Easy, Cheap Garden Tags From Disposable Spoons

Step 2 Creating A Pointed Tip

To create a pointed tip for the garden tag, so that it may be stuck into the ground with ease, first take the spoon in one hand, and light the lighter in the other, and slowly (not too slowly though, if you are to slow, the plastic will blacken), move the spoon back and forth over the flame, making sure that the flame is touching the part of the spoon were the handle meets the bowl. Keep this up just until the bowl bends down under its weight. From here, you must move quickly, as you must do this next part while the plastic is still pliable. Holding the handle of the spoon in one hand, carefully twist the bowl of the spoon several times, and slowly pull it out from the handle by about about two inches, to form a point (there should be a thin thread of plastic that follows the bowl, this is exactly what we want). This point will allow the identification tag to be stuck into the soil. Keeping the line of plastic straight with the handle of the spoon, hold the bowl of the spoon steadily in one place for about 5 seconds or so, so that the thin plastic thread may harden into place.