3 Awesome Paper Cup Craft Ideas for Kids

3 Awesome Paper Cup Craft Ideas for Kids

Submitted By - Salintha Gunasekara https://www.palosverdesmontessori.com / PalosVerdesMontessori@gmail.com (310) 541-2405

By nature, kids are intrigued by bright colors and love to play with objects like mugs, cups, baskets that are made from paper. This can be a great way to develop a hobby in children that will not only promote creativity in them but also keep the small minds busy for a long time. If you have toddlers at home, check out these childfriendly amazing paper cup art ideas that will delight them to no end.

3 Amazing Paper Cup Craft Ideas for Children These easy-to-make paper cup craft ideas are awesome ways to stimulate Preschool children’s creativity and motivate those creative juices to flow. You can use many inexpensive materials that are mostly available at home and spend some time crafting with your little ones.

01. Paper Cup Crown – Your kids will be more than happy to wear this paper cup crown on his head and play the king in their imaginary kingdom.

Ingredients : 1- Paper cup 2- Colorful pom-poms 3- Glue 4- Scissors 5- Alice band How to do it : With scissors, help your kids cut some tiny triangles along the sides of the paper cups. Stick colorful pom-poms at the top end of every triangle. Make two small holes on opposite sides, slightly above the cup’s base, and thread it with the Alice band.

02. Paper Cup Easter Chicken – In Preschool Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, teachers help their students prepare cute Easter chickens who are always ready for playtime.

Ingredients :

How to do it :

1- A tall paper cup 2- Polystyrene ball 3- Orange craft foam 4- Yellow food color 5- Paintbrush 6- Yellow feathers 7- Wiggle eyes 8- Glue 9- Scissors

Using yellow food color and paintbrush, ask your kids to paint the paper cup and ball all over. Use the orange foam to make a pointed beak. Now put the cup upside down. Stick the polystyrene ball to the top of the cup. Glue the wiggle eyes on the ball to make the chick’s eyes and the yellow feathers at the back of the cup.

03. Paper Cup Garland – This beautiful paper cup garland is all that you need to add fun and joy to your little one’s day.

Ingredients : 1- Colorful paper cups – 2 dozen 2- Thread 3- Bamboo skewer 4- Glue

How to do it : Give same-sized paper cups to your kids and encourage them to make holes at the base of every cup using the bamboo skewer. String the long thread into the cups in alternating directions of each cup. As they do this step, they find that some cups have their tops facing each other while some have their bottoms together. To make it more fun, Daycare teachers organize a small ceremony to welcome their students into the room and then put the garland around their neck.

Craft activities are always fun and keep kids engaged productively and creatively.

But please ensure they are crafting under the supervision of parents or teachers otherwise, it may lead to some untoward situations. So, be with them and encourage them to use different materials to explore their creativity.

Reference Palos Verdes Montessori Academy https://www.palosverdesmontessori.com/ PalosVerdesMontessori@gmail.com (310) 541-2405 Address: 28451 Indian Peak Road, Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA 90274 We are enrolling kids from Palos Verdes CA, Estates CA, Torrance CA and Rolling Hills CA locations.

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