Cookie Monster Mug Tutorial

It's crunch time, y'all. Christmas is in 10 days!!! I am working like a crazy person trying to get all of my last minute gifts together. I hadn't planned on it, but most of my gifts are handmade.

Which is really fun!!

One of my gifts I am giving is a Cookie Monster Mug.

This little mug was so much fun to make, and really cute, I think!

I was going to purchase one, but decided I could do it myself.

All of the supplies were purchased from Walmart.

You need:

-One blue mug

-White Oil Based Sharpie

-Black Oil Based Sharpie

-Circle stickers for template

-Scissors

-Rubbing Alcohol

-Paper Towels

Absolutely make sure you have OIL BASED paint pens. The oil based paint sticks better.

Hand wash your mug, dry it, and then wipe it down with rubbing alcohol. 

Then, use two large'ish circle stickers and place them where you want the eyes. (Can you tell we homeschool? Never can have too many stickers!!!)

Trace around the circles with the black paint pen. Remove stickers, and realize that stickers were placed in the wrong spot. Use rubbing alcohol and paper towels to remove said mistake. If you'd like, you can skip this step altogether :-)

Over lap the stickers like the picture below. Trace around the stickers with the black paint pen.

Allow the paint to dry just a few minutes and then remove the stickers. 

You can draw the mouth on next if you'd like.

Fill in the black circles with the white paint pen. It will take several coats of the white, so color in, and then give it a break. Come back in about 10 minutes or so, and reapply the paint. It's sort of like painting your nails. You can't reapply immediately.

Fill in the little pupils, and place in a cold oven on a sheet pan. With mug in the oven, turn it on to 350 degrees and let it bake for 30 minutes. 

Turn the oven off and let it cool to room temperature.

Once it cools, it's ready to gift, or use!

This mug was my inspiration. If you don't have the time to work on a mug of your own, you can click on the photo below and order one for yourself!

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