By Brendan Rees
A Spoonville craze is proving to dish up some fun for kids in Narre Warren during lockdown.
The quirky trend which began in England as a way of improving children’s mental health during lockdowns has seen a handmade village of colourful spoons begin sprouting in the front garden of Bk2Basics, a charity that is serving 2000 meals a week to people in need during the Covid-19 crisis.
Kelly Warren, who operates Bk2Basics, said the quirky English initiative began about two weeks as a fundraiser after a girl wrote to her asking if the community could start the trend.
She said for $5 families could buy a goodies bag containing a wooden spoon, a pack of Sharpie pens and a big bag of lollies.
“Over 200 spoons have been given out. Lots of people donated as well to give the spoons out to children,” she said.
Ms Warren was hopeful that once stage-four Covid-19 restrictions had eased more spoons would start popping up in the garden.
Some popular characters have included Tickle Me Elmo and a member of the American hard rock band, Kiss.
