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Frame for a mirror made of spoons. Chrysanthemums from plastic spoons. Beautiful mirror frame

Mirror Is an important decor item in any room. This item has firmly entered the interiors of the bathroom, hallway, bedroom and living room, as it not only serves as a wall decoration, but also becomes an integral accessory for daily use. It can be expensive to buy a mirror in a ready-made wooden or plastic frame, so in this article we will show you how to make a frame from disposable plastic spoons yourself. In this way, you can decorate not only a new mirror, but also restore the old one. Crafts made from disposable tableware are an economical option to bring something new and original to the interior.

Materials for making a decorative mirror:

- plastic spoons;

- mirror;

- spray paint;

- acrylic paint;

- brushes;

Crafts from dishes for the house with your own hands - a mirror from spoons

1) From a piece of plywood, you need to cut a circle that matches the size of the mirror.

2) Gently break off all the legs from the plastic spoons.



3) We begin to glue the spoons to the chipboard in a circle from the outer edge. Leave an empty space equal to one spoon between the glued spoons in the same row.

4) We glue the second row just at the intervals, that is, in a checkerboard pattern. Glue the spoons with a slight overlap on the previous row so that they do not stick out.

5) Fill in the whole circle of chipboard in this way. While gluing, press the spoons well so that they do not fall off later.

6) Wait for the glue to dry.

7) Spray paint evenly over the surface of the spoons. Match the paint color to suit your interior. Additionally, with acrylic paints, you can make a transition from a dark shade to a light shade or vice versa.

8) When the frame is dry, attach the mirror from the back using glue.

The original decorative mirror is ready! It can be hung in the nursery or in the hallway. It is not necessary to make a wide range of chipboard, it all depends on your design ideas and abilities. Disposable tableware has many advantages: it is unbreakable, looks almost like ordinary tableware, and can be used as a craft material.

Watch a video on the topic: DIY decorative mirror from spoons

You can make a frame for a mirror not only from plastic spoons, but also from forks or disposable cups. you can do a lot of useful things, as well as give a second life to old or used items.

Chrysanthemum mirror made of plastic spoons. Budgetary and beautiful.

What we need:

  • Plastic spoons.
  • Cardboard, plywood or strong corrugated cardboard.
  • Scissors.
  • Hot glue gun.
  • Spray paint.
  • Acrylic paint and brush (optional).
  • Small mirror.

Since this is a chrysanthemum, we decided to make it round. But nothing prevents you from choosing a different shape. Cut a circle out of plywood or cardboard. We took a more complicated path and made our frame from the remnants of corrugated cardboard (more precisely, from two circles). This path is not the most successful, so it is best to cut out a solid circle with a hole in the middle, that is, a torus.

Cut off handles from plastic spoons. The most common scissors do an excellent job with this.

Then we begin to glue the spoons onto the plywood / cardboard with hot melt glue. Do it in a checkerboard pattern as shown in the picture.

Add spoons to the very last row to completely cover the cardboard / plywood. The picture below shows the frame without the final row of spoons.

After all the spoons are in place, we need to paint the frame. You can use spray paint and make the mirror a solid color.

Or you can paint the spoons with acrylic paints and make a gradient drawing or just a multi-colored frame. The choice is yours. If you decide to use acrylic paints, then you don't need paint in a spray can (tested empirically).

The final step will be to glue the mirror to the back of the frame with hot melt glue. Remember to make a loop of jute rope or any other sturdy thread to hang the mirror.

Such a mirror looks very beautiful in red, turning thanks to the color into a mirror-gerbera or carnation.

Decorating mirrors with plastic spoons + MK

Today, a rather unusual use of disposable plastic spoons on the site is to decorate mirrors with them. Such a wonderful mirror can be made from simple plastic spoons with a little effort.

To decorate mirrors with plastic spoons you will need:

A sufficient number of plastic spoons (about 50 pieces per mirror)

Large cardboard box

Glue gun

Rope, ruler, pencil, scissors

Acrylic paint

Mirrors

Decorating mirrors with plastic spoons step by step

Decide with a ruler what diameter your mirrors will be (in this master class, one large was made, 22 inch , and two small ones about 13 inches).

If you don’t have a base for a wreath, you can cut a circle out of cardboard in the following way: cut a piece of string and tie one end to a pencil. Use a ruler to find the radius you want, and then tie the other end to the scissors.Hold the scissors firmly on the cardboard box and draw a circle slowly.

Once the circle is drawn, just cut out the circle.

Cut the handles from the spoons and begin to glue them in a checkerboard pattern, at some distance from the edge of the circle, so that the plastic spoons of the next row can fit comfortably between them.

After all the spoons have been glued, a primer must be applied to the entire surface and dried. Then you can start coloring the spoons in the base color. After that, using acrylic paints, make a stretch according to the color scheme, starting from the inner edge.

Paint the first row of mirror spoons with a specific dark color. Next, for each subsequent row, add white paint to the main color. The result is a gradient effect with a smooth transition from dark to light.

At the end, you need to glue the mirror to the base and fasten the loop on the back side.

A mirror made of plastic spoons is ready!

The cost of the entire project of three mirrors will be about $ 50.

Used photo: littlethingsbringsmiles.com

Let's take a break from the pre-holiday bustle for a while and try to decorate the mirror in an original way. Such a mirror can be hung in the bathroom and in the bedroom, and even in the living room or kitchen. It is so bright and unusual that it can decorate any room. As the name of MK suggests, this mirror is decorated with such prosaic material as plastic spoons - unexpected, right?

So let's get started ...

You will need:

1. 6 packs of plastic spoons (48 pcs. In each), that is, 288 spoons. Buy the cheapest, lightest and most easily broken ones: in our case, this is a plus.

2. Scissors.

3. MDF (for the base).

4. Mirror.

5. Hot melt glue.

6. Thick paper.

7. Acrylic paint and brushes.

8. Sandpaper and primer.

Progress:

1. Cut off the handles of the spoons.

2. The base depends on the size of your mirror. This MK uses 2 MDF circles with a diameter of 30 cm and 45 cm. You can cut your base (the size and shape you need).

We fasten them with hot glue and a few handles.

3. Turn the workpiece over with spoon handles down and glue it with thick paper.

4. Now we start to glue the spoons: the outer circle with small gaps in order to beautifully glue the second layer.

5. Continue ...

6. When you have finished gluing the spoons (about 1.25 cm should remain to the inner edge), sand the inner side of the workpiece with sandpaper.

7. Now we take the workpiece out into fresh air and cover it with a primer.

8. And now we paint over the spoons with acrylic: we give the most intense color to the spoons located at the center. Keep in mind that the bottom of the spoons near the center will be reflected in the mirror, so paint over the bottom of the spoons as well.

9. To paint the next rows of spoons, you can add more and more white to the base paint.

10. After the paint is dry, glue the mirror and hanging loop.

Original and very beautiful! You can use whatever color you like. But this color seems to be very good. By the way, the year of the Blue Horse is coming, so this mirror frame can be a great gift for friends, family members or yourself!

Translation by Anna Ivanova specially for "Yourself-with-hands"