St. Patrick's Day Party: DIY Leprechaun Belt Cups
What is St. Patrick's Day without a visit from Leprechauns? Whether you are planning a fun party or just trying to come up with ideas for the kids, this is nice and easy to add some fun to your day. There are a few ways that you can make them too. The cups can be as fancy or as simple as you want. Either way, I promise they are super easy party decor to spruce things up a bit. This post contains affiliate links.
If this idea looks somewhat familiar, you might remember my Santa's Belt cups. I just loved those bunches and had the idea to to make these. Originally I envisioned using the same little rhinestone sliders but in gold. I couldn't find them easily, but instead I stumbled on these Gold Rhinestone Self Adhesive Stickers that I fell in love with. They currently aren't available and I'm having a tough time finding a similar product sadly because they are AWESOME. You might want to look into something like this metallic adhesive sheets instead. My photos of the cups don't really do the gold tone much justice, but you can can see the picture below, they have a really great gold shimmery look that's ice catching. On a side note, I cant wait to see what else I can use these gorgeous stickers for!
Another easy alternative and money saver would be to just make a square "buckle" out of construction paper. You could just use a gold color if you have it or to make it extra awesome, use gold glitter on the paper. I think that would look really awesome too! All you need for this little project are your choice of any green disposable cup, I used these green paper cups. Your choice of ribbon. I was torn between the green and black which I already had on hand, I settled on a combo of both to add some diversity.
The first step was to adhere the ribbon around the cups. You can do this in so many ways, a strong glue is the quickest way to make it happen, but there are many options. Heck, tape or tying will easily work too if that's your preference. Then, if you are using the gold rhinestone stickers, cut out your buckles. I made mine approximately one inch around all sides which was about 7 rows of the rhinestone stickers all the way around.
For the final step, which is SO easy with these stickers is to simple adhere them to the front and center of the cup. They aren't too sticky, which is perfect in case you need to re-adjust them to get them placed perfectly.
Hope you enjoy this simple idea for St. Patty's Day! Do you have any fun party ideas? I'd love to hear about them too!
These are adorable!! I would love it if you stopped by before 10pm and linked up!! I am going to include these in a st. pattys day round up 🙂
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What a great idea!! Are cocktails included?? Lol!! I would love for you to share on My 2 Favorite Things on Thursday - Link Party...going on now! I would love to have you!! http://www.cookinandcraftin.com/my-2-favorite-things-on-thursday-link-party-10/
Simply genius and adorable!
These are adorable. My friend has an ice cream social for St. Patty's Day and these would be perfect.
Those cups are so cute. What a great idea. I'm saving this so I can do these for my daughter's party at school this year.
So cute! Perfect for a St. Patty's Day get together!!!
That's a sticker? How awesome is that. Super cute cups. I love the idea.
So cute! Ideal party craft for any Saint Patrick’s Day party!
Those would be perfect for a St Patrick's Day party!! Those are super cute!!!
These turned out great. This is such a cute way to enhance the St. Patrick's theme of your party!
This is such a simple and adorable way to decorate for St. Patrick's Day. You could do the same thing at Christmas for Santa.
These are super cute and perfect for all leprechauns. I would love to make some for my kids! .
This is such a cute idea! I love that they're so simple- my tot loves to help!
Super cute cup idea! I will have to make these if we decide to have a party this year.
Aww, these are so super cute. I bet my daughter would have a lot of fun making these with me.
I love these. I make something like them with my kids each year
I love these cups! My favorite part is the rhinestone buckle of course! They would be great to serve a green punch.
So simple, yet so cute. Who would have thought? HA! Thanks so much for sharing. I am totally doing these for my Little Miss' Kinder Class
Aww these are so cute! My kids seem to think the St. Patty's Day is a giant holiday that needs a party. Better get on it!
Those are awesome! What better way to celebrate St. Patrick's day than with beer in a Leprechaun cup?!
Those are so cute, and simple. I like that they aren't over the top, most St. Pats decorations are. Love it!
OMG, these are so cute. I love the belt buckle, so sparkly!
These are so cute! I'm totally making them for my son!
What a cute idea! These will be perfect for our cooking club this month. Thanks for the inspiration!
These are great! Perfect for St. Patty's Day parties!!
That is such a cute idea. My kids would love these.