Paper Cup Lighthouses

Create these fun and simple little nautical lighthouses that light up using a paper cup and a flameless candle. Children will love decorating their lighthouse and switching the light on!

Skill Level

Beginner

Time to Make

15 mins

Paper Cup Lighthouses

How to Make

  1. Take a coloured cup and draw three stripes around it with white deco pen, make these strips about 1 cm wide.
  2. Draw a door and windows.
  3. Take the clear cup and put it over the top of the other cup.
  4. At the point where the inside cup ends draw a black line on the clear cup . make this into a railing and then colour the top of the cup black.
  5. Take the clear cup off and place a flameless tealight on top of the first cup. ( you can use a bit of sticky tack or a glue dot to secure it)
  6. Replace the clear cup and you have your little lighthouse.

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Paper Cup Lighthouses

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Paper Cup Lighthouses