Starbucks Holiday Red Cup DIY

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Just after I announced the winner of my DOLE Salads giveaway, I found out that I won the Starbucks Red Cup Contest! Starbucks held a contest from Nov 1st to the 3rd and asked contestants to submit their “most beautiful and creative red cup moment” with the 2014 holiday cup on Instagram. I had no idea about the contest until the last day when Matt’s sister Olivia texted me and encouraged me to enter. Soooo I whipped up this quick little Starbucks holiday light DIY! The response on Instagram was huge, so I decided to do a little step-by-step DIY for anyone who wants to recreate it!

I know it’s not even thanksgiving yet and say “for every set of Christmas lights lit before Thanksgiving, an elf dies,” but I couldn’t resist making these adorable lights! For the sake of the elves, they won’t be lit until after Thanksgiving. #savetheelves

I still can’t believe that with over 11,000 entries for the contest, I won! I am so excited, and cannot wait for my Limited-Edition Sterling Silver Starbucks card to arrive! My favorite part about this, is that I was in Starbucks sipping on an iced sugar-free soy vanilla latte when I got the message that I won! It couldn’t have been more perfect.

I love crafts that allow you to repurpose and recycle things, and this is definitely one of those projects. Instead of throwing away your holiday cups after you finish your gingerbread latte, save them and their lids, rinse ’em out, and deck your halls with boughs of Starbucks!

Start saving/collecting tall holiday red cups and lids from Starbucks.

I meant to buy a strand of 50 regular christmas lights but ended up with a strand of 50 icicle lights, which actually worked out better than I though! I opted for white because they match the lids of the Starbucks cups.

Flip your cups upside-down and carefully make a slit with a sharp knife.

Spin the cup around and carefully make a second slit creating an “X” shape.

Push the Christmas lights through the bottom of the cup.

Pull the remaining lights on the icicle strange through the cup.

Once the lights have been pulled through and into the cup, close it with the lid.

The back end should look like this, with the lights hidden inside. Repeat all of the above steps with each cup.

And then voilà, you will have a strand of Starbucks red cup Christmas lights!

*I have only left my red cup lights on for about 10 minutes, so please use caution and keep your eyes on your lights to make sure they are safe and don’t overheat!

Health, Happiness, & Happy Crafting,
xo Catherine