11 Cup Craft For Kids

Every parent knows that kids love crafts. They love to do them, they love to see them and they are usually pretty easy to make.

This can be a great way to spend some time with your kids while they are learning and having fun at the same time!

Today we have collected 11 of our favorite cup craft ideas for kids! We hope you find one or two that will help you keep your little ones busy for an afternoon or so!

Paint Containers

Paint Containers
Empty plastic cups
Paintbrushes

Paint a few cups in the same color, or paint each cup in a different color.

Water Shakers

What you need. A plastic cup and a few tablespoons of colored water.

How to make one.

Pour the colored water into your cup until it’s about half full. Next, place your hand over the top of the cup with your palm facing down on top of it and gently shake it up and down for about 10 seconds. At this point, slowly remove your hand from under the cup, leaving behind a trail of beautiful, colorful droplets!

How to play with one.

This can be played anywhere—outside on the grass or indoors at school! Simply fill up both cups with colored water and let them go at each other until they’re both empty! The last person standing wins!

How to clean one.

We recommend wiping down any spills with a damp cloth right away so that they don’t dry up into an unsightly stain (which is especially important when playing outside).

Animals

In this craft, you will be painting animals.

First, paint your cup with the color that you have chosen for your animal. Use a paintbrush or sponge to apply the paint.

Once it is dry, draw an outline of your animal on the cup using a marker or pen. This will be helpful in placing details like eyes and noses later on! You can do this step before or after you paint depending on what works best for your child’s level of fine motor skills.

If they are younger I recommend doing it before because there will be less mess involved when painting if no outlines are already drawn on their cups!

Use toothpicks to add details like eyes, nose, mouth, etc. Then use straws/giant Q-Tips as ears (you could also use cotton balls) and straws as tails!

Rocket Ship

You can easily make a rocket ship from a paper cup. First, cut off the bottom of the cup with scissors. Then, decorate your rocket with paint and glitter.

Next, use a straw to make three tail fins on the back of your spaceship: one at the top and two more near the bottom of your cup. These fins need to be wide enough so that they will fit snugly against each other without falling off when you put them together!

Use another straw to make two wings for your spaceship: one on each side of the cup’s opening where you cut out its bottom. The length of these wings should be about ¼ inch from where they meet at their widest part (which is directly above where you cut out this part). When making these wings, remember that they will eventually fold over themselves like an accordion!

Finally, use another straw as a cockpit for this little guy by inserting it into one side near his head (versus sticking it all way down into his body at once) and trimming away any extra material around its base with scissors if necessary before covering him up with some glue or modge podge so he doesn’t float away while flying through space!

Ice Cream Truck

This craft requires a large cup and ice cream sticks. You can make an ice cream truck or a cone, depending on the size of your cup.

For the truck, use paint or stickers to decorate it with candy or other food items such as sprinkles and chocolate chips. For the cone, you can also add other sweet toppings like marshmallows or cookie crumbs!

To finish off this craft project, draw a smiley face on the top of your cup with a marker so that everyone knows how happy you are to be eating an ice cream treat!

Flowers Pots

A flower pot is a great craft for kids and adults alike. There are many ways to make a flower pot using cups, including.

Use a cup to make a large flower pot. This method works well with larger cups (like the ones you get at restaurants). Simply poke holes in the bottom of your cup and then decorate it however you’d like.

You can paint the outside or put stickers on it. When making this kind of flower pot, be sure that your child knows that they shouldn’t put soil inside of them yet because there isn’t any drainage hole for water to escape through!

Use two small cups or containers and placing them together so that they form one large container. This method can be used to make either small or large containers depending on what size containers you have available in your home or classroom!

The first thing that needs to be done is to poke holes in both sides of each container so that drainage will occur when water touches them during the watering time–this means don’t forget about those drainage holes!

Wind Chimes

Materials.

6 straws (choose colors that match or complement your materials)
24 beads: 12 of one color, 12 of another color. The beads can be anything from pony beads to buttons to dried beans.

Wire cutters or a knife for cutting the wire and straws into segments (optional)

How to Make Wind Chimes

Using the wire cutters or knife, cut the appropriate number of straws into segments about 6 inches long for each wind chime you wish to make.

If desired, you can also leave them whole and use them as-is without cutting them into smaller pieces first – this will make it easier when it comes time for tuning but will take longer than normal because you’ll need more material per wind chime once it’s finished being assembled with all its other parts

Dollhouse Furniture

Paint containers
Water shakers
Animals

Rocketship

You can make dollhouse furniture out of any number of different items. If you’re looking for something to use for a chair, you might try an empty paint container.

For tables, try water shakers or animal toys that are no longer being used by your children (or even a plastic rocket ship).

Snowman/Snowglobe

Fill a cup with water and add a cup of salt.
Stir together until the salt dissolves.
Add food coloring to make it pretty, if desired (it will still be white otherwise)

Place in freezer for about 30 minutes or more until frozen solid

Santa’s Sleigh and Reindeer

Santa’s sleigh and reindeer are very common crafts for kids. The Santa’s Sleigh and Reindeer Craft Idea is perfect for the holidays or any time of year!

Children can get creative and use their imaginations to how they want their Santa’s Sleigh to look. You can make this craft with as many or as few details as you want, depending on how much time you have and how much detail your children like in their projects!