Christmas Bells Ornament Cup Craft

This great Christmas bells craft idea from Artplatter uses paper cups decorated to look like bells. This a great, simple, ornament craft for home or school. Personally, I'd add some real jingle bells on the inside. Follow the link to learn how to make this Christmas craft.

Artplatter

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Thanksgiving Pilgrim Hat Cups Craft

I really love this Thanksgiving Pilgrim hats cups craft idea. Use black plastic cups for the Pilgim hats with black paper rims. Use them as place makers at the Thanksgiving dinner table. Guests can use them as real drink cups, or wear them and take them home. Follow the link for the full tutorial on this fun Thanksgiving craft.

Origami Owls

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Paper Cup Chinese Dragon Craft

Here are a couple of versions of a paper cup Chinese Dragon craft.

Materials:

• paper cups
• string
• sharp pencil
• scissors
• toilet paper rolls
• decorating materials(pipe cleaners, Styrofoam balls, colorful paper, etc.)
• glue

Directions:

1. Poke a hole in the bottom of all the cups with a sharp pencil.
2. Cut the toilet rolls into short rings.
3. Tie a big knot in a string and thread onto a paper cup so the knot is on the inside.
4. Thread on a toilet roll ring, then another cup. The toilet roll rings allow a little space between the cups so they can move.
5. Continue this process until your dragon is long enough.
6. For the head, you can just decorate the last cup or cut 2 "V" shapes on either side of a cup and thread on the opposite way to make a mouth.
7. Decorate your dragon; add colorful paper, pipe cleaner horns, eyes etc.

Go here for a PDF tutorial

Jellyfish jelly

Variations:

Adding the toilet roll rings adds weight to the dragon. Another alternative is punch holes on either sides and attach the cups with brass fasteners/butterfly clips.





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Halloween Paper Cup Spider Craft

Here's a really fun and easy Halloween Spider craft from the blog, Gone Bananas. This one's pretty self-explanatory. Visit the site for full details.

Gone Bananas

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Halloween Pop-Up Ghost Craft

Here's a simple Halloween pop-up ghost craft that only takes minutes, but will entertain the kids for hours. All you need is a paper cup, a paper ghost and a craft stick. Visit the site below for a step by step tutorial as well as other great Halloween ideas.

Spark and All

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Olympic Rings Flag Craft

Here's an easy Olympic rings craft in honor of the 2012 London Olympics. All you need is some paper cups and paint.

Materials:

• 5 paper cups
• light blue, black, red, yellow and green paint
• 5 shallow dishes
• white paper

Directions:

1. Teach kids about the Olympic flag, it's colors and meaning. Each ring represents the 5 continents and there is at least one or two colors in each flag of the world.
2. Put each color paint in a shallow dish.
3. Press the mouth of a paper cup and press onto the white paper.
4. Repeat for each ring in the flag.

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Spring Flowers and Vase Chopsticks Craft

This simple Spring flowers with vase craft is great for preschoolers. Use chopsticks, a paper cup, and construction paper.

Materials:

• 2 pair of disposable chopsticks(or short dowels)
• paper cup
• sharp pencil
• flowers template or draw your own
• construction paper
• scissors
• tape

Directions:

1. Trace 4 simple flower tops on colorful construction paper or draw your own and cut out.
2. Break the chopsticks apart so you have 4.
3. Tape the flowers to the tops of the chopsticks.
4. Turn your paper cup upside down and poke 4 holes with a sharp pencil.
5. Stick your flowers in the holes to make your vase. Finished.

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4th of July Liberty Bell Cup Craft

 

This is a simple and great looking 4th of July Liberty Bell craft ready to ring in Independence Day. It's made from a paper cup and a toilet paper roll.

Materials:

•  toilet paper roll
• paper cup
• marker
• sharp pencil
• long pipe cleaner
• jingle bell
• Glue

Directions:

1. Cover the paper cup in aluminum foil inside and out.
2. Poke 2 holes in the bottom of the paper cup with a sharp pencil. Poke 2 holes each on either side of the toilet paper roll, so you have 2 holes on the top and bottom.
3. Fold a long pipe cleaner and insert through the top of the toilet paper roll, through the bottom and then into the paper cup. You can use the loop at the top to hang up your bell.
4. Twist the ends of the pipe cleaner together inside the cup. Add a little glue between the cup and toilet paper roll to secure.
5. Tie a jingle bell to the bottom of the pipe cleaner.
6. Use a marker to write, "Liberty" on the toilet paper roll and draw the crack on the side of the bell.
7. Hang up your 4th of July Liberty Bell craft for Independence Day.

Source: Preschool Panda

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