Cup Monster

We made some cute cup monsters tonight! The boys had a blast! Here's our supply list:

 

Foam cup

Paint

paint brush

cup of water

tinfoil or some other... thing... to protect your painting area

pipe cleaner

googly eyes

6 triangles cut out of cardstock (teeth)

 Glue gun

First we painted  the cups. Hands down the boys' favorite part! They love painting though and would paint every day of the week if I let them. Please excuse the crazy colors in the pics. The tinfoil was reflecting my crazy orange kitchen light into their faces and it made it impossible to get good coloring.

Check out Jamesen's face, haha!

After painting, we let the cups dry for about an hour. After it was all dry, we came back to assemble the monster! We started with the pipe cleaner arms and legs. I punctured holes with some scissors first so I didn't break the cup and the boys shoved the pipe cleaners through. Great fine motor practice! 

 

 

Then we glued on the eyes and teeth. Make sure you use a low temp glue gun or you risk melting the cup! 

Finished product, yay! They look so cute sitting on my mantle. 

Don't you think? :)