Marie from
Scissors and Spoons is here today with a great idea for some cute snowflake ornaments!
I am so excited to be here to share a quick, easy, and inexpensive craft using Thanksgiving leftovers.
Nope, not those leftovers, these ones:
I hate seeing plastic end up in the
trash so when everyone finished Thanksgiving dinner I collected all of the silver colored plastic utensils.
I wasn’t sure what I was going to do with a bunch of used plastic forks and knives when I saved them
from the trash, but the handles reminded me of a snowflake pattern so I decided to make them into
snowflake Christmas tree ornaments.
First–while wearing safety glasses!–I used a wire cutter to cut the utensils into pieces.
Second, using a hot glue gun, I glued the pieces of utensil to the back
of glass gems in a snowflake pattern.
Finally, I glued a piece of string onto the back of each snowflake.
That’s it! Not bad for
something that would have otherwise ended up in the trash huh? I think that these ornaments would be
especially cute on a kitchen/cooking/baking theme Christmas tree, but wouldn’t look out of place on a
more traditional tree.
Allison thanks for allowing me to visit today.
Happy holidays!
Thanks for sharing Marie!! Those are fantastic!

Hello, I'm Allison! I am an Army wife and momma to two little girls. I've got a creative side and I love to craft, do DIY projects with my husband, paint, and I occasional get my bake on too. Join me on my journey and take a glimpse inside our military adventures, my creative endeavors and our everyday life. :)
Cynthia
December 2, 2013 at 9:11 pmThese are clever and very cute!
Cynthia
Colleen
December 2, 2013 at 9:42 pmThem are super cool and what a clever idea.
Creative Raisins
December 3, 2013 at 5:15 amWho would have guessed that plastic utensils could look so good. I can just imagine how they will look with the light reflecting off of them.
Danni@SiloHillFarm
December 3, 2013 at 1:18 pmOh those are so beautiful! I'm not surprised though, Marie comes up with some awesome projects!
Cami
December 3, 2013 at 7:09 pmVery clever. Thanks for sharing.
Cami
December 3, 2013 at 7:10 pmGreat idea! Very clever. Congrats & thanks for sharing! 🙂