Recycled K-Cup Snowman Top Hat Christmas Ornaments

These adorable snowman top hat Christmas ornaments cost less than $1.00 to make! You will need to upcycle a few things from your kitchen and raid your leftover craft supplies scrap box to make them. You can make several of them over the course of a weekend. They can be made with minimal embellishments or load them up with some of your favorite sparkly finds.

Supplies listed below along with directions are per holiday ornament that you make. You will want to recycle an empty k-cup. Remove everything from inside the k-cup. Wash it with warm, soapy water and rinse clean. It needs to be thoroughly dry before you start working on this project. We used aluminum metal lids that we recycled from canned mushrooms, mandarin oranges, and veggies. They need to be slightly smaller than your standard soup can lid to get the correct proportions.

Recycled K-Cup Snowman Top Hat Christmas Ornaments

1 Empty K-Cup
1 Small Metal Veggie Can Lid
Black Acrylic Craft Paint
Paint Brush, Water Dish, )Paper Towels
All-Purpose, Quick Drying Craft Glue
Modge Podge – Glossy Finish
Scissors
Clear Fishing Line or Hanging Cord
Scraps of Ribbon
Miscellaneous Embellishments

To get the acrylic paint to stick onto the K-cup nicely…coat it with a thin layer of Modge Podge and let dry. While it’s drying, paint 2 coats of black paint onto both sides of the aluminum metal lid from a can. ONLY Use lids with smooth edges!!! Let dry.

Warning – A hot glue gun can melt the plastic K-up. You can use cool melt glue, all-purpose craft glue, Gorilla Glue, etc.

Cut a 6″ length of clear fishing line. Knot the 2 ends together to form a hanging loop. Insert the knotted ends down through the hole in the top of the cup. Flip the cup upside down and add glue inside the cup to hold it into place. This will hide the knotted ends inside.

Place glue around the open edges of the cup. Center it on the aluminum can lid. Let it dry in place. You have now made the basic top hat. Once the paint is dry you want to “seal” the paint by going over everything with a light coat of Modge Podge. Let dry until clear and no longer tacky.

Time to decorate it with items you have on hand. I like to select things from my scrap box so I used leftover braided ribbon trim around the brim and then glued on a sheer red ribbon bow. To accent it a little bit more I added 2 green holly leaves (self-adhesive rhinestones) along with a mini red pom-pom to serve as the red berry on the top of the hat.

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