching a scarf made out of ribbon, a top hat made out of construction paper, and three buttons down the handle of the spoon.
- Pack up your little characters once they are all dry and enjoy the Christmas cheer it brings your kitchen!
Tips:
- Use old spoons that might be discolored or burned. Once they are painted, you won’t be able to tell! This is a great way to repurpose old spoons.
- Using a black paint marker instead of paint and a paintbrush will make you appear like a much better artist than you actually are! It’s a great shortcut.
- Print pictures off the internet for inspiration for any of the characters you would like to paint.
- Use the square spoons to make square characters like a toy soldier.
