EATING UTENSIL CRAFTS FOR KIDS : Ideas for Arts & Crafts with Disposable Plastic Spoons, Knives, & Forks Activities with Children, Teens, and Preschoolers

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Below you will find many arts and crafts project ideas with recycled eating utensils such as platic forks, spoons, and knives. These crafts can be made with simple recycled disposable eating untensils.

Garden Beds with Wooden Ice Cream Spoon Flowers

It is super easy to make these wooden spoon flowers sitting in a flower bed. Just get a small lid or cardboard box. Turn it so it is open-side down. Cut some slits on the top. Color the top of the lid or box brown, the sides green. Color wooden spoons green too. Crumple up tissue paper and glue on the top of the spoons. Then stick all of the spoons in their little garden.

How to Make Spoon Animals, People, and Puppets

For this craft, you will need assorted sized wooden or heavy paper spoons and forks from 3" to 5" long, crayons or colored pencils, pipe cleaners, scraps of cloth and ribbon, yarn, colored paper napkins (preferably round ones), paper reinforcement stickers, small rubber bands, paste or glue, scissors, paper cake cups, cotton, and crepe paper or gift wrap. Various types of people and puppets can be made, according to the ability and ingenuity of the child. The simpler types should be made first. For the people, crayon faces on the back side of spoons as shown in sketches. Use sticker reinforcements to make ears for boys and men. Paste these on the "back" of the head so only part of the reinforcement will show from front. One pipe cleaner will make the arms and legs if you wish to add these. Cut a pipe cleaner in half, bend as shown in sketch. Glue to spoon. Make clothing from scraps of cloth, crepe paper, paper cake cups or gift wrap. Cut freehand and paste to the spoon. Hats and hair bows may be added. Also, hair can be made from yarn or tinted cotton. Figures may be placed in balls of clay or pasted on construction paper on which may be added background drawings.

Even More Crafts Below

Bat Spoon Halloween Vampire Crafts with Spoons- Stir up some fun with this easy to make bat spoon.

Bedikat Chametz for Jewish Kids - According to Hebrew faith, the night before Passover families are obligated to search their homes for chametz. Chametz, meaning leaven or yeast, or food mixed with leaven, are prohibited during the Passover. In order to search for the chametz you will need a candle to see where light won’t reach, a feather for sweeping crumbs, a paper bag for gathering the chametz, and lastly a wooden spoon for Kabalistic reasons. Make this cute craft to display your knowledge of your faith. 

Butterfly and Bumblee Magnets - Who wouldn’t love these fun, colorful insect magnets that welcome the coming spring into your home?? Make several and give them to family and friends.

Cat Spoon for Halloween Idea - Easy cat to make from a spoon.

Craft Spoon Gecko Magnets -
With a magnet on the back, these geckos can climb your refrigerator and hold your notes.

Craft Spoon Menorah Activities for Jewish Children - A Hanukkah craft kids of all ages can make and use during the eight day celebration of Hanukkah. this is a super craft for a classroom!

Craft Stick Turkey for Thanksgiving Activities - What you will need:  Colored craft sticks, short craft sticks, craft spoon, wiggly eyes, wooden shapes for the turkey's wattle and beak, pipe cleaners, red paint, black and yellow construction paper and glue.

Craft spoons Turkey Crafts Idea for Children - What you will need:  Craft spoons, wiggly eyes, wooden shapes for the turkey's wattle and beak, red, brown, black, and white paint,  and glue.

Decorative Wooden Spoon with Tied Ribbons Crafts- These decorated spoons are a nice gift for your child to give this Grandparent's Day!

Easter Bunny Paper Plate Craft - This simple craft is fun for kids of all ages. You can use the Easter Bunnies to decorate your house or classroom, as large puppets (attach a wooden spoon to the back with strong sticky tape), or as masks.

Forked Flower Pot Recipe Holder- This is a really cool idea with a plastic fork for making a gift for your mother.

Fly-Away Magnets Craft for Kids - Learn how to make this cool Fly-Away Magnets craft with wooden spoons.

Foam Leaves and Marshmallow Thanksgiving Turkey - What you will need: foam fall leaves, foam marshmallows, craft spoons, brown paint, black and yellow paper or foam for the hat.

Forks Wind Chime - Every house has some odd forks kicking around that don't belong to any set of cutlery and this wind chime craft is the perfect way for kids to have some summertime fun with them.

Ghost Spoons Making - Fast family fun assured with this friendly ghost spoon.

How to Make a Fork Flower Craft - Here is something kind of neat, and great for young kids. I would say it would be suitable for 4-12 year olds. A 3 year old can have fun with help.

How to Make a Wooden Spoon Puppet Craft - If you are looking for a fun craft to do with your kids, look no farther than your kitchen's utensil drawer. Wooden spoon puppets will keep your kids entertained not only while making them, but for hours while playing with them. Here is how to make wooden spoon puppets.

Hula Nodder- Make this Hula dancer from craft spoons.

“It’s a String Thing” Bottle Doll Craft - Make a “It’s a String Thing” Bottle Doll out of a wooden spoon and other materials.

Mummy Spoon - Make a mummy out of a spoon

Love Bugs - This project is easy and can be used by 2 years and up. We give these to parents, teachers and grandparents -- they love them.

Native American Wooden Spoons for Thanksgiving - - Kids will be thrilled with this Native American puppet made out of a wooden spoon and craft cupboard supplies - perfect for Thanksgiving or any time the children feel like putting on a puppet show!

New Year's Pot Bangers Noise Makers Craft - Make extra noise this New Year's Eve! Bang your pots with  a special spoon you've decorated just for the night.

Paper Dove Flying Toy Craft- You won't mind this critter invading your next picnic: a high-flying dove made from paper plates and plastic spoons.

Plastic Knife Bunny Easter Craft - This is a great craft for little ones, perfect for day care situations or just for that 'I'm bored' kind of day. Make this cute little bunny in your classroom and take home to show Mom for Easter!

Plastic Spoon Snowman - This cute snowman is quick and easy to make with some simple materials - and great fun to display too!

Pumpkin Spoon - A new spin on Halloween decorations

Rattlesnake Wooden Spoons Activities - Don't get too close, it may bite, but I don't think so.

Reindeer Spoons - It’s Rudolph made from a wooden spoon.

Rocky the Turtle Nature Preschool Craft - Here’s a new version of the classic pet rock – Rocky the Turtle. Your preschooler will have fun decorating his shell and adding him to your yard or garden décor. Not many supplies needed for this nature preschool craft – rock, craft spoons, glue and embellishments. So go outside and search for the perfect pet rock with your preschooler today.

Santa Spoon Activities & Projects - Make this cute wooden spoon Santa to join in with your holiday festivities.

Sea Turtle Marionette - Make a turtle marionette

Spider Spoons Crafts Activity - Spider and web spoon decoration.

Spoon Angel Craft - This is appropriate for ages 3+.  Though younger children can decorate the triangle.

Spoons Percussion Mobile Wind Chimes - Create a melodic mobile with recycled spoons. Visit flea markets or yard sales to find spoons that will glimmer and sing at your touch!

Spoon Pilgrims for Thanksgiving Decorations Making - - Create this darling Pilgrim couple from wooden spoons. Use them as plant picks in a fall mum, or glue them to a harvest wreath

Spoon Puppets - Wild and wacky spoon critters could be hiding in your kitchen! Add some paint, wiggle eyes and imagination to bring your critter to life.

Spoon Reindeer Centrepiece - Make this charming reindeer to compliment your table.

Spoon Santa - Here's an ornament that not only pays tribute to the guy who'll shimmy down the chimney, but is also jolly good fun to make.

Spoon Snowshoes - These cute little snowshoes will make for a great decoration this winter.

Uncle Sam Pin - Pin on a patriotic face that's sure to stand out in any Fourth of July crowd.

Vampire Spoon - A fun and easy vampire craft made from a wooden spoon.

Wooden Spoon Angel - This pretty wooden spoon angel is an easy Christmas craft for kids. She makes a great puppet and looks pretty on the top of the Christmas tree, too.

Wooden Spoon Bat - This bat makes a fun (and easy) craft for children in the run-up to Halloween, and the added bonus of a potential puppet show at the end!

Wooden Spoon Bouquet - While it may be a while before your real flower garden blooms into a rainbow of spring colors, you can round up a bouquet of these bright-hued wooden perennials to liven up a countertop or coffee table in no time.

Wooden Spoon Cat - Make this wooden spoon cat puppet.

Wooden Spoon Handmade Dolls  - Who knew those kitchen items could be used to make such a cute doll!

Wood Spoon Ghost - This cute ghost is here to wish you a happy haunting.

Wooden Spoon Guess Who - People who are very comfortable around each other can play a guffaw-inducing game with a couple of long-handled wooden spoons.

Wooden Spoon Native American Puppets - - Kids will be thrilled with this Native American puppet made out of a wooden spoon and craft cupboard supplies - perfect for Thanksgiving or any time the children feel like putting on a puppet show!

Wooden Spoon Puppet - Serve up some instant entertainment with a cast of spoon-faced puppets.

Wooden Spoon Santa - Here's a Santa puppet made out of a wooden spoon, craft foam and other craft cupboard supplies. Fun to make and fun to play with, too.

Wood Spoon Snowman Crafts for Children - Fun snowman from a wooden spoon.

Wooden Spoon Skeleton Puppets - Kids can make and then play with this wooden spoon skeleton puppet - a perfect craft for Halloween.

Wooden Spoon Soldiers - - This army of wooden-spoon soldiers will be sure to protect all the ice cream at your Veterans Day party.

Wooden Spoon Rudolph the Red Nosed Rudolph Reindeer - Here's an unusual idea for a Christmas craft - a quick Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer using a wooden spoon!

Wooden Spoon Scarecrow- How to make scarecrow decorations using a wooden spoon.

Wooden Spoon Crocodile Crafts Project - Get out the green paint and help the kids put together this gorgeous wooden spoon crocodile.

Wooden Spoon Witch Puppet Ideas This gorgeous witch puppet is fun to make and fun to play with, too!

Wooden Spoon Shark Activity - This wooden spoon shark craft is original and very effective - it's sure to be a huge hit with the kids!