Pilgrim Hats made out of paper cups and embellishments
These Thanksgiving Pilgrim Treat Cups are perfect for the Thanksgiving kids table.
Simply fill with crayons, pretzels, popcorn, goldfish, colored pencils – the options are limitless.
Or as a take-home gift for your guests. Fill with candy or chocolate as a thank you.
This craft is easy, quick and very inexpensive to whip up to make the holiday festive and fun for everyone.
Thanksgiving Pilgrim Treat Cups
Supplies:
Black paper cups
Ribbon 3/4″-1″, or your preference
Gold card stock
Black card stock paper
Glue gun
Instructions:
Find a bowl or something round as a template that suits your size.
Use this as a guide
And cut a circle out of the black card stock paper.
Measure the paper cup to the level you desire, depending on what you are going to fill the Pilgrim hat-cups with and mark.
Using an exact-o knife, or pierce with the end of a pair of scissors and cut all the way around.
Assemble these items:
Make a buckle out of the gold card stock, the cup, cut circle, ribbon that fits around cup and a glue gun.
Using care to glue towards the inside of the cup so it doesn’t ooze to the outside and make it messy.
Glue the bottom of the cup.
Attach cup to the card stock circle.
Put a spot of glue on the back seam and attach the edge of the ribbon.
Glue in spots as you wrap it around the cup.
Glue at the seam to match the other end.
Glue the buckle onto the front.
Fill as you wish
Works very well for a Kids Thanksgiving Table filled with crayons, snacks and treats to keep them busy and having fun while the adults fix food and visit.
Copyright Carrie Groneman, 2015, 2018
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