THE community of Anna Bay is embracing a new trend designed to make life more fun for kids enduring the long lockdown.

During the 2020 lockdown, it was teddy bears hiding in windows all designed to spark some joy for passers by.

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2021 has seen community spirits revived across the country as Spoonville becomes the latest craze.

The idea of ‘Spoonville’ originated in England, and was brought to Australia by Melbourne woman June Wilson during Covid to give children an indoor activity and to revive community spirit.

A ‘Spoonville’ community starts by making characters from wooden spoons and placing them in a shared space.
Members of the public can then add their own spoons to the ‘Spoonville’ community.

Though a seemingly simple child’s art project, small villages of decorated spoons have been sprouting up all over Australia on nature strips and in parks.

There are now 182 registered Spoonvilles world wide.

Spoonville has since popped up in Port Stephens and there are several satellite villages where spoons are now adorning gardens and creating a crafty activity for kids to get stuck into.

The Spoonville community started at Anna Bay Public School, however you can spot Spoonvilles in other places, including one that has arrived at the end of Scott St, Anna Bay which members of the community are welcome to add to.

To get into making a Spoonville contribution, simply get crafty.

It is important that your Spoonville creation is waterproof – which means using items from around the house like nail polish for details like faces.

Everyone is invited to enjoy visiting Spoonville, however we are being asked not to disturb the Spoonville
Communities as touching the Spoonville Community could upset the residents.

Visitors to Spoonville are also asked to please keep their dogs under control as the Spoonville Community is not overly robust.

Local mum Chontelle Grecian told News Of The Area, “Lilly loves that her friends have spoons there and they can be together even if they can’t see each other.

“Lilly’s little brother Ben, he just loved turning his spoon into a monster,” she said.

For families seeking things to do that will occupy the children during school holidays consider creating a Spoonville Garden of your own, or perhaps creating just one Spoonville Character and finding a Spoonville Village to contribute your crafty creation too.

By Marian SAMPSON