I have been planning my son's second birthday and although the candy cups I have seen are affordable, I could not find any that would match the party colors. After googling around for a while I found some tutorial that did not turn out well. I have a lot of those 3oz plastic containers as leftovers so I made some modifications on other tutorials and here are the two ways I came up with:
1) Material need
- 3oz Plastic cup container; (party city or smart final)
- glue stick; (make sure it dries clear)
- scissors;
- decorative paper sizes- 4.5 inches square or 5 inches circle.
Cut the rim off of the 2 cups, and spread glue all around the paper - about 1 in down of the edge - Centered de paper in the plastic cup and insert the paper in the plastic cup pressing gently the paper against the cup's wall. Put another cup inside of the paper and press it in order to mold the paper cup. Let dry for 1 or 2 minutes and take the outside plastic cup.
Below is another way.
You will need:
-1/3-cup measure cup;
- cup or bottle that fits perfectly in the measure cup; (I used my son's sip cup)
-foam cup;
-scissors;
-glue sticks that dries clear;
-decorative paper sizes- 4.5 inches square or 5 inches circle.
Spread glue around the paper - about 1 in. down the edge - Center the paper on top of the measure cup and push the bottle into the measure cup molding the paper into the cup. Let stand for 1 or 2 minutes, before take the bottle out. Meanwhile, mark the foam cup 1 inch from the bottom and cut it; you will have a little cup. Insert the little foam cup into the paper cup.
A close up look :)
I cut some with scalloped scissors - you cannot really see it in the picture - and used Sacred Heart patterned paper. (free to download at the bottom of the post)
You can always add embellishment with ribbon or stickers. Those pictured above were made several days before and were still in good shape.You can stack them after the glue is complety dried and store them.
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