Craft Corner

Homemade Coffee Mugs

Grandparents Day is just around the corner, and what better way to celebrate those awesome grandparents than a homemade coffee mug from your crew! Add a side of their favorite coffee beans and you are all set! Step one: Decide on the pattern for your mug. We chose to do names, as well as some freehand designs. Step two: If using stickers, place stickers onto your mug. Step three: Color your mug. Step four: Allow to air dry. Step five: Remove stickers. Step six: With adult supervision, bake mugs on a cookie sheet at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Allow to cool on cookie sheet. TIP: If you have any sticky residue from the stickers on the mug, use a baby wipe to clean the sticky off. But be careful—the baby wipe will also take off the Sharpie prior to baking.

Janelle Cumro-Sultzer lives in Overland Park with her husband, two children and two dogs. Janelle is a former health care executive director and is a mediator in Kansas, helping families in conflict. Janelle loves to focus on learning through play and getting messy with crafts.

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Materials needed:

• Blank white coffee mug, one per grandparent • Assorted Sharpies • Foam stickers (You can use regular stickers, but we found foam stickers worked best.) • Cookie sheet • Oven