This goblet features in one of my favourite scenes in the Harry Potter movies; when Ron ends up turning Scabbers into a half-at-half-goblet during a Transfiguration class because of his broken wand. I found all these materials just lying around my house, so I hope that you guys won't have to go out and buy some stuff for this awesome craft.
Materials:
-1 old mug (try to find one with an elongated body)
-Modelling clay (color doesn't matter)
-Cork (like you use on a cork board to put pictures on)
-Stuffing
-Dark brown paint
-Gold or Beige paint (depends on how metallic your gold is)
-White paint
-Pink paint
-Hot glue + Glue gun
-Floral wire
-White twine
1. Brake the handle off of the mug.
2. Hot glue a disc of modelling clay onto the bottom of the mug.
3. Cut a circle, that is the size that you want the base of the goblet to be, out of cork. Glue a disc of modelling clay, similar to the way you did the bottom of the cup, to one side of the cork circle. Roll out a "snake" of modelling clay to the height that you want the connection between the cup and the base to be. Place it in the middle of the modelling clay on the cork, and smooth the edges to connect it to the modelling clay below it.
4. Roll another "snake" out of modelling clay. Wrap it around the bottom of the height cylinder, and smooth the edges into the preexisting modelling clay. Attach the top of the height cylinder onto the disc glued onto the mug, and smooth the edges to the modelling clay around it. Using the same technique as before, roll out a "snake" and attach it to the connection between the height cylinder and the mug disc.
5. Heat up your glue gun so that it is super hot. Once it has reached a high temperature, add a layer of glue onto the surface of the modelling clay base. This will strengthen the modelling clay so that it will not bend or deform.
6. Using panels of stuffing and hot glue, cover the outer surface of the goblet. Don't worry if it looks very "fluffy". The paint will bring it down quite a bit.
7. Paint a thick coat of dark brown paint onto the stuffing.
8. While the dark brown paint is still wet, dab on your gold/beige paint to give it depth.
9. Now grab some white paint. While the goblet is still wet with the previous paints, create a white "marking" on the bottom third of the cup. Set aside and let dry.
10. Cut a strand of floral wire to the length that you would like the tail of the goblet to be. Hot glue the end of the white twine to the end of the floral wire to keep it in place. Wrap the twine around the floral wire until you reach the very end, and again, hot glue the ends together. Paint the tail pink and let dry. Set aside.
11. With the same dark brown paint that you used for the stuffing, fill the bottom of the cup. Tip and roll the cup so that the paint creates a layer on the inside of the cup.
12. While the inside of the cup is drying, glue on the tail in your preferred spot. Voila!
Please leave whatever feedback you have, and have a magical day!
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