Veggie or Pudding Cup Handmade Bell Ornament
Pudding Cup Bell Ornaments are a great craft to make with your toddler or preschooler to share and give out at the holiday season plus you get to talk and learn about recycling something you eat everyday.
Materials
- 1 clear or white plastic veggie baby food, pudding or yogurt cup
- 1 gold pipe cleaner
- 2 red jingle bells
- Scissors or an ice pick
- grosgrain or small 1/4 inch wide ribbon
- Sharpie
Instructions
- Hand wash and clean cups.
- Allow to air dry fully.
- Using scissors or an ice pick, poke a small hole in the bottom middle of the cup.
- Fold the pipe cleaner in half to make a loop and hold the ends together.
- With the cup upside down, dome up and opening down, poke the 2 ends of the pipe cleaner through the hole.
- You will want about 2 inches inside the cup.
- Hold the two ends of the pipe cleaner in one hand and place your thumb and index finger of the other hand at the base of the loop on top of the cup.
- Twist the pipe cleaner to help hold it in place.
- Turn the cup over.
- Place one jingle bell on one end of the pipe cleaner through the loop on top of the bell.
- Fold the end of the pipe cleaner back and twist it back to to the upper part of the pipe cleaner to hold the bell in place.
- Repeat on the other end of the second pipe cleaner with the second jingle bell.
- Cut a 18 inch length of ribbon.
- Tie ribbon in a bow on top of the cup dome, at the base of the pipe cleaner.
- Write a year or name on the edge of the plastic part of the bell with a sharpie.