This decorative paper mug will serve as a small gift. In addition, a paper mug can be used to store knickknacks. Homemade interesting things look like home, complement the interior and create an atmosphere of warmth and comfort.
The simplest paper mug: craft for toddlers
Before starting the creative process, prepare all the necessary materials with your baby:
- paints;
- thick cardboard of the desired color;
- paper or old newspaper;
- glue;
- scissors;
- paper tape;
- stationery knife.
Cut a template out of paper to create a craft project. You can draw it yourself or print it from the Internet. If you are drawing by hand, take a piece of cardboard and draw 6 identical sides of a paper mug in one line on it.
At this stage, determine the depth and width of the circle you want. In those places where the edges touch, bends will be obtained.
If you have a ready-made template printed, attach it to the cardboard, trace and cut out with a clerical knife. Bend the resulting workpiece in the necessary places and carefully glue it with paper tape. Make sure that there are no gaps and that the edges of the circle fit snugly together.
To the size of the resulting side surface of the future cup, cut the bottom out of the cardboard and glue it in place with tape. Then cut a strip of cardboard 1 cm wide and long enough to glue the bottom with it so that the cup rests on this strip.
Then tear the old newspaper or plain white paper into small pieces. Smear the resulting cup blank with glue and glue with pieces of paper or newspaper. After gluing the entire surface, leave the glue to dry for 1-1.5 hours.
During this time, cut a strip of cardboard about 2 cm wide. Depending on the design of your cup, it can be curved or straight. Give it the color you want with paints and set it aside until it dries completely.
When coloring, use gouache, adding a minimum of water to the paint so as not to soak the paper mug. You can not only paint in the desired color, but also create a pattern to your taste, including on the inner walls of the cup.
After decorating, wait until the craft dries and glue the handle on the side. The paper mug is ready.
If there is no desire to deal with paints, you can immediately take beautiful colored cardboard and decorative tape for gluing. In this case, the paper mug will not need additional decor and will turn out much faster. It is only necessary to practice with the baby in advance evenly and carefully stick the tape on the cardboard.
Gift paper mug
Materials for making:
- 3 brads;
- a sheet of decorative paper for scrapbooking;
- a sheet of thick one-color paper for scrapbooking or colored cardboard;
- satin ribbon and any decorative elements at will.
Instruments:
- scissors and a paper knife;
- paper cutting mat;
- glue stick;
- ruler;
- a pen;
- paper embossing tool.
Cut a 27 x 13 cm rectangle out of colored cardboard. Mark transverse lines on it with a pen every 3 cm.
Step 9 cm away from the top edge of the rectangle and draw a longitudinal line along the ruler. Bend the cardboard along the marked lines.
Make cuts at the bottom of the rectangle to a horizontal line. Cut 8 small rectangles of 8.5 by 2.5 cm from decorative paper. Glue them over each of the edges of the paper blank.
Glue the extreme edges together in such a way that a cylinder is formed.
Start creating the bottom of the mug. To do this, fold and glue the protruding tails of the workpiece. Cut out a handle for a mug from the remaining colored cardboard - a strip measuring 14 x 2.5 cm. If you want, you can make its edges wavy.
Attach the handle to the walls with brads. Tie a satin ribbon into a nice bow and attach it with a brads to the mug. The decorative paper cup is ready.
Paper mug for dad by February 23
You will need material:
- white cardboard + 1 sheet of thick cardboard;
- colored cardboard;
- colored paper;
- label from tea bags.
Instruments:
- scissors;
- simple pencil;
- ruler;
- curly scissors;
- non-writing pen;
- glue stick.
Cut out all the elements of the paper mug blank. From thick cardboard, you need a rectangle with sides of 15 and 10 cm. From colored thin cardboard - a rectangle measuring 21 by 15 and a blank for a handle for a mug of the size and shape you want.
On the large rectangle, step back 3 cm on each side of the edge and draw fold lines along the ruler with a non-writing pen. Bend the edges of the workpiece along the marked lines.
Cut two 21 x 2 cm strips and circles out of colored paper to decorate your paper craft. Decorate the mug as you need, using military-themed elements whenever possible: planes, parachute, tanks, stars.
Glue the handle onto a 15 x 10 thick cardboard rectangle, glue the edges with glue. On one side of the mug, stick the tea bag tag with adhesive tape. On the other hand, record or write congratulations to dad and the mug can be given.
Volumetric paper cup
Bulky cups can be made from paper, papier-mâché, or cardboard. As a basis, you can use cardboard boxes from products, they come in different qualities and densities.
You will need:
- paints and brushes or napkins for decoupage (with what you decide to decorate);
- cardboard or paper;
- papier-mâché newspapers;
- paper knife and scissors;
- glue or glue gun and paper tape;
- cup template.
Transfer the contours of the cup from the template to the cardboard and cut out the elements of the blank with a knife. Glue the edges of the sections of the mug together, glue the bottom and glue the rim of the base to it.
Glue the joints with paper tape on both sides, pressing it well so that there are no gaps at the joints.
Take a mass of papier-mâché from newspaper and glue. Sequentially glue the circle blank from the outside and from the inside, fragment by fragment. The number of paper layers depends on the thickness of the cup you need.
Leave the mug until the papier-mâché is completely dry, then proceed to decorate the cup. You can simply paint it with paints, stick a decoupage napkin on it, beautiful pictures from magazines, fabric or decorate with rhinestones.
Also decorate the handle of the cup and then glue it to the cup, if desired, the finished mug can be varnished. For children, such crafts are very useful, as they learn to glue, and cut, and decorate. In addition, the homemade paper mug is perfect for kids to play tea.
