Manual Crafts To Make With Old Cutlery
We all have items in the house that we don’t use and many of them can be found in the kitchen. A good solution to get rid of these tools and to renovate the house without throwing everything in the garbage is to recycle and transform old objects. You just need a little imagination and, in some cases, a helping hand. Below, we will see some ideas for making the most beautiful crafts using old cutlery. Try it!
Ideas for making crafts with old cutlery
Old cutlery is made of durable material that is worth taking advantage of. If you’ve been keeping them in your drawer for a long time, it’s time to reuse them in other home projects. Put these interesting ideas into practice!
Coat hanger made with forks
You won’t need a lot of material to make an original and particularly decorative coat hanger. All you need is a wooden board and a few forks that you no longer use.
To shape the forks according to your tastes, it will be necessary to heat them with a welding machine; each fork can have a different shape from the others. Once this is done, you just have to attach the forks to the table and there you have it: you will have a delicious hanger.
Dolls made with wooden spoons
It is possible to make crafts for children. For example, you can decorate wooden spoons and turn them into dolls or puppets. For this purpose, we can use wool for the hair and felt or a fabric of our choice for the clothes.
We can add buttons and belts to complete the decoration. With the help of paint and some brushes, we will draw the eyes, nose and mouth. Children will also love to participate in the creation phase of these fun toys.
Lamps made with cutlery
With cutlery you can make ceiling chandeliers. You will use spoons, knives, forks and even kitchen utensils, such as ladles, kitchen shovels or skimmers. All great options for making hand crafting with tools and you will see that the result will be spectacular.
A bracelet made with a fork
A fork forgotten in a drawer can turn into a beautiful bracelet; and if it’s silver, even better. In some cases you may need the help of a craftsman or jeweler.
It will be necessary to heat the fork with a torch and give it the shape of a bracelet ; the fork tines can be shaped according to the personal taste of the person who will wear the product. It can be a nice gift idea.
Making manual crafts: keychains made with spoons
This interesting idea for recycling also requires the help of a craftsman or someone who works with metals. To carry out this manual work, you have to cut the handle of the spoons and shape them in order to smooth them out.
Later, you will only have to glue a ring to insert the keys. You can also add pointed objects, engrave the name of the person who will use it or a nice greeting message.
Nickel silver spoons for labeling cupboards
Nickel silver is a material similar to silver and which is the result of an alloy of zinc, nickel and copper. Many cutlery is made with this alloy. It has the advantage of being very malleable, which is why it is ideal for making crafts.
You can use nickel silver spoons to make labels to put on cabinets. They bend or level out at room temperature, so the task is not very difficult. At that point, just engrave the names, such as “bread”, “cereals” or “sweets” and put them on the doors of the cupboards or drawers.
Gardening beacons
As with the sideboard labels, these gardening indicators can be easily made using nickel silver spoons or knives. They are very resistant to bad weather and will be very useful in identifying what we have sown.
Marine-style mobile for children made with cutlery
A mobile with marine figures made with cutlery undoubtedly requires some effort, but the result will be incredible. Spoons can be used to make fish by removing the handle or giving it a shape that looks like a tail.
You can also make a hole to draw the eye; the forks can turn into octopus or squid thanks to the kitchen torch, which will allow us to give the appropriate shape
Manual crafts: old painted cutlery that becomes frames
How many of us have grandma’s silver cutlery stored in a drawer that we never use? And what’s better than turning them into beautiful frames to decorate the walls of the house ?
Just paint them white and assemble them in a white, antique-style frame. The result will be surprising and very original, a delicious handwork with cutlery.
With all these ideas we will recycle the old cutlery we have at home. You just have to arm yourself with creativity and imagination.
