Introduction: Transforming Ice Cream Cups: DIY Spring Tea Cup Floral Arrangements

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Today, we'll explore a fun and easy DIY project involving repurposing plastic mini ice cream cups into beautiful spring tea cup floral arrangements. This project is a great way to add a touch of spring to your home decor.

 Before throwing away those plastic cups, consider the many possibilities in creating something new. 

Supplies

  • Plastic ice cream cups (I am reusing two plastic ice cream cups)
  • Spanish moss
  • Floral
  • Mod Podge
  • Decorative floral napkin
  • Artificial spring flowers
  • Acrylic paint (I'm using white)
  • Paintbrush 
  • Optional- Bumblebee button and small dowel rod- Dimensions: 0.1 inches x 6 inches.
  • Air dry clay
  • Scissors
  • Foam block

Step 1: Preparing Your Cups

After washing and drying your ice cream cups, take a paintbrush and apply a layer of white acrylic paint to each cup. After the first coat of paint, use a blow dryer to assist with the drying. Repeat this process and add three coats of paint to each cup.

Step 2: Creating the Handle

To work with the clay, take two small sections of clay and roll them out. Create the size according to how wide you want your handle to be for your cup. This will also depend on the size of your ice cream cup.


Roll the clay out creating two longer sections. Attach the clay by pressing one end down on the top of the cup and the other end on the bottom of the cup. When you do this, it will create an opening in the middle. Firmly press the ends so that it stays in place. Allow the handle to dry for one to two days. You can also use a heating tool to help with the drying process. Once the clay has completely dried, you can now apply acrylic paint to it.

Step 3: Working With the Decorative Napkin

Next, take a decorative napkin and remove the second layer. Then, use scissors to cut out the designs you want to use in your decoration.

Using a smaller paintbrush, apply Mod Podge in sections, along with the decorative napkin pieces you previously cut out.

Step 4: Adding the Foam Block

Next, add foam blocks to each cup. If your foam blocks do not fit inside your ice cream cups, take a craft knife and cut them into smaller sections before inserting them into each cup.

Step 5: Adding the Floral and Moss

Once you have done that, use floral cutters to cut each flower to the size of your liking before inserting it into the foam block.

Take Spanish moss and begin to place it over the top of the foam block. If you would like, you can add hot glue to the top of the foam block before adding in your moss. Add the moss without gluing it down if you think you may want to change out the flowers.

Step 6: Adding the Bumblebee Button

Lastly, take a small wooden dowel and add a bumblebee button at the top of the dowel by pressing it down. The button should have an opening on the back which makes it the perfect fit for the size dowel used in this project. Use floral cutters to make adjustments to the dowel rod so that it fits perfectly in the center of the floral display.

Step 7:

That's it for creating your spring tea cup floral arrangements. These mini spring tea cup floral arrangements are wonderful additions to tiered trays and can be added to existing spring decor. They can also be used as centerpieces during tea parties. There are so many great ways to decorate with them. Let me know what you think.