How To: Halloween monster cups

This spooktacular how-to guide has been created by the wonderful Little Button Diaries. Read on to discover how to add some monster fun to your Halloween party. 

These Halloween cups add a bit of freaky fun to your party table. Use them for sipping spooky drinks or turn them into a bowling game by lining them up and rolling a ball at their little heads! Note that if you are using them for drinks it would be wise to use straws.

You will need:

•    5 paper cups
•    Paint in black, white, orange, green and olive
•    Black, white, red, and purple card
•    Glue stick
•    Double-sided tape
•    Googly eyes
•    Strips of bandage (or you could use white paper)
•    2 pipe cleaners
•    Black and green felt tip pens

1.    Begin by painting the cups black, white, orange, olive and green. Leave to dry and paint a second coat if needed. 

2.    Glue a pair of googly eyes onto each cup. 

3.    Use the templates provided (you can download these) to cut out all the facial features from the coloured card. The colours required are shown on each template. Note that you will need to fold the card and place the fold where indicated for Dracula and Frankenstein’s hair.

4.    For the mummy cup, put double sided tape on the back of the strips of bandages and wrap it diagonally around the cup avoiding the googly eyes. 

5.    For the pumpkin, stick on the triangle nose and toothy mouth. 

6.    For Frankenstein, glue the spikey hair just under the rim of the cup. Draw a little nose and smile on using black felt tip pen, then glue on the tooth. For his bolts, cut two 5cm pieces of black sparkly pipe cleaner and roll them into balls. Glue on either side of the face near the bottom of the cup.

7.    For Dracula, glue the pointed hair under the rim of the cup so that the point goes in between the eyes. Add the eyebrows, mouth, tongue and fangs.

8.    For the witch’s hair, cut a piece of purple card measuring 14x9 cm. Cut strips all along the length, leaving a 2cm gap at the top. Glue around the rim of the cup so that the hair frames her face. Glue on the mouth and hat, then draw eyebrows, a nose and wart onto her face in black pen. Wrap each strand of hair around a pencil to curl it.  Add a pipe cleaner trim to the hat and you are all finished.

And here’s the whole spooky pack!

Items shown:

Audrey Wrapping Paper, £6.95 for 5 sheets
School milk straws, £2.95 for a pack of 25
Large iron utility scissors, £4.95
Orange and white bakers twine, £3.95

Thank you to Little Button Diaries! If you get crafty this Halloween, we’d love to see your creations. Share them with us using #RexLondon.