Our Little Story
IN THE BEGINING
The very first Spoonville was started in Winnersh, Berkshire, England by a very creative lady Karen who came up with the idea of making Spoony characters from wooden spoons as a way of cheering up her local community during Covid-19 lockdown.
Helen from Mull (who used to live in Berkshire many moons ago) spotted a photo of the Winnersh Spoonville on her friend Lucy’s Facebook page after Lucy and her daughter Sydney had been to check out the Spoony people.
Thinking this was a fab idea ‘because spoons don’t have to social distance’ Helen and her daughter Ella got busy creating a Spoonville in Craignure, Isle of Mull. Helen posted on Facebook that their Spoonville was looking to increase its population and encouraged others to add to the Spoony people.
Junelle, Helen’s friend from Longwarry, Australia (who used to live in Mull) saw Helen’s Facebook post, loved the idea, created their Spoonville in Australia with her boys, Jude, Van and Nyah and Spoonvilles were global!
And so, it went on.
There are now Spoonvilles all over the world with new Spoony characters popping up across the every day.
Some are in support of the NHS; some are just for fun.
There are Spoonvilles by schools, in parks, by residential homes, along roadsides and beside rivers.
We can’t wait to find out where the next one pops up!
WHY WE ARE HERE
All the Spoonvilles around the world have been created as something fun, interactive and safe to do during the Covid-19 pandemic.
With communities locked down and unable to get together themselves, there are no rules for Spoony people and so Spoonville populations everywhere are growing and growing.
Making a Spoony person is fun for all the family and a great activity to keep children and grown-ups busy and it’s lovely to see the smiles on the little ones faces when they visit a Spoonville near them!
CHECK OUT OUR FULL LIST OF SPOONVILLES WORLDWIDE
LET US KNOW ABOUT YOUR SPOONVILLE
We would love to see a Spoonville in every village in every town in every county in every country in the whole wide world, so if you know of one that’s not mentioned here, or even better, you have created one somewhere near you, please tell us about it so we can feature you on our site!