Plastic Spoon Penguin Craft

Penguins are adorable aren’t they?! Every winter I get giddy about creating a new penguin craft and this year I am excited to share this plastic spoon penguin craft with you. It’s a little unconventional crafting with plastic spoons, I know, but they are simply perfect for making these cute penguin puppets.

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Supplies Needed:

white plastic spoon
black and orange felt
googly eyes
hot glue gun
scissors

Tutorial:

1. Cut out egg shape

Start by cutting an egg shape out of your black felt for your penguin body. I ended up cutting one out of white cardstock first to test out the size and shape with my spoon. Then I was able to use it as a template to make as many as I wanted out of felt.

2. Cut out more details

You also need to cut out penguin flippers from your black felt and a beak and feet from your orange felt. For the beak I cut out a triangle and for the feet I cut out a heart shape. Easy, peasy.

3. Make a slit

Fold your black penguin body in half (the egg shape) and cut a small slit near the bottom of the fold. This is where the plastic spoon will slide into the body.

4. Glue feet to the egg

Heat up your hot glue gun. Glue your heart shaped feet onto the back of your black penguin body.

5. Attach body to the spoon

Slide your plastic spoon down into the slit on the body with the bottom of the spoon facing forward. The bump out of the plastic spoon makes a nice penguin belly. Add hot glue onto the front of the spoon and glue down the body onto it. See pictures above.