Handcraft from Coconut Shell, Spoon, Bowl, and etc

In one coconut tree trunk, it has many benefits for human life, from the roots to the tops of the leaves, all of them are useful if we are able to process them, especially those that are often used are the fruits, from one coconut fruit, we can use coconut water, coconut meat, coconut husk, until the hard shell of the coconut.

Coconut shell, which is a very hard and thick layer that protects the flesh and coconut water, this layer is composed of sclerenkim tissue in the form of sclereide whose secondary cell walls contain thick and hard lignin, the outer skin structure consisting of soft coconut fiber and hard shell layers. this is why coconut fruit is resistant to pressure and impact.

The high need for coconut milk and other processed foods that use coconut, resulting in high coconut fruit processed and meat taken, and it also results in the amount of coconut shell produced, for people who do not know how to use coconut shells, will consider it as waste and will only be burned.

Benefits of Coconut Shell

The use of coconut shells has been done for a long time, it aims to make coconut shells have economic value and can help sustain the household economy, and in the use of coconut shells which have high economic value, coconut shells can be processed into several products, namely:

1. Crafts.

Coconut shell handicraft is an activity that converts coconut shell from previously no added value, by turning it into handicraft, it will get high economic value, here are some handicrafts from coconut shell:

a. Spoon

Coconut shell spoon is a handicraft using coconut shell into a spoon, the spoon here means a vegetable spoon, or rice spoon, the use of a spoon from a coconut shell has always been, before the existence of a metal spoon, where I live using this spoon. a coconut shell spoon is made very easily, using only half a coconut shell, then sanded until the surface is smooth, then connect with a piece of wood as a handle. we can find this product easily especially in traditional markets.

b. Bowl

A bowl of coconut shells, made using large coconuts, if the fruit is large, then the shell will also be large, a bowl of coconut shells is usually used as a vegetable container when eating, to make it not difficult, just use sandpaper until the shell surface becomes smooth, then add the foot at the bottom with a circular piece and then paste it using wood glue

c. cup

Cups from coconut shells have more function as home decoration, very rarely found in my place if the cup from the shell is used as a tool for drinking.

d. Teapot

A shell from a shell is also an item to beautify the house, accompanied by a cup of shell in a decorative cupboard in the living room, will add value to the beauty that is created.

e. ashtray

coconut shell ashtray has many enthusiasts, because it has at least two functions, namely aesthetics as a table sweetener, and as a container for placing cigarette butts, how to make it is very easy, like a bowl, but on the surface made a half circle hole to put cigarettes.

f. miniature vehicles

The use of coconut shells to make miniature vehicles requires a high artistic and creative soul, if you have an artistic and super creative soul, there are lots of ideas in making miniature vehicles, some miniature vehicles that have been made with coconut shells including miniature bikes, Vespa motorcycles, etc.

some of the handicrafts that have been mentioned above, we can make easily using existing tools at our home, with the intention and creativity and of course there is coconut shell as the main ingredient, good luck