The last few days have been HOT HOT HOT in Wyoming! We did, however, get a much needed cool down the other day but I’m still sweating up a storm. Dare I say I’m ready for fall to roll through?!
So anyways… recently I have been entertaining {and somewhat hoaxing} lil man with various indoor crafts & enjoying that thing we call an AC. Maybe even eating a few more popsicles than I should. {Sigh} I have to use all my resources to cool down, right?
One of the crafts we recently did together was our “Whale Of A Good Time – Cup Craft.”
As you can see & guess by the title, we turned a Styrofoam cup into a whale. With a little crafty hand & imagination – you and your child can too! Check out all the details below!
Styrofoam Cup Whale Craft Supplies:
* Styrofoam Cup – one per whale craft
* Blue Craft Paint
* Paper Plate
* Paint Brush
* Blue Craft Foam
* 2 Large Wiggle eyes
* 2 Pipe cleaners {1 silver & 1 white}
* Low Temp Hot Glue Gun
* Kid Friendly Scissors
Directions:
* First your child will need to paint their cup blue – making sure to cover the entire thing.
* While your child is doing that, you can work on the extra pieces for the whale. Cut the pipe cleaners into thirds and cut out a whale tail out of the blue craft foam.
* For the whale tail I kinda pictured in my head a mermaid tail and went from there.
* When your child is done painting their cup blue, let it dry while you get the hot glue gun ready.
* Once the paint is completely dry, you are going to start adding the elements that make it look like a whale.
* With the cup upside down, stick your pipe cleaners through the top of the cup. {Not too far in – just a little to make it stand up} The metal from the pipe cleaners should make it easy to do that.
* Once inserted, curl the tips of the pipe cleaners a bit, to make it look like water splashing out.
* To finish off your whale, hot glue the wiggle eyes and tail on the cup. And that’s it! You just created a whale. Not to shabby right?
Our whale themed craft also goes perfect with our Lobster Cup Craft that I shared a few days ago on Glued To My Crafts.
Wouldn’t these be cute together for a beach themed party? Decorate a table or two with them. Or better yet, maybe have the attending kids make these as a party favor/activity. I’m sure they would enjoy that!
And fair warning – I have a ton of paper plate & Styrofoam cup crafts coming up on the blog. The price of those supplies are so cheap & flexible to work with kids – you have no reason NOT to make the investment. You could buy a pack of each & create crafts all summer long from it. I will show you how ;) Stay tuned and stay cool my friends!
anna says
February 26, 2015 at 3:37 pmHow do you keep the paint on the Styrofoam cup from cracking/peeling? I tried doing Styrofoam cup spiders at Halloween and all the paint flaked off when it dried!