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During the early stages of the pandemic, it started with teddy bears peering from the windows of houses in lockdown. They were replaced by rainbows of all descriptions - drawn by kids looking to connect with not just their friends but strangers, too.
Now the focus has shifted - to spoons. Painted wooden spoons, to be precise.
Welcome to Spoonville.
Having had its origins in the English village of Winnersh, the Spoonville fad has spread across Britain and is sprouting suburbs in Australia.
Take Golden Square, the Bendigo suburb now has a growing community of spoons after primary school teacher Maddy Vernon saw a similar project in Melbourne.
"I saw it on the news the week before and put two in - one with a top hat and one in a party dress," she said. "I go past morning and night and even though I have a mask on, I am grinning from ear to ear when see (more have been added).
WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING:
"(During the first lockdown) I didn't do teddy bears in the window or the rainbow trail, so this time I thought I could do this. I wanted to do it sooner rather than later. The weather coming this week will be a test."
Ms Vernon said as a school teacher, she like to see kids getting involved in community projects like this.
"It would be awesome to get too 100 spoons," she said. "I have this really wacky idea that it would be cool if several spoon towns started every couple of hundred metres along the walking trail ... under the overarching name of Spoon-digo."
Check out some member of the Spoonville International Hall of Fame - just hit the image below