How To Make Coconut Shell Spoon As Craft Ideas

Coconut is a plant that has another name that is the "tree of life", Why ??? the answer is because from all parts of this plant, it is very useful for human life, starting from the trunk of a coconut tree that can be used as a building material which is famous for its resistance to weather and interference from wood insects. Young coconut leaves can be used to make "ketupat". Old bones of leaves can be used to make brooms. The fronds can be used as firewood. The rind (fibers) can be used to make brooms, hydroponic growing media and filter media in simple water purification; the flesh of the young nuts can be made into drinks, while the old one can be used as coconut milk or to make coconut oil.

One thing that is interesting in utilizing parts of coconut is the coconut shell. This is because it might not be thought that coconut shells will have a much higher economic value compared to coconut itself. With the touch of creative hands, coconut shells can be transformed into craft objects that have a use value, artistic value, and even both.

In one coconut shell, we will be able to make a lot of handicrafts that in addition to having artistic value, will also have a use value, such as household furniture, water scoops, drinking containers, plates, cigarette ashtrays, and others. For crafts that have artistic value, from coconut shells we can make crafts such as pins, necklaces, bracelets, belts, figura, miniature vehicles, masks, carvings, and others.

In arts, especially crafts which have a use value and artistic value, a coconut shell spoon is one of them, the results of this handicraft is a tool that has long been used in human activities, spoons consist of various forms that have their own use value.

The equipment used to make vegetable spoons using coconut shells is:
- Sandpaper, you can use ordinary sandpaper or machine sandpaper
- Nails, medium size
- Hammer
- Saws
- Knife

Materials to be used:
- Coconut shell, choose the old and dry (usually in the pieces have a black color)
- Wood measuring 30 cm and round.

The steps to prepare coconut shell before being further processed into a spoon are as follows:
- Carefully clean the remnants of coarse fibers on the shell surface by using a knife.
- Clean the remnants of fine fibers on the surface of the shell by using coarse sandpaper.
- Puree the shell surface by using fine sandpaper evenly.
- To make the shell surface shiny can be done in two ways. The first method is a natural way by rubbing it using dried banana leaves repeatedly while the second method is by painting it using Varnish.
- Use a saw to cut the shell to the shape and size adjusted to the spoon to be made.
- Then cut the end part of the wood in half, then place the tip of the wood on the edge of the coconut shell, then use the end of the wood carefully.

Coconut shell which usually only becomes waste can be utilized as a handicraft product that has artistic value by adding a touch of art to the coconut shell. as well as being an economic value item that can improve the welfare of the community, especially artists and coconut farmers.