Christmas table favours for Meals on Wheels

These are SO easy to make.

You'll need 12 oz. styrofoam cups, cupcake liners*, 6" ruler, pencil, X-Acto knife, a pair of scissors, and some glue (I used Tacky).

* I get the cupcake liners at Dollarama (24 for $1.50). You do need a design that can be used upside-down which limits your choices a bit.

Put a cupcake liner on the bottom of the cup and measure the distance between the bottom of the cupcake liner and the lower line of the lip of the cup. In this case, it's 1 7/16".

With your ruler, mark that measurement around the cup (about every 1/2" or so. Then cut up to that mark about two or three marks apart.

Use an X-Acto knife to cut between those marks,

then use the scissors to follow the marks the rest of the way around the cup.

Run a small line of glue around the bottom of the cup (now the table top) and set the cupcake liner in place. Depending on how far the cupcake liner flares out, you may want to put a dab of glue on each lower end and stick it to the cup.

The top can then be decorated anyway you want. 

I've spent the last few evenings cutting up 40 cups in preparation for a Mini Day Out while my friend Cheryl is here from Nova Scotia. With probably 15 - 20 attending, we should make all the tables quickly enough.

Here are two tables from the last time I made them, three with the red and green cupcake liners, and two each with the red and white and blue and white snowflake liners (just sitting in place - not glued yet).

This is such a fun little project and I'm really looking forward to seeing how all the tables turn out.