Christmas Elf with a Paper Cup

To make a gnome you need:

- A cardboard cup

- White pom-poms

- A red pom-pom

- Funny eyes to stick

- Adhesive lace

- Flesh-colored and green paint + a brush

- Green yarn

- Sheets of green, flesh-colored, and black paper

- Double-sided adhesive foam

- A tube of glue

- A cutter

- A permanent marker

- A pair of scissors

To begin, paint the upper part of the cup flesh-colored and the upper part green.

Then let it dry for 20 minutes.

From a sheet of green paper, cut out:

- Two strips of paper approximately 3 x 29.7 cm

- One hat shape approximately 11 x 6 cm

- One pair of arms shape approximately 2.5 x 20 cm

Cut out two shoe shapes approximately 7 x 2.5 cm from a sheet of black paper. 

And using a sheet of flesh-colored paper, cut out:

- Two hand shapes approximately 2.5 x 3.5 cm

- One pair of ear shapes approximately 11 x 2 cm

Fold the large strips of paper into an accordion, then glue the shoe shapes onto the strips with a glue stick.

Next, glue the strips to the inside of the cup using adhesive foam.

Cut a piece of lace adhesive tape about 15 cm long and then stick it around the cup at the junction of the paints.

Place the bonnet shape on top of the cup and then secure it with adhesive foam like this.

Paste white pom poms all over the adhesive foam.

WARNING this step may require the help of an adult.

Using a cutter, cut two slits of about 2 cm, then slide the earring to achieve this result.

At the back of the cup, glue a pair of arms with adhesive foam.

Then glue the hand shapes together with a tube of glue.

WARNING this step may require the help of an adult.

Make a hole in the cup with a cutter to insert funny eyes.

Use adhesive foam to stick on a small red pom-pom.

Draw a mouth with a black permanent marker.

WARNING this step may require the help of an adult.

And to finish, make two holes with a cutter at the top of the cup to insert some wool to hang the elf.