Painted Wooden Spoons

Only a few more days until Mother’s Day and this week we’re showing you how to make a simple and easy gift...painted wooden spoons.

You can make this for any occasion; a house warming would be a great idea too.

You will need some wooden spoons. You can go to a dollar store to pick up some inexpensive ones or you can go to a kitchen store and buy good quality spoons; you can even make your own wooden spoons if you have the time and skills. If you get the shiny type spoons, you may have to sand them down a bit before painting.

Before we get started we should mention that you would probably want some sort of protectant or curing done if you want to actually use the spoons and not just have them as a decorative item in your kitchen - or else be really careful not to let the painted part touch the food. You can use a food safe protectant or you can cure the spoons (like in this blog here).

We’re going to paint the spoons in an ombre sort of way and we’ve chosen to do them in shades of blue. You can certainly do them this way or you can make the handles a solid colour or a variety of colours. They don’t all have to match and they can be in whatever colours you choose.

We just kind of went for it. We used sponge brushes to apply our paint and we just eyeballed the stripes. You can use painter’s tape if you want it to be more exact and straight.

We put the painted spoons in a mug to dry so that they weren't laying flat on the newspaper getting stuck to things. 

After doing one coat of each colour, we let the spoons dry or a few hours and then applied another coat.

We let them completely dry for a few days.

Since we are just using the spoons as decorations, we’re going to leave them as is (that is without a protectant or cure).

To finish off your spoon decoration gift, you can tie them all up with a thick ribbon and give them to mom on Mother’s Day.

Stocking Stuffers

Now that we have your advent calendar ready for the lead up to Christmas, it is time to think about stocking stuffer gifts to get for your loved ones. I find that it’s always best to shop as far in advance as possible because the closer to Christmas we get, the more busy and stressful the shops get which is so overwhelming to me.

We’re gonna break this into two categories, humans and pets.

Everyone in the house deserves to have their own stocking with their name on it or decorated to represent them, even your pets! We have come up with some fun ideas for gifts to give to your pet friends this Christmas. You can also make them some toys and treats which we’ll be talking more about in the next blog.

Now time for you human loved ones. Here are some of our favourite things to fill up stocking with.