Paper Cup Lighthouses

Create these fun and simple nautical lighthouses that light up using a paper cup and a flameless candle! This delightful craft allows children to decorate their own lighthouses with bright colours and designs, then place a flameless candle inside to make the light shine through.

Skill Level

Beginner

Time to Make

15 mins

Adult Supervision

Yes

Paper Cup Lighthouses

Top Tip

You could make these using reusable plastic beakers so that they can be left outside.

How to Make

Paper Cup Lighthouses
Paper Cup Lighthouses
Paper Cup Lighthouses
  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.