Plastic Spoon Tree

attosa
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Plastic Spoon Tree - tree in the garden Here's a fun and easy way to make a chic looking tree for the holidays, or any time of the year. I think they look lovely both indoors and outdoors. All you need are plastic spoons, a piece of paper, and hot glue. The bigger the paper, the taller the tree. I used a huge paper insert from a package and about 75 spoons to make a pretty tall tree. Have fun!

*Keep the handles of the spoons after you cut them. Use them for stirring or future crafts. :)

Total Time: 70 minutes

Yield: 1 tree

Supplies:

plastic spoons
wire cutters
sturdy piece of paper
tape
hot glue gun with glue sticks
spray paint (optional)

Steps:

Cut the handles off the spoons using wire cutters.

Plastic Spoon Tree - use wire cutters to cut off spoon handle

Make a large cone by rolling your piece of paper into itself diagonally.

Plastic Spoon Tree - roll paper into a cone

Tape the seams of the paper cone shut.

Fold the base of the cone inwards into itself to keep it even when it's standing up.

Plastic Spoon Tree - fold bottom of cone inwards so that it will stand up

Add hot glue to the most protruding part of the back of a spoon.

Plastic Spoon Tree - add glue to underside of spoon bowl

Starting from the base of the cone, start gluing the spoons to it, going all the way around.

Plastic Spoon Tree - start at the bottom of the cone and glue spoons around, overlapping

Work your way up the cone by alternating the spoon placement so they overlap nicely.

Plastic Spoon Tree - add a spoon to the top tip up

I like to flip the very top spoon up the other way around to give it a nice point.

Plastic Spoon Tree - finished spoon tree

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Anonymous

December 12, 20180 found this helpful

What a great idea!! Thank you!!

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Lynda

December 12, 20180 found this helpful

What a great idea!! Thank you!!

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likekinds
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December 13, 20180 found this helpful

And when this item is not being used as a Christmas tree, it can be used to impress your friends in a different way (at least from a distance).

Yucca plants are beautiful when in bloom but the blooms don't last very long. By placing this 'tree' in your yucca plant, it will look as if the plant is always in bloom.

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