This sweet little gingerbread spoon puppet looks good enough to eat, but it is actually wonderfully fun holiday decor your children (or you) can make quickly and easily by following these step by step directions. Great holiday fun for children of all ages!
Wooden Spoon Craft: Gingerbread Spoon Puppet
These would be great for a kid’s puppet show (obviously) or to stick in floral foam as part of a centerpiece, or taped to a gift in lieu of ribbon (or in addition to ribbon). If you have indoor herbs and spices growing, these would also be adorable to plop in the pot for holiday decor!
You could also tie a candy around the stem, then cover with the ribbon, and use these as a cute little take-home Christmas brunch or dinner favor. Add a name to that candy and it becomes a name card for your holiday dinner table! Mix them up with these wood spoon crafts: Rudolph Spoon Puppet and/or Snowman Spoon Puppet!
Gingerbread Spoon Puppet Notes:
● All the materials necessary to make this easy little snowman spoon craft can be purchased at at JoAnn, Michaels, or Hobby Lobby
● The dollar stores sell wooden spoons.
● The dollar stores sell Christmas ribbon.
● If you do not allow your paint to dry between steps (eyes, smile, icing) make certain you do not smear the paint.
Gingerbread Spoon Puppet Materials:
● Wooden Cooking Spoon
● Paint Palette or Paper Plate or Other Small Paint Holder
● Brown Craft Paint (dark)
● White Craft Paint
● Pink Craft Paint
● Paintbrush
● Small White Craft Pom Pom
● Hot Glue Gun (low temp)
● Hot Glue
● Scissors
● Small Piece of Ribbon or Fabric (for the scarf)
Gingerbread Spoon Puppet Directions:
1. Cover your work surface in case of spills. You can use a disposable tablecloth, cardboard, newspaper, etc. If your children are doing this craft, you really want that work surface covered!
2. Paint the entire surface of the wooden spoon with a dark-er brown craft paint.
3. Once the brown paint has dried, use a thin-tipped paint brush to paint on two white circle eyes on the front of the top of your spoon.
4. Hot glue a white craft pom pom nose underneath the painted eyes on the front of the spoon.
5. Make a white smiling mouth with white craft paint underneath the nose.
6. Paint a white zig zag line above the eyes across the top of the spoon to serve as an additional “icing” feature on your gingerbread man.
7. Place two small pink circles at the top of each end of the painted mouth on your gingerbread man.
8. Tie a piece of ribbon into a bow at the base of your wooden spoon.
9. Display as desired.
Wooden Spoon Craft: Gingerbread Spoon Puppet
This sweet little gingerbread spoon puppet looks good enough to eat, but it is actually wonderfully fun holiday decor your children (or you) can make quickly and easily by following these step by step directions. Great holiday fun for children of all ages!
Materials
- Wooden Cooking Spoon
- Brown Craft Paint (dark)
- White Craft Paint
- Pink Craft Paint
- Small White Craft Pom Pom
- Small Piece of Ribbon or Fabric (for the scarf)
Tools
- Paint Palette
- Paintbrush
- Hot Glue Gun (low temp)
- Hot Glue
- Scissors
Instructions
- Cover your work surface in case of spills. You can use a disposable tablecloth, cardboard, newspaper, etc. If your children are doing this craft, you really want that work surface covered!
- Paint the entire surface of the wooden spoon with darker brown craft paint.
- Once the brown paint has dried, use a thin-tipped paintbrush to paint on two white circle eyes on the front of the top of your spoon.
- Hot glue a white craft pom pom nose underneath the painted eyes on the front of the spoon.
- Make a white smiling mouth with white craft paint underneath the nose.
- Paint a white zig-zag line above the eyes across the top of the spoon to serve as an additional "icing" feature on your gingerbread man.
- Place two small pink circles at the top of each end of the painted mouth on your gingerbread man.
- Tie a piece of ribbon into a bow at the base of your wooden spoon.
- Display as desired.
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