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December 17, 2014 by: Melanie

Recycled K-Cup® Santa Ornament

We love our Keurig around here. The hubby and I prefer different beverages, so it’s nice to be able to make just one cup of whatever it is that we happen to want at the time. We actually use the my K-Cup® quite a bit- where we can use our own loose ground coffee. But sometimes we use the the individual K-Cup®. I always feel like there’s something that I could do with those little plastic cups. If I can put an empty toilet paper roll to good use, why can’t I do the same with a K-Cup®? I guess the holidays brought inspiration out in me. Here is a fun tutorial for a Recycled K-Cup® Santa Ornament.

Recycled K-Cup® Santa Ornament  |  Use an empty K-Cup® to create this Santa ornament. It's a fun recycled craft for Christmas!

Supplies:

  • K-Cup®- emptied, washed, and dried- I am using a K-Cup® that is expired, so it has not been used. I simply emptied the contents.
  • Red spray paint
  • Black paint
  • White paint
  • Needle and thread

Spray paint the clean and dry K-Cup®. Do a few light coats as heavy coats of paint will run down the plastic. Let this dry completely.

Recycled K-Cup® Santa Ornament  |  Use an empty K-Cup® to create this Santa ornament. It's a fun recycled craft for Christmas!

Paint black around the bottom rim. I let my daughter do this step, so it didn’t come out perfect. But she had fun!

Use the white paint to make three little dots for buttons. Tulip Puffy Paint works great for this.

Let dry.

Recycled K-Cup® Santa Ornament  |  Use an empty K-Cup® to create this Santa ornament. It's a fun recycled craft for Christmas!

With the thread on the needle (doubled), knot the end of the thread. Insert the needle up through the K-Cup® out of the top of the plastic cup. Knot at the top of the cup, then again at the place in the thread that you want to be the top of the ornament hanger.

**If you are using an used K-Cup®, then you may already have a hole in the top. You can use this hole if you chose.

Recycled K-Cup® Santa Ornament  |  Use an empty K-Cup® to create this Santa ornament. It's a fun recycled craft for Christmas!

And that’s as simple as it gets. I wonder if I can come up with an entire collection of Recycled K-Cup® ornaments. It sounds pretty cool, anyway.

Recycled K-Cup® Santa Ornament  |  Use an empty K-Cup® to create this Santa ornament. It's a fun recycled craft for Christmas!

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Comments

  1. Marilyn says

    December 17, 2014 at 12:07 pm

    Your ornaments turned out amazing! LOVE them!

  2. Laura @ Housewife Hellraiser says

    December 17, 2014 at 11:45 pm

    Why isn’t there a hole in it from the Keurig? I’m confused. I love this craft, though! I saw snowman hats somebody did, too. Super cute. I keep wondering if you make a new circle to cover the funky hole, though. Where is the hole? I must know.

    • Melanie says

      December 18, 2014 at 10:07 am

      The hole from the Keurig is in the foil part of the cup. In order to get the coffee grounds out of the cup, the foil part has to be torn off. So the bottom of the cup is opened, then the coffee grounds are dumped out, and the cup is washed and dried. Underneath this Santa ornament is open (unless you wanted to cut a circle of paper and glue it on to cover the opening. This K-Cup® is an expired one that has been emptied. Does that make sense?

  3. Tara says

    December 18, 2014 at 12:54 am

    This is so cute, Melanie! I love that it’s upcycled. My kidlets would have so much fun with this too!

  4. Aimee @ Like mother like daughter says

    December 18, 2014 at 7:32 pm

    Wow what a genius idea! I need more homemade ornaments and these santa cups are adorable!

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