Last month we had our first Creative Craft Blog Hop, it was such a huge hit we decided to make it a monthly hop. This month we have 15 bloggers sharing some awesome crafts with you. It’s going to be a fun full crafting morning so get ready to be inspired! The craft blog hop is hosted by Chloe, Celebrate and Decorate and Andrea, Design Morsel. At the bottom of my craft tutorial I will share each participant’s link.
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For my craft I am using some left over plastic spoons, candle holder and a toy from the Dollar Tree. Can you believe we can make a home decor piece out of spoons and a toy? What would you say if I told you we are going to make an artichoke sculpture to style in our home? Yep…that’s what I am making and you can too with the tutorial I have below.
Here are the items I will be using for this craft:
- 125 plastic spoons – Dollar Tree carries 48 spoons in one package. – I am using spoons I had on hand, a couple colors. ha!
- 1 Dollar Tree nerf football rocket toy
- a Dollar Tree candle holder or any piece to use for a base
- scissors
- hacksaw or something to cut through the football
- hot glue and a glue gun
- E6000
- paint – color of your choice
- a lighter
∼ MAKING THE ARTICHOKE PETALS ∼
- Cut the spoon’s bowl off the handle. It best to cut the spoon with the handle to the right and the bowl to the left and keep the bowl in an upright position, for some reason this helps to prevent the bowl from cracking. I am righthanded so reverse this if you are a lefthanded person.
- Trim the spoon’s bowl to resemble a flower petal. We want each piece to be 1 inch wide. Do this to all of the spoons.
- I created the look of an artichoke leaf by using a lighter to curl the ends. ◊Be careful◊ I placed the lighter ONLY 6 seconds to the tip then pushed the tip back to make it curl.
- Each petal’s size should be 1 inch x 1 inch.
Here is a quick video tutorial on how I created the petal.
∼ MAKING THE ARTICHOKE BASE ∼
- Cut the football off the rocket. To cut my toy I am using my Dollar Tree hacksaw. Making sure it is cut evenly.
- The Dollar Tree glass candle holder would work perfect for the base.
- I have a couple of the Dollar Tree candle holders up in my closet, instead I am using an old votive holder.
- To keep the football securely on the holder I applied E6000 and hot glue around the opening. I placed the cut end of the football inside the opening.
∼ ATTACHING THE PETALS TO THE BASE ∼
- Take 3 petals and cut into smaller petals.
- To form the topper of the artichoke attach the 3 smaller pieces side by side together with hot glue. Making sure you apply the glue to the inner part of the petal to keep the glue hidden.
- Adding a drop of glue to the very top of the football. Apply the topper to the hot glue, hold until it sets.
- Apply hot glue to the bottom of each petal. Glue each petal around the topper.
- Start the next row by gluing the petals between the top two top petals. Keep gluing the petals the same way until you are at the last two bottom rows.
- The last two rows we will be cutting the petals shorter, also we will cut a small slit in the petal’s center. This will allow the petal to lay flat. Do one row.
- The very last row, cut the petals a little smaller and a slit in the center. Fill in the rest of the base with the smaller petals.
Here is what my artichoke looks like after I finished gluing all the spoons on. Overlook the color of my artichoke, like I said earlier I used spoons I had in our cabinet from past events. I am spray painting the entire thing so it doesn’t matter what color spoons we use. 🙂
- To finish up the piece I am spray painting with Krylon Gloss Ivy Green.
- I placed my piece in a box and gave it two good coats. One coat standing upright and the second coat upside down. I made sure I got every square inch of the piece.
I hope this craft doesn’t intimate you. Cutting the spoons wasn’t hard even cutting 125 of them. 🙂 It was fun putting it together and watching it develop into an artichoke. I made it super easy for you. I gave you the supply list, the number of spoons you need, shared how to cut the spoons, how to curl the ends, and how to glue them to form an artichoke. All you need to do is sit down and have fun!
The only thing easier for you is to purchase one already made. 🙁 They run anywhere from $10 – $50. Making your own would involve spending $5.00 for supplies and 1 to 2 hours of your time. What a huge savings and a conversational piece to style in your home.
I hope you enjoyed my DIY Artichoke Sculpture.
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Don’t miss going over to Rebecca, Zucchini Sisters where she shares how to craft with an empty can. Not only one craft, but three! This is something we all have in our cupboard! Below, is the listed of everyone participating in the craft hop, click on their name and it will take you right over to their craft.
Celebrate and Decorate — Design Morsels — Chas’ Crazy Creations
My Hubbard Home — My Thrift Store Addiction — Bluesky At Home
The Painted Apron — Decorate And More With Tip — Zucchini Sisters
Purple Hues And Me — Home Is Where The Boat Is — Birdz Of A Feather
White Arrows Home — Create With Cynthia — B4 and Afters
Decorating our home on a budget is my thrill. I think a home can look beautiful without breaking the bank. Your home should bring the best out of you and make you feel happy. You should smile every time you enter your home. 🙂
Terrie, your craft is amazing! I would’ve never guessed those are spoons! You really put it over the top by melting the spoons…it looks so realistic. I love that you sourced all of the supplies from Dollar Tree, too. Love it! It was fun crafting with you 🙂
I love how it turned out too Rebecca, working with the spoons after shaping and melting they really worked out great for the leaves. Thanks for stopping by.
I love artichokes! This is the most creative idea ever! It turned out so beautifully!!!
Thanks Kristin. You are too sweet. I am happy how it turned out and will be styling it any many places.
You are so creative! This looks like an item from a high end store.
Thanks Paula. I love how the little petals looks turned out. Made all the difference.
What a clever craft, Terrie! I always enjoy seeing something new! It is a pleasure to join you for the hop. Pinned! Blessings, Cecilia @My Thrift Store Addiction
Awe thank you Cecilia. I love the craft hop and working with you. Happy June.
amazing. how does one think of these ideas!
Thanks Pamela. I just love thinking out of the box. Happy June!
So creative Terrie, I’m beyond impressed! I don’t think I’d have your patience and I love how you were able to get all your components, including your hack saw from Dollar Tree! Have you made anything else with plastic spoons? I’ve seen some amazing chandys and lamps. Happy to be hopping with you today ♥
Thank you so much Mary! No, I haven’t made anything else with spoons but will be on the look for another project to make. Using spoons was so inexpensive when modified them to where they don’t look like spoons at all.
Terrie, this has to be the most inventive DIY I’ve ever seen. Would have never thought you started with plastic spoons. Very inventive. Hats off to you.
Thanks Carol. Isn’t it so cute and doesn’t look like spoons since I cut and melted them. ha! A little more details but so worth it. Thank you for stopping over.
Terrie, your instructions were perfect, I could follow along with each step.
And this project is crazy creative!!!
Like Liberty, I was wondering about the scissors 🙂
Nice to be blog hopping with you.
Rachelle
Thanks Rachelle, I try to make it as easy to follow as possible. Great to know that it was. Regarding the scissors mine were a pair that barely cuts paper and they worked perfectly for this project on cutting the spoons.
Terrie, this is amazing!! You were so creative to come up with this! I feel like my creative part of my brain has been on vacation and need it to get fired up again. You have inspired me to really think about what I can make out of unusual items! This would be gorgeous in gold, too!! Thanks for hopping with us!
Thanks Chloe. I love working with things outside of the box. It was a fun project to work on. oh I am so happy I inspire you for a change because you my dear inspire me all the time! The craft hop is such a great thing to do for our readers. Thanks for hosting.
What a great project. I love it.
Thanks Cynthia. I love how it turned out. It looks as good as the ones I purchased at a store.
Very cool! I was wondering how you were going to make an artichoke. I have a white one I love, but yours is even cooler.
I like that you can make it whatever color you want to. You really went outside the box. I’ve never seen anything like it. Thanks Terrie
I have two artichoke decor pieces I purchased but wanted to see if I could make one similar to the ones I have. I love the look of the curled up leaves. I love stepping out of the box every once in a while. 🙂 Thank you so much for your kind words.
Gee Terrie! This is so creative and unique! I think spoon crafts are making a trendy comeback. I’ve noticed a lot of projects this year, all of them quite artistic and ingenious, including yours! And it really does look like an artichoke! Amazing.
Thank you Gail for your sweet comment. Trying to come up with creative crafts to share is so much fun. I love looking at things for what they could do and not what they are used for. ha! Have a great day my friend!
I’ll tell you ladies you gave vision I absolutely don’t have all. Spoons into artichokes doesn’t compute when I see them. So stinkn’ creative.
That grandbaby is going to have so much fun!
Cindy
Cindy I sure hope Kehlani wants to craft with me. If not that’s ok too I will enjoy whatever we do together. 🙂
It was fun finding items out of the box to work on. Makes it super fun when I get my creative cap on.
This is beyond creative Terrie! Wow, incredible!! I love love artichokes, they not only taste great, but I love to use them in centerpieces and on my table…they are so pretty to look at and yours is no exception! What a wonderful fun accessory to have, quite a conversation piece too…you are so clever how you made the leaves curl…you captured the character of an artichoke perfectly!! LOVE it!
Thank you Jenna. I have a couple faux artichokes and love to use them for decor pieces myself. I have seen several DIYs where they just glue spoons for the leaves, to me it looks just like spoons. I wanted mine to look more real-like. I love how it looks, a little more steps but so worth it.
That’s super creative and it turned out lovely! Great job friend and so great crafting with you!
Thanks Chas! I love crafting with you as well. It’s always fun.
I can’t believe the things you can cut and create with–I wouldn’t have known a person could cut plastic spoons– you must have sharp scissors and a strong hand?! What a good artichoke imitation!
Liberty
Thanks Liberty. No, in fact the scissors I used were my dull ones. ha! They were not hard at all and my hand didn’t blister or get sore. Amazing after 125 of those being cut. Try it, it’s pretty easy.
Girl!! How you can visualize something and create it out of items one would never think of is AMAZING!! I’m just blown away at how realistic your artichoke looks and what a fun conversation piece!!
Thanks Christine! It’s pretty fun creating things out of the norm. Yes…it’s a piece that I will style in our home and talk about it with our guest. ha! Have a great day my dear friend!
Wow, that’s a lot of spoons Terrie but the payoff is worth it! So impressive and I love your tips for cutting those spoons.
I am lucky I had a bunch on hand. Didn’t think it would take that many, I think it wouldn’t if I didn’t trim the spoons. I like how it looks and after it all was done it looks super cute. Happy craft hopping my friend.