Teacup Carousel

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While I was making tea cups with plastic Easter Eggs, I thought about how cute they would look on a carousel.

So I made one.

I bought Petal Cone Bigz L Die (Stampin’ Up!) a few weeks ago to make a roof for a merry-go-round.

I love how it turned out. I used 5 die cuts for the teacup carousel.

But, 3 or 4 die cuts look great, too.

Scalloped half-circle was a part of Petal Cone Bigz L Die.

Decorated with ribbons and buttons. Also to hold the shape.

The banner was a part of Petal Cone Bigz L Die, too.

I’ve seen many many people using paper doilies to make beautiful cards, and I finally got to use it on my project. I bought a white doily, but colored with yellow stamp ink pad. Learned this technique from Kathy.

For the carousel bottom, I used 4 Mini Milk Carton Bigz L Die (Stampin’ Up!) cuts.

Put cut Mini Milk Carton die cuts together. And glue them to the base I made.

You can download the PDF file for the base here. This is for 4 Mini Milk Carton Bigz L Die cuts.

I only had 7″ cookie sticks, so I made it longer by glueing them together with hot glue.

Originally wanted to make some triangle banners, but didn’t feel like cutting them, so I decided to thread some pom poms and pearls together.

I only had white pom poms, so colored them with ink pads.

Put holes on the edge of the roof to attach the pom poms. I think the triangle banner would’ve been quicker to make.

But I LOVE how pretty these pom poms look on the carousel!

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Plastic Easter Egg Tea Cups

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Mmmm~~~ What is my daughter drinking?

No, she is not drinking Sake. ;P

She is pretending to drink a cup of coffee with the tea cups mommy made with plastic Easter eggs. =)

I used the rounder eggs to make mini Play-Doh cupcakes, and the pointy ones for the tea cups.

I used buttons to stabilize the bottom. I didn’t have the patience to wait for the craft glue to dry, so I ended up using hot glue.

For the tea cups handles, I used butterfly and heart punch outs, ribbons, and buttons.

(Shown Stampin’ Up! Heart to Heart Extra-Large punch, Beautiful Wings Embosslits Die, and Butterfly Extra-Large punch)

Originally, I just wanted to add the handles and no decoration on the cups. But, I ended up liking the ones without the handles. If I had planned it better, I should’ve put the art works first before adding the buttons on the bottom. I got hooked on drawing on the cups using permanent markers, Stickles, Dimensional Pearls, stickers, and Rub-ons. My son even helped me with the drawing! Perfect project for kids crafting!