Christmas craft:
Elf Cup eed
White Eco Paper Cups
Christmas Paper Chains
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A4 Coloured Cover Paper
18mm Joggle Eyes
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Cover your paper cup in green using
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Strong Craft Glue
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Wrap your zig zag fringe collar around
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from the hat and Kraft paper. Cut two strips of brown Kraft paper measuring 9(L) x 1.5(W), and 4 x coloured paper lengths 8(L) x 1.5cm. 12
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To make the feet, fold a piece of black
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Use a dab of glue to attach the shoes to To make the elf’s head, cut a piece of brown Kraft paper approx. 15(L) x 26(W) cm, wrap it into a cylinder with an overlap of approx. 2cm, and either tape or glue in place. Pop it into the cup.
Make a small 45-degree fold on the tops of the arms and glue to the elf cup body.
the very end of the zig zag paper legs. 8
Layer the Kraft paper and coloured paper together – 1 coloured on the bottom, Kraft in the middle with the ends poking out and another coloured on the top, gluing together. Repeat to make the second arm. Use a pair of scissors to round off the brown Kraft paper to form the hands.
Use a dab of glue to attach the legs to
cover paper in half and draw one point elf shoe with a pencil, cut the pencil markings out, giving you two shoes.
Modify the difficulty for younger age groups with pre-cut shapes or templates to snip out.
To make the arms, use the excess paper
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the base of the cup. 6
Cut out your elf hat and glue it onto the top of the elf hat, overlapping the hat onto the Kraft paper.
To make the elf’s legs, take 2 strips of Christmas paper chain and fold them back and forth to make a zig zag fold.
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TOP TIP
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the top of the cup, attaching with glue at the back to hold in place. 4
Assorted Christmas Pom Poms
triangle shape (measuring approx. 26cm at the base, going up to a point. Our elf’s hat measures 14cm from the base line to the point).
To make the elf’s collar, cut a strip of white cover paper 28(L) x 3.5(W)cm, and then trim zig zags into one edge (triangles measuring approx. 1.5cm, with each point roughly 1.5cm apart).
A4 Kraft Paper
To make the hat, free draw a wonky
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either a marker or paint and set aside to dry.
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Free draw two ears on the brown Kraft paper – with 0.5cm excess to fold back and glue to the elf’s head.
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Finish off by adding a smile and gluing on 2 joggle eyes, a pom pom on the hat and set aside to dry thoroughly.
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Done! Your perfect Elf Cup is ready! 1773
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