DIY Dixie Cup String Party Lights – with cut file!

DIY Dixie Cup String Light Party Lights. Add light to ANY party, event or even a door or mantel with Scrapbook Paper Scalloped Dixie Cup Lights!

Don’t you love making a cute project that brightens up your home? These DIY Dixie Cup String Party Lights are so bright and happy! Make some to liven up a Spring party, use on your mantel this Summer, lighten up your porch or use in a kids room. There are so many possibilities!

Free Printable Scallop String Light Template

If you don’t have a craft cutting machine, don’t despair! I have created a free template! Just download this file and then print it out. Cut it out on card stock paper and trace the template onto scrapbook paper. I covered a new set of string lights with my NEW paper line – Groovy Darlin’ which is available at JoAnn Stores right now!!

My friend Brenda at Pebbles in My Pocket created lights like these for our Pebbles booth in January and as soon as I saw them I was in love! I love the little scallops at the bottom. I used my new Patio Party line of papers – which are FULL of bright happy colors and pretty patterns. I think they are the perfect papers to use with this project! You can buy them through Brenda’s Pebbles in My Pocket store online. And they are on sale right now.

Here’s how to make DIY Dixie Cup String Party Lights:

Supplies DIY Dixie Cup String Party Lights:

Coordinating scrapbook paper (I used my new Pebbles Patio Party line)

Scallop Cover Cut File

(just download this file to your computer and use it with your craft cutting machine)

Adhesive or a glue gun

Dixie Cups

String Lights (I used these battery-operated ones)

xacto knife

Craft Cutting Machine (optional. If you want to make the scallop ones I used they are a shape through the Cricut online store. But if you don’t have a craft cutting machine, you can trace your cups onto the back of your scrapbook paper with a pencil and roll the dixie cup as you trace until you have a shape that will cover the cup. Then just cut it out!)

Scissors

Directions DIY Dixie Cup String Party Lights:

Cut out the scallop cupcake liners on your craft cutting machine. Here is the link to the Scallop Cut File.

If you don’t have a craft cutting machine, you can trace your cups onto the back of your scrapbook paper with a pencil and roll the dixie cup as you trace until you have a shape that will cover the cup. Then just cut it out!

Cut an X into the bottom of each cup.

Turn each dixie cup over and cut a small X into the center of each cut cup with an xacto knife.

Cover the dixie cups with paper covers.

Put a dab of glue on the edge of the bottom of a cup, line up the edge of the paper cover and wrap it around the edge of the bottom of the cup until the back edge overlaps the front edge. Put a line of glue along the back edge of the wrapper and hold down until dry.

String the dixie cups onto the string lights.

If your cups fall off the string, just put a dap of glue or hot glue at the edge of the X and the lights to keep them attached.

Enjoy your new DIY Dixie Cup Party String Lights!

And I have the PERFECT thing that will look SO cute with your new dixie cup string lights, this spiffed up lightbox with paper flowers and a spray painted stand!

Seriously though, how CUTE are these together?? I want to throw a party JUST to show off these colorful projects I made!! You can get the paper for both of these projects here. 

What projects are YOU working on for Spring? 

Share them with ME in the comments!!!! 

Have a beautiful day! 

xoxo

I am a designer with Pebbles Inc. and American Crafts. I love working with them and it’s a dream come true!!