Plastic cup ornaments melted

Year after year I search for new ideas I can use in my classroom for Christmas gifts to the parents. I basically narrow down ideas by 3 items: simple, cheap and cute. Simple because we are talking about kids here and we still have standards to cover. Cheap because well….. hello, we are teachers and […]

These were fun to make because you get quick results. You'll need cups like this, they are soft whitish plastic. We tried the clear plastic cups - FAIL, they don't melt. These were from the dollar...

Have you ever watched plastic cups melt in the oven with your kids? We tried it this Fall when we made our Melted Pumpkins and it's sooo much fun! I had some

These beautiful Christmas shrinky dink ornaments are made with plastic cups.

We melted plastic cups and made them into ornaments - an unusual craft with pleasing results. The following post contains affiliate links, which means that at no extra cost to you I can make a tiny bit of money to help support this blog. Thank you! One of the first posts that I saved on Pinterest were these Kadinsky Circle Plastic Cup Mobiles from Arts for Life (link no longer seems to be active, apologies). They look great but what Annie doesn't mention is which type of plastic the cup…

This project was inspired by another bloggers post, which I can’t find again on Pinterest, so will have to edit it back in later when I can find it. Anyway, I ended up doing something comple…

Melted plastic cup ornaments!! A friend shared this idea with me today so we tried it! Super fun and easy !! Thanks for sharing Donetta ! #diy...

Plastic cup ornament craft was a success! Check out a few of the many wonderfully creative cups my students made before winter break! #shrinkydinks #scienceteacher #diy #crafts #plasticcupornament....

These were fun to make because you get quick results. You'll need cups like this, they are soft whitish plastic. We tried the clear plastic cups - FAIL, they don't melt. These were from the dollar...