Wooden Spoon Repurpose

14 August
That's IT!!! It's time for a change! I've had it!

This is the third month in a row that I have completely forgotten about the Thrifty Chicks Challenge projects! 😲 That means that I am scrambling last minute and probably not doing my best work!

I also forgot about National Thrift Shop Day which is THIS Saturday, August 17th. 😬 I usually do a series of seven posts, 7 Days of Thrift Shop Flips in honor of National Thrift Shop Day for the week leading up to the day. But since I forgot, I won't be starting the series until the actual day and will use the week after to share my flips... if I can get them done that is!

And I signed up to do the Twelve Days of Christmas blog hop again this year which means I need to start planning and creating NOW!!

I need to start scheduling my posts on a calendar so I quit forgetting about them!

Well, even though I forgot about this month's Thrifty Chicks Challenge, I did manage to get a quick project done although it's not my favorite.

Here is my before picture. Our challenge this month is rolling pins or wooden utensils.

Wooden Spoon Repurpose


Wooden Spoon Repurpose

As I was surfing Pinterest looking for inspiration I kept seeing wooden spoon puppets and thought they were cute!

I decided to make my own Frida Khalo spoon puppet! If you don't know who that is you can read about her here: Frida Kahlo - Wikipedia. She was a Mexican painter, born in 1907 and died in 1954. In the art world, she is easily recognized by her unibrow.

I started by painting my wooden spoon with flesh-colored paint.

Wooden Spoon Repurpose

Then I drew on a simple face. I freestyled it so it'd definitely not perfect! I used a white paint pen to color in the eyes.

Wooden Spoon Repurpose

The rest was created with colored Sharpie markers and colored pencils for shading and cheek color.

Wooden Spoon Repurpose

Wooden Spoon Repurpose

I used some black yarn I had and looped a bunch of it around my fingers then glued it onto the spoon like so.

Wooden Spoon Repurpose

Then I flipped it back over and tacked it down on the back of the spoon with hot glue. I pulled a few strands out and created some little tendrils.

Then I created a dress for her from a scrap of vintage fabric.

Wooden Spoon Repurpose

I rummaged through my stashes and found some vintage lace, and pom pom trim to dress up her outfit!

Wooden Spoon Repurpose

Wooden Spoon Repurpose

Wooden Spoon Repurpose

Wooden Spoon Repurpose

I guess she's pretty cute... just not as cute as I envisioned. What do you think?

Wooden Spoon Repurpose

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Wooden Spoon Repurpose

Make sure to check out the other ladies' projects below!

Lora from Lora B. Create & Ponder - DIY Stenciled Rolling Pin Display
Linda from Itsy Bits and Pieces - A Fun Re-Use Project With Wooden Utensils


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