Making Butterfly Spoons

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July 5, 2018

I was inspired by a book that is often read to the kids, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, to make these cute butterfly spoons.

This is a fun and easy project to make. You will trace your hands to resemble the wings of the butterfly and a spoon as the body. Add a touch of paint for the faces and cut scrap paper for the antenna.

These are easy to grip for the kids to play with or use them for telling stories.

Total Time: 30 minutes

Supplies:

acrylic paint
scissors
glue stick
paintbrushes
spoons
scrapbook paper
tape
hot glue

Steps:

I like to double side my tape and secure spoon down to the work space to more easily paint with your choice of color. I used the color sour apple as the body of the butterfly.

Butterfly Spoons - roll a piece of tape and stick to the spoon back

Butterfly Spoons - stick down to the work surface

Allow the spoons to dry and trace hands on scrapbook paper of your choice for the wings. Then cut out.

Butterfly Spoons - trace hands onto scrapbook paper

Using any scrapbook paper you have on hand, freehand and cut out the antennae for the butterfly.

Butterfly Spoons - draw and cut out the antennae

Once spoon is dried, you can go over with paint for the eyes and mouth. Or, you can use wiggle eyes if you have that.

Butterfly Spoons - paint eyes on concave surface of the spoon

Butterfly Spoons - add pupils and smiling moiuth

Use tape to secure antennae.

Butterfly Spoons - tape antennae to spoons

Butterfly Spoons - two spoons with antennae taped in place

*Depending on the hands, you may have to cut some excess paper off. Put hands together with spoon in the center and see what may need to be cut off. Then glue the hands together.