Plastic cup crafts: schemes and photo ideas how to make interesting products
The topic of needlework and creativity was relevant at any time and for any age. Thanks to a small set of improvised means and imagination, you can create stunning things from quite ordinary objects and materials. Here are the best master classes on "crafts from plastic cups for children.
So, what do we need and where to start?
Materials
Select the appropriate materials. We can use both regular plastic cups and colored. You can combine different volumes, which will create a variety of unique shapes.
What you will need:
- Scissors,
- Crème de la crème or second,
- Scotch tape,
- Thread with a needle,
- Marker,
The work table on which the child will be making can be covered with polyethylene or newspapers to make it easier to clean up. Food film can work well for this purpose. If there is no such means, you can take a garbage bag or a regular bag, cut it, and construct a cover for the craft.
Important: Be sure to advise the child on the safety of working with materials or work together with him. The main thing is that a small child is not left unattended.
So, the table is ready, the set of materials is there, what else:
- Acrylic or any other thick or gel based paints?
- Glitter,
- Rhinestones,
- Beads,
- Beads.
As you can see, additional materials can be whatever you like.
What can you make?
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Crafts for March 8
Crafts from plastic cups for March 8 occupy a special place in the list of handmade gifts. For this, we even put this topic in a separate category, as a huge number of ideas can be implemented for your beloved mother. We have collected the most interesting ones.
Fake water lily
Water lily from plastic glasses will be a great addition to any gift. To make it, you need to draw the leaves on the glass and cut them out. Due to their semicircular shape, the leaves will already be raised, like a real live lily. All that remains is to glue everything together or sew with a needle and thread.
Flowers
Just like with the lily work we cut out the petals of our future flowers, assemble them and glue them together. The only difference is the possibility of making them in different colors. Give your bouquet for mom an original look, sprinkle glitter and let dry.
Ladybug
From a glass you can cut out the wings of a ladybug, paint them, and write a wish with a marker on the back.
Chamomile
Just like with the other fakes, we cut out the petals of the daisy, with one exception. On each of the leaves you can sign a word or wish. For example: In the center of the circle we write "MAMA. You're the most...", and on the leaves "the best," "gentle," "caring," "interesting," "cool"...
As you can see, the limits of imagination on the theme of crafts from plastic cups with their own hands are unlimited.
Ideas for crafts
Cup holder
To make this fake, we need to take a large white cup and mark on it a stencil. It can be a cat with ears, a bunny or just some figure, a letter.After the mark you cut out a part of the glass, and now it has become an original stand for a cup of tea or coffee, which your mother loves so much.
Bracelets
Colorful bracelets made from glass rims can be a great variety of children's jewelry. All you need is to cut with a stationery knife or scissors the "rings" of the glass and paint them. Paint with glitter is great for decorating.
Holiday Springs
To make springs it is enough to cut a glass in the form of a spring, after that you can paint it in different colors, hang it on a thread and make an original decoration for a holiday, such as on March 8 or Birthday, New Year.
Plastic cups are some of the most inexpensive and affordable materials, and their advantage is that they are not as injurious as other materials and can be reused. All you need to do is to wash off the fake paint and repaint the product.
Snowman
A very original idea from plastic cups, this is a snowman. To make it, you need to make several balls, which are attached by means of a day of cups. Super glue or double sided tape is a good way to do this. Hook the cups to each other, make several three-dimensional balls and staple them to each other.
The game "Who Am I?"
To make this game, we will need a glass that we cut across. The main thing is to remove the bottom and the strong rim of the neck. After that, we need to cut a long oval from the resulting piece of plastic.
This oval you fasten with an elastic band or a thread, so that you get a construction, similar to an eye patch, only we will put it on the forehead. Next, everything is simple. The players sit in a circle. Someone writes words on their foreheads and they try to guess who they are by asking one another leading questions. The leader, too, one of the players writes a word.
Speaking of which, this is how you can make fun game mask glasses for children for a variety of holidays.
If you don't have acrylic or gel-based paints, you can make them with varnish and paint, creating your own color palette.