How to Make a Forky-Inspired Toy

Toy Story 4 has hit the cinemas here in Australia. In it, we are introduced to a new character called Forky, which is a child-created “toy” that doesn’t think it really is a toy.

Forky was made by the character Bonnie, from a spork. It is easy to create your own Forky-inspired toy at home. I didn’t have any sporks so used a plastic fork instead to create a Forky-inspired character.

I purchased some extra supplies from Kmart (see below). I bought a selection of pipe cleaners, which included the red for Forky’s arms. I also bought nail stickers which had the rainbow sticker Forky has on his foot.

Materials

Two Red Pipe Cleaners
1 big and 1 small googley eyes
Red Clay
Blue Clay
White Clay
Thick Paddle Pop Stick
Rainbow sticker
Glue
Scissors (not pictured)

Tips

If you want to make this project simpler, use a permanent marker for the blue mouth and the red eyebrow
Instead of clay, Blu Tack can be used to attach the feet

Instructions

1. Bend the red pipe cleaner to creat the hands. You need to make two of these and then attach them to the middle of the Fork.

2. Roll a piece of the red clay into a small sausage to make the eyebrows (only need a small amount and beware, the colour does run!). Press on to the fork. I didn’t glue this element and it holds well, however a little craft glue would assist in this craft’s longevity.

3. Roll the blue clay to make the mouth and attach to Forky’s face. Again, I didn’t use glue, but this can be attached using a little glue.

Alternatives:

Blue permanent marker for the mouth and red for the eyebrows
Blue and red wool/string could also be used

4. Glue the eyes to the face. I used a hot glue gun, but craft glue would be better for little hands. Hot glue can go through the fork prongs and burn little hands. I used this to adhere the eyes quickly.