The last few days have been HOT HOT HOT!We did get a much needed cool down the other day – but I’m still sweating up a storm. So 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 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!
Supplies:
* Styrofoam cup
* Blue paint
* Paper plate/paint brush
* Blue craft foam
* 2 Wiggle eyes
* 2 Pipe cleaners {1 silver & 1 white}
* Hot glue gun
* Scissors
* 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?
He also goes perfect with our Lobster Cup Craft I shared a few days ago, don’t you think? 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!
updated 5/24/2015
Bringing life to an old post – here is another fun kid craft idea that is a “whale” of fun too – Paper Plate Whale {Kid Craft} For this craft, all we did was cover a small paper plate with blue tissue paper and then added cardstock pieces to really give it life {including a cute handprint cutout} Super fun and great for children of ALL ages!
anna says
How 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!