Interesting crafts from disposable forks

Disposable tableware is a universal material from which you can make a variety of crafts. It’s exciting and not difficult, because even a child can cope with the task. For example, beautiful and unusual crafts are made from disposable plastic forks. So, from them you can make toys and decorative elements, souvenirs and household items with your own hands. In a word, there is room for imagination to run wild.

Panel of forks

Fans of unusual decorative items will appreciate this craft. The panel looks like a flower, looks stylish and will decorate the interior.

To work you will need:

• disposable forks (from 20 pieces, depending on the planned distance between them);
• old music records or CDs;
• colored cardboard;
• ribbons and lace, beads and artificial flowers for decoration;
• glue gun;
• scissors;
• acrylic paints (optional).

Making a frame is not difficult. The work consists of several stages:

1. To see how the panel will look, it is recommended to place the forks around the entire circumference of the plate/disc before work. You can mark with a pencil the places where the forks will be glued. Only after this should you move on.
2. The most important and painstaking task is gluing the forks onto the plate. This must be done carefully so as not to smear the glue on the surface of the future craft.
3. When the previous stage is completed, you can begin decorating the panel with lace and ribbon. This is not difficult to do: one end of the tape needs to be secured with glue and intertwined with all the forks.
4. Then the second plate is applied to the cardboard and traced along its contour. Next, a circle of cardboard is cut out and glued to the plate.
5. The resulting blank is decorated as desired. After that, it is glued to the plate with forks.

You can glue an artificial flower or beads to the center of the finished panel, and on the wrong side it is recommended to make a loop from a thin satin ribbon.

Doll made from disposable forks and cups

This craft will decorate a schoolchild’s desk, a window sill with flowers, or a shelf with books. It looks original and fun. However, besides forks, the main character here is an ordinary plastic glass.

To work you will need:

• disposable forks (10–15 pieces) and a glass;
• glue (it’s better if it’s “Moment”);
• scissors;
• decorative eyes, mouth and nose bead.

By the way! It is important that the toy is stable. Therefore, it is better to use dishes made of thick plastic. A paper coffee cup will also work.

The work consists of several steps:

1. The bottom of the glass is cut off (carefully, since it is to this part of it that the forks will be glued in the future).
2. To make the structure stable, the base of the glass can be strengthened. To do this, you need to stick a thin strip of cardboard (no more than 1 cm wide) on the inside of it.
3. The handles are cut off completely from two forks, and half from the rest.
4. The narrow part of the glass is the conventional “head” of the doll. Forks, the handles of which are cut in half, are glued along the entire circumference of the glass. This is the doll's “hair”. It is better if they are of different “lengths”.They can also be decorated with sparkles and colored threads.
5. You need to make small slits on the sides of the glass. Handles from forks are inserted into them as carefully as possible. The slots should be small so that the glass does not break and the doll’s “hands” do not fall off.

Then glue on the eyes, mouth and nose. If desired, the doll can be painted with acrylic paints.

Decorative panel for the kitchen “Broom”

A child can make such a craft as a gift for his grandmother. A beautiful, unusual and lovingly made panel will decorate any kitchen.

To work you will need:

• nine disposable forks;
• thick cardboard;
• satin ribbon;
• artificial flower (lush);
• thick decorative thread;
• glue gun

The work is carried out as follows:

1. A broom-shaped blank is cut out of cardboard.
2. Forks are glued to the wide part of the workpiece at a distance of 1-1.5 cm from each other.
3. Then a ribbon is threaded between the teeth. Its edges are also fixed with glue.
4. The “handle” of the whisk must be wrapped with decorative thread. To prevent it from moving off the base, it is treated with glue.

Next, a flower is glued onto the wide part of the corolla, and a loop is made on the handle on the wrong side. This way you can not only put up the craft, but also hang it on the wall.

Toy "Sun"

This craft will be a wonderful decoration for a child’s room.

To work you will need:

• thick cardboard;
• disposable forks (preferably yellow);
• lace or satin ribbon (to match all other elements);
• glue;
• scissors;
• paints or markers.

By the way! If the forks are colored, then you will need bright gouache of the same tone. It is needed to paint the cardboard base.

Stages of work:

1. Two identical circles with a diameter of 15–20 cm are cut out of cardboard.
2. If necessary, the blanks are painted (their color and the shades of all other parts of the craft must match).
3. Then forks are glued onto one of the circles.
4. When everything is dry, glue the second circle. It is important that both bases lie flat, without distortion.
5. Next, lace (ribbon) is pulled between the tines of the forks.
6. After this, you need to draw a joyful face for the sun. This can be done with felt-tip pens or paints.

This sun looks beautiful if you hang it on a chandelier, window or wall. Therefore, on the wrong side of the craft you need to make a loop of thread.

Making your own crafts from disposable tableware is not at all difficult. This is an activity that is interesting not only for adults, but also for children. The main thing about it is that they are not afraid to try, improvise and enjoy the process.

Well, if you have already done all the crafts listed in this article, we recommend you another option for miraculously turning plastic forks into interior decoration - fan.