Thursday, October 18, 2007

Halloween Cups

What You Need

Orange and black paper drink cups
Orange card stock
Orange chenille stems
Glass beads
Crafts knife
Small drinking glass to fit inside paper cup

How to Make It

Referring to the photograph, pencil a face design onto a cup. Insert a small drinking glass inside a traced paper drink cup.
Using a crafts knife, carefully cut out the pattern along the lines, using the glass as support so the paper cup doesn't bend out of shape while you're cutting.
Remove the glass.
Trim approximately 1 inch off the top of each cup with decorative scissors, or use straight scissors to cut a design to give the ghoul a hairline.
Insert an uncut contrasting cup inside the cut cup.
Punch a single hole on opposite sides of the inner cup.
Print the recipient's name onto orange card stock and cut it out.
Punch a hole into one end of the name strip.
Cut a 10-inch length of chenille stem and thread a bead onto each end.
Thread the name strip onto the chenille stem and wrap the ends through the holes of the inner cup for a handle.

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