Plastic Spoon Mermaid Doll

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Plastic Spoon Mermaid Doll - finished doll with glitter glue details on the tail This is a cute little spoon doll that your child can bring as a companionship toy on a walk, on car rides, to the park/restaurant/friend, or family's house. This is small, lightweight, and will be entertainment for your child.

My daughter is currently in a mermaid phase, so I thought this would be cute/fun project to make. Sure enough, it's her current favorite toy!

Total Time: 15 minutes

Supplies:

plastic spoon
pipe cleaner
yarn
hot glue
felt
ribbon
glitter glue
Sharpie
goggly eyes

Steps:

Wrap pipe cleaner around center of spoon handle. You can apply a couple of drops of hot glue on the top and bottom to secure in place.

Plastic Spoon Mermaid Doll - wrap pipe cleaner around the spoon handle, you can secure the ends with glue

Using felt, freehand and cut out a mermaid tail.

Plastic Spoon Mermaid Doll - cut out a mermaid tail from felt

Hot glue the mermaid tail and bikini top (floral ribbon) to the spoon.

Plastic Spoon Mermaid Doll - hot glue the tail to the spoon handle

Plastic Spoon Mermaid Doll - glue on floral ribbon for bikini top

Using a Sharpie, draw the nose and mouth. Then, secure goggly eyes with hot glue.

Plastic Spoon Mermaid Doll - use a Sharpie to draw on the nose and mouth

Plastic Spoon Mermaid Doll - glue on the eyes

Cut a couple strands (4) of yarn for mermaid hair and secure on the spoon with hot glue.

Plastic Spoon Mermaid Doll - cut 4 strands of embroidery thread

Plastic Spoon Mermaid Doll - glue to the spoon as hair

Plastic Spoon Mermaid Doll - hair glued in place

For finishing touches, my daughter added some glitter glue to the mermaid's tail.

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