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Home > Arts and Crafts Projects for Kids > Disposable Crafts for Kids to Make with Paper Cups, Plastic Cups, and Styrofoam Cups
Below you will find arts and crafts projects for children to craft with paper cups, styrofoam cups, and plastic cups. Find out how to recycle and make cool stuff with disposable cups with the following arts and crafts decorations, instructions, patterns, and activities for children, preschoolers, teens.
This is going to be a lot of fun, I'm sure of it. Just take 2 cups and glue their bottoms together as seen in the illustrations above. Then cut out triangle 'M' like shapes from the top of the top cup for the crown. Then cut out strips of paper for hair by cutting a rectangle, long strip and then cutting down towards the bottom many times. Cut out arms by drawing a long oval with 2 letter 'U' thumbs on both ends (seen in illustration above). Then cut this out.Glue the hair and the arms to the cup figure. Then use paint or markers to draw eyes, nose, and mouth. Add clothes with paint, fabric, or felt. Make both a Queen and a King and you have 2 toy figures to play with.
This is a really beautiful craft to make, especially as a gift for somebody special...like Mom or Grandma. Get some 3 oz cups - preferrably in different colors. Cut slits all down the sides of the 3 oz cups, as pictured above. Then glue one sliced cup inside another cup, as seen above. Then use a pencil to poke a hole in the center of the cups that you just put together. Then fold the sliced cup segments back like petals. Now get a drinking straw and place it through the center hole that you just created...as seen in the picture above. Now get some colorful tissue paper and crumple it up in a ball and glue it to the center of the flower. To make the flowers look even nicer, make a bunch of them and then wrap them in a nice piece of wrapping paper or decorative paper and wrap it together with a piece of ribbon tied in a bow. Looks great!
Make sure nobody around you has peanut allergies before starting. It is super easy to make a peanut tossing cup game if you know how to do it. Just get a cup and poke a hole in the bottom of it. Find a peanut and then tie a knot around it. Then push the string through the bottom of the cup and knot it on the other end. Then just glue a straw or a pencil inside the side of the cup (you might have to poke a bit of a hole first). Then just play the peanut tossing game. See how many times you can get it in the cup per minute.
To make this golden trophy, you will need a large cup and a smaller cup. You can use yellow cups or you can cover them with yellow paper or paing. Then Glue the bigger one to the bottom of the smaller one ... as seen above. To make the trophy handles....you can cut a circle for each handle. Then fold it in half and cut a half circle out of the circle. Then fold the solid part in half... glue that part to the bigger cup. You can then paint a message on the trophy ... such as '#1'.
Any boy or girl can make this amusing little play toy that will keep them entertained for hours at a time. Tie one end of a piece of string around the rim of the thimble. Force the other end of the string through the little grooved notch on top of the spool, as in illustration A. Straighten out a large hair pin. Rebend the hair pin to make a crank handle, as in illustration B. Force the hair pin through the hole in the center of the spool. Wind the string on the spool. It will fill in the groove in the crank handle. Drop the thimble bucket into the drinking cup filled with water. Rest the hair pin, with the spool on it, across the top of the drinking cup, as in illustration C. Turn the crank handle to wind the string onto the spool, and to draw up a thimble bucketful of water.
You'll be able to speak to your friend through this toy telephone almost as if the telephone were real. Make a small hole in the bottoms of 2 flat-bottom drinking cups. Pull one end of a piece of string, about 2 yards long, through the hole in one of the cups. Pull the end of the string inside the cup, through the holes in a button and fasten with a knot. This is to prevent the string from pulling out of the cup. Do the same with the other end of the string and the other cup. Take hold of one cup telephone and give the other one to your friend and start to talk. Try having your friend stand in one room and you in another with the door closed between you. You will be amazed because you will be able to hear each other just as if you were talking on a real telephone.
To make this craft, you will need one large colored paper cup, scissors, enough heavy colored yarn for a handle, paste, decorative items, cut flowers or lollipops or pieces of wrapped candy, etc. To make this, start off by punching holes on opposite sides of the cup just below the top rim. Insert colored yarn through the holes and tie to form a handle. If you wish, you may type a name, a wish (such as I wish You a Happy Birthday), a Scripture verse, etc and paste on outside of cup. If cup is a plain color, you may decorate it with flower decals, stickers, pictures, sealsetc. (See sketch.) Before giving your treast to the special recipient, you can add some cut flowers, lollipops, cookies, or pieces of wrapped candy.
Make a Halloween Pumpkin Tree Craft with Twigs and Disposable Cups - This Halloween tree will add a nice touch to your living room. And you don’t even have to throw it away when Halloween is over. You can just remove the pumpkins and add stars and you’ll have a Christmas tree.
Create Bells from Drinking Cups - There is a lot of creativity that you can do to make a really festive Christmas Bell.
Beaded Wind Chimes - Learn how you can make this beautiful beaded wind chime with your children.
Box Living Rooms - Learn how to make a doll house living room using recycle boxes and paper cups.
Celestial
Dreams Pencil Cups - Use Crayola products to do a plastic container into a beautiful pencil cup.
Cup
and Ball Angel Crafts - Make this beautiful Christmas Angel tree topper from a polystyrene ball and a paper cup.
Cup
and Ball Games -
Find out how you can make a homemade cup and ball game.
Cup
and Ball Joseph Crafts - Make a homemade Joseph for your nativity scene using a polystyrene ball and a paper cup.
Cup
and Ball King Crafs - Make a homemade Kings for your nativity scene using three polystyrene balls and three paper cups.
Cup
and Ball Mary Crafts - Make a homemade Mary for your nativity scene using a polystyrene ball and a paper cup.
Cup
and Ball Santa Crafts - Find out how you can make a Santa Christmas decoration using a polystyrene ball and a paper cup.
Cup
and Ball Shepherd Crafts - Make a homemade Shepherd for your nativity scene using a polystyrene ball and a paper cup.
Cup
o' Fishes - Learn how to make an edible aquarium in a cup by following these instructions.
Easy
Ghost Crafts - Make a simple ghost decoration for Halloween using polystyrene drinking cup, white tissue paper, paper fastener, thread and a black pen.
Fabulous
Frog Catching a Fly -
Find out how you can make this frog catching a fly craft using a paper cup, green tissue paper, tape and other materials.
Fire
Dog Cup Puppets -
This is a great craft to go with educating children about fire safety.
Grow
a Leprechauns - Find out how you can grow your own leprechaun for St. Patrick's Day.
Grow
an Avocado Trees - Learn how you can grow your own avocado tree with the help of a Styrofoam cup.
Halloween
Paper Cup Baskets - Learn how to make Halloween paper cup baskets for the big night!
Hot Air Balloons - Find out how children can create their own hot air balloon display for their bedroom.
How
to Make Paper Cup Drums With Preschoolers - Learn how toddlers and preschoolers can make their own drums from paper cups.
Mini
Easter Basket Tutorials - Learn how you can make these beautiful mini Easter baskets in a few easy steps.
Make
a Magic Turtles -
Make a magic turtle from a plastic cup, colored felt, rubber cement, wooden dowel, green tube sock, scissors, string and pillow stuffing.
Make
a Plastic Cup Monsters -
This is the perfect educational Halloween craft for preschoolers.
Mardi
Gras Cup Shakers -
Make Mardi Gras cup shakers using polystyrene cups, green and purple paint, dried beens, gold star stickers and sticky tape.
Monkey Trees - Make a monkey on a banana tree craft using simple materials such as a paper cup and green construction paper.
Mother's
Day Flower Pot Hangings -
This flower pot hanging is the perfect Mother's Day present.
Mummy
Treat Cups -
This is an easy and fun Halloween craft for children of all ages.
Mushroom
Tutorials - In this tutorial you will learn how to
make mushrooms out of paper cups.
Naaman
in the Jordan River -
This craft goes well with the Bible story "Naaman in the Jordan River".
Number Caterpillar - This is a fun and educational caterpillar craft for preschoolers and toddlers.
One
Very Cool Cow - Make this very cool cow using a paper cup, white tissue
paper, tape, a black pipe cleaner, black construction paper and a few other supplies.
Paper Cup Angels -
Find out how you can make a beautiful angel out of a paper cup and a Styrofoam ball.
Paper
Cup Baskets -
Learn how to make a paper cup basket.
Paper
Cup Bats - Make a bat Halloween decoration from a paper cup, polystyrene ball, black paint, glue, wiggle eyes, black craft foam and white puff paint.
Paper Cup Bells - Use
a paper cups and other inexpensive materials to make Christmas bell decorations.
Paper
Cup Cat Crafts - Make
a spooky Halloween cat decoration using a paper cup and a polystyrene ball.
Paper
Cup Indian Chiefs - Make an Indian Chief from a polystyrene ball, a paper cup, brown paint and other materials.
Paper
Cup Leprechauns - Make a Leprechaun for St. Patrick's Day from a polystyrene ball, a paper cup, paint, wiggle eyes, craft foam, black pen and glue.
Paper
Cup Monsters - Children can use their creativity to make a monster out of a paper cup and polystyrene ball.
Paper
Cup Oxes - Celebrate the Year of the Ox by making an Ox from inexpensive materials such as a paper cup and a polystyrene ball.
Paper
Cup Pilgrim Boy - Find out how your children can make a Pilgrim Boy craft for Thanksgiving.
Paper
Cup Pilgrim Girl - Find out how your children can make a Pilgrim Girl craft for Thanksgiving.
Paper
Cup Rudolph - Make a Rudolph Christmas decoration from a polystyrene ball, a paper cut and other materials.
Paper Cup
Sailboats - Find out how you can make a sailboat out of a paper cup with your kids.
Paper
Cup Scotman - Find out how you can make a simple Scotsman character for St Andrew's Day!
Paper
Cup Turkeys - Here is a fun and simple Thanksgiving craft for children of all ages.
Paper
Cup Witches -
Find out how kids can make a spooky witch decoration for your Halloween party!
Pilgrim
Hats -
Learn how to make pilgrim hats from Styrofoam or paper cups.
Plastic
Cup Bug Lanterns -
In this tutorial you will learn how to make little bug
lanterns from plastic cups.
Plastic
Cup Hanging Bats - These spooky bats will look amazing at your Halloween party!
Polar
Bear Crafts for Kids - This is a cool polar bear dessert dish craft for children of all ages.
Polar
Bear Puppets -
This is a fun and easy polar bear craft for young children and it will help them to develop their motor skills.
Pop
Out Valentines - This is an adorable and fun Valentines craft idea for young children.
Pull-Along Dragon Toy - Celebrate Chinese New Year by making this pull-along dragon toy with your child.
Really
Funny Roosters - Make this really funny rooster using a paper or Styrofoam cup and other supplies.
Snowman
Cups -
Make this adorable snowman cup with your children during their winter break.
Styrofoam
Cup Dog Craft for Dog's Colorful Day -
This is a fun craft for toddlers and preschoolers.
Styrofoam
Snowman Crafts -
Make this adorable snowman and display it by your Christmas tree!
Tissue
Treasure Box - Follow the instructions to make a beautiful tissue treasure box like this one.
Uncle
Sam Craft - Learn how you can make an Uncle Sam craft for Independence Day by using a paper cup, a polystyrene ball and a few other materials.
Valentine's
Day Cups - Give someone special one of these adorable cups for Valentine's Day.
Winter
Snow Globes -
Find out how kids can make their own winter snow globes using a plastic cup, cardboard and Crayola products.