How to make a mug of paper easily and quickly

Everyone creates their own comfort in different ways. The interior can be decorated with many interesting things, in particular homemade. They always look at home and create an atmosphere of warmth and coziness. In addition, they can say a lot about the owner of the home.

What is a homemade cup for?

Today we will talk about how to make a mug of paper. She will look very nice on the shelf in the sideboard or on the table. In addition, a homemade cup is suitable for children's games in a tea party.

Such an article can be done together with the child in order to improve the creative skills. Especially it will be like girls. After all, later you can make yourself a whole service.

So, to learn how to make mugs of paper, you need to follow the following tips.

Necessary tools and materials

Before starting the creative process, prepare all the necessary materials:

• Dense cardboard;
• Paper or old newspaper;
• glue;
• paper tape;
• stationery knife;
• scissors
• paints.

Prepare everything you need at once, so as not to be distracted while you work.

How to start and how to proceed

When everything is prepared, you can start.

1. Prepare a template to create a mug. You can draw it yourself or download from the network. If you chose the first option, take the cardboard. Draw on it 6 identical sides of the future cup in one ruler. There will be folds in the places of contact. At this stage, the width and depth of the circle is already determined.
2. If you have a ready-made template, simply attach it to the cardboard and cut it with a clerical knife.
3. The workpiece must be bent in the necessary places and glued together with adhesive tape. Try to keep all the edges snug against each other.
4. Next, you need to cut a circle that will become a bottom, and paste it with the help of an adhesive tape in the appropriate place.
5. After that, cut out the cardboard strip in one centimeter, glue the bottom with it so that the mug is on this same strip.
6. Now you should tear the old newspaper into small pieces or do the same with plain white paper.
7. The resulting mug should be coated with glue and wrap it with pieces of newspaper or paper.
8. Leave all this for half an hour / hour to allow the glue to dry.
9. In the meantime, cut out a cardboard strip of no more than 2 centimeters. Make it curved or even, depending on the design of your cup.
10. Use paint to paint it in the color you want. Set aside to dry.
11. How to make a mug of paper, you already understood. And now it's time to decorate it. Use gouache with a minimum amount of water to not soak your creation. Make a pattern to your taste. Do not forget about the inner part, in which you also need to bring beauty.
12. Wait a few minutes for the paint to dry, and glue the handle.

Benefit from this creative process

That's all, now you know how to make a mug of paper with your own hands. As you can see, nothing is complicated in this, although the entire process will take you about an hour. But you get a beautiful decoration for the house or a joy for the child.

Later, when you gain experience, you can make mugs of different shapes and sizes. For children, such handicrafts are very useful, because they learn and cut, and glue, and decorate. Show them how to make a mug of paper, and this process will entice them, perhaps not for one hour.

And the prospect of creating a whole set for their dolls or soft toys will support children's enthusiasm at the right level.

Experiment, improve your crafts. By the way, you can initially use beautiful colored cardboard and decorative tape, then you can not glue the cup and significantly reduce the time of its manufacture. But you should practice accurately and evenly sticking the tape.