These adorable, budget-friendly woodland creature cup crafts are so fun to make and can be used for anything from classroom parties to decorations for your Thanksgiving table. I hope you enjoy making them as much as we did!
Clothing featured in this post from Olive Juice.
The inspiration for these cute cup crafts comes from the beautiful colors of fall. As my children and I watch the leaves start to change and spend more time indoors cozied up with some of our favorite fall books, we couldn’t help but let our love for this season spill over to our craft table.
That said, the beauty of this season also comes with a fair amount of hustle—homework to be done, permission slips to be signed, and carpools to be arranged. But crafting gives us a chance to slow down and connect with each other. On purpose.
When my girls and I sat down to make these the other day, it was just what we needed. Some stolen, stress-free moments to catch up and nurture our creativity together. I hope you’ll experience the same thing while you make these sweet and simple woodland creatures with your own kids.
Simply print the free templates below, and use them as a guide to cut out the pieces for each forest critter—the raccoon, owl, and fox.
Supplies
Paper Cups (White, teal, orange)
Grey Craft Paint
Cardstock (white, blue, orange, black, tan)
Foam brush
Scissors
Hot glue gun
Fun Uses for these Woodland Creature Cups
One of the things I love most about these cup crafts, besides the fact that they’re so dang cute, is that they’re multipurpose:
- They can hold party snacks for your child’s class or your family.
- They can organize crayons or other odds and ends on a craft table.
- They’re great for party favors. Just send the kids home from a birthday party with these cute critters filled with treats.
- They’re a mess-free craft for a classroom party.
- They can add some fun and whimsy as decorations for a fall party or Thanksgiving dinner.
We made a few different versions of these woodland creature treat cups – a raccoon, a fox and an owl. Pick and choose your favorite or make them all!
Raccoon Cup Instructions
Step 1. Gather supplies – white paper cup, grey, black and white cardstock, sharpie, scissors, adhesive, grey craft paint and foam brush.
Step 2. Paint white paper cup with grey craft paint. Allow to dry completely.
Step 3. Click here to download Raccoon Cup Craft pattern. Print and cut out pattern pieces.
Step 4. Trace pattern pieces onto carsdtock.
Step 5. Paint grey stripes on Raccoon’s tail. Begin attaching paper pieces to cup as shown using adhesive.
Step 6. With a sharpie add a nose and eyes.
Fox Cup Instructions
Step 1. Gather supplies – orange paper cup, orange and white cardstock, sharpie, scissors, adhesive.
Step 2. Click here to download Fox Cup Craft pattern. Print and cut out pattern pieces.
Step 3. Trace pattern pieces onto cardstock.
Step 4. Glue tail pieces together
Step 5. Attach paper pieces to cup as shown using adhesive.
Step 6. With a sharpie add a nose and eyes.
Owl Cup Instructions
Step 1. Gather supplies – teal paper cup, orange, tan and white cardstock, sharpie, scissors, adhesive.
Step 2. Click here to download Owl Cup Craft pattern. Print and cut out pattern pieces.
Step 3. Trace pattern pieces onto cardstock.
Step 4. Attach paper pieces to cup as shown using adhesive.
Step 5. With a sharpie add a eyes and some feathers.
More about Paper Cup Crafts
Paper cups come in such a wide range of colors and are available at craft stores, party supply shops or the dollar store. I always have them on hand because they’re so fun to craft with – especially white cups. White cups are easy to find and can be painted, colored, or covered in paper to customize the color for whatever project you’re working on.
A special thank you to Olive Juice for partnering with us on this post. Find specials and kids style inspiration on your favorite social network: Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram and Twitter.
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Super cute!! I am going to make these with the boys.
Love these. Very cute and perfect for a woodland themed birthday party I’m planning for my daughter!
They’d be SO cute for a birthday party! So glad these will come in handy Jane! 🙂 Thanks for stopping by!
These are so darn cute! They look like something you’d find in an upscale party store!!!
So adorables!
I like the fox one!
I love this DIY! The little fox is so cute!
#Bestideaever. My 6 year old loved making this craft. We use them to hold school supplies in for the summer. We play school a few times a week. LOVE IT
Today on my Facebook page appeared your post refarding decorating pumpkins with felt cut outs to turn pumpkins into foxes, raccoons etc. I am going to visit my two grandson’s in a couple of weeks and would love to take the supplies we need to make these during my visit. However when I go to the web page U’m bring told it can’t be found”. Can you help me please?