Paper Cup Goblins

You Will Need:

Fevicryl Acrylic Colours Crimson 04, White 27, Fevicryl Acrylic Colour Pearl Metallic Gold 352, Fevicryl Mouldit, Fevicryl Fabric Glue, Fine Art Brushes, Paper Cups, Felt Fabric (Red, Green Colour), Red and Green Plastic Beads, White Pom-Poms, Paper Canvas, Needle & Thread, Scissors, White Wool, Colour Palette, Water Container

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Description :

Make these cute paper cup Goblins to decorate your X’mas tree. A very simple and easy DIY to create!

STEP 1 : Source the base material

Take 3 paper cups.

STEP 2 : Paint the cups

Paint the paper cups with Fevicryl Acrylic Colours Crimson 04. Let them dry.

STEP 3 : Source the felt fabric

Take the red colour felt fabric, we are going to make conical caps for the Goblins.

STEP 4 : Shape the felt

Make the conical caps from the felt fabric in the size of the periphery of the paper cup base. Secure the ends by sticking it using Fevicryl Fabric Glue. Let it dry.

STEP 5 : Make the caps

Make 3 such caps for the Goblins.

STEP 6 : Make the beard & Mustache

We are going to make a long beard and mustache with the white wool. Take the small strip of paper canvas, stick the white woolen threads on the paper strip to make the beard using Fevicryl Fabric Glue. Let it dry. Similarly make the mustache with the woolen threads.

STEP 7 : Make the hollies

Take the green felt, mark and cut the cherry leaves out of it. Stick the red colour beads to depict cherries using Fevicryl Fabric Glue. Paint the veins of the leaves with dotted lines using Pearl Metallic Gold 352.  Let it dry. 

STEP 8 : Build the goblins on cups

Take the paper cups, stick the caps on the base of the cups with Fabric Glue. Attach the white pom-poms towards the ends of the caps. Fold the cap and stitch it with the needle and the thread. Refer to the image. Stick the cherries and hollies on the cap with Fabric Glue. Let it dry.

STEP 9 : Build the facial details

Take the mixture of Mouldit resin base and hardener to create dough. Take the dough to make the nose of the goblins using Fabric Glue for sticking. Paint the nose with Fevicryl Acrylic Colours Crimson 04 and White 27. Let it dry. Stick the beard and mustache appropriately on the paper cups with Fabric Glue. Attach the white wool along with red and green beads if you want to put it on the X’mas tree.

STEP 10 : Final look

Your Goblins will look like this with the fairy lights.