Party Cup and Marker Holder - Quick DIY
Over the holidays, we had a couple parties. One big problem with parties is people putting down their cups and not knowing which one is theirs. So, I made a plastic cup holder with a sharpie hole. It's basically a box with a hole. I have basic printable plans available for free in the link above.
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Materials:
1x4 - 2 foot section
1/4 inch panel material - plywood, hardboard, etc,
Paint
Tools:
I started out by cutting down the sides of the box so they're long enough to allow a standard size plastic party cup to fit in. Ideally you want the shape to be a square, so you cut one side and then either add or subtract 2x the thickness of your wood for the perpendicular sides. The measurements are down below, the bottom piece, in gray is a 4.75” x 4.75” square.
Next, I used the table saw to cut a groove in each side for to bottom of the box to sit in. I'm using a piece of 1/4 inch plywood and my blade width is 1/8 of an in so I'll need to make 1 pass, slide the fence over a blade width and make a second pass.
Rip down you panel piece into a 4.75” x 4.75” square as shown above. Give it a test fit and either adjust the width of the groove or the dimensions of the panel.
I put some wood glue in all of the grooves and on all 4 edges of the short pieces and clamped it together.
For the sharpie holder, I'm using a 1/2 inch forstner bit to drill a 2-3 inch hole.
After that, fill all the holes with wood filler, sand paint, and you're ready to party.
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