How to Make Dice Cups

A dice cup should be made out of an 8 to 10-oz. cup without a handle. The key to making a good dice cup is finding a way to muffle the noise and keeping it simple. Customize your dice cup by covering it with material.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Cup
• Corkboard
• Fabric or place mat
• Felt
• Rubber cement
• Dice

1. Choose a cup without handles, or remove the handles.

2. Measure a piece of corkboard to fit in the bottom of the cup. Put the cup on top of the board and draw an outline around it. Cut the corkboard just a little smaller than your initial circle.

3. Put a little rubber cement on the corkboard and fit it snugly into the bottom of your dice cup.

4. Select your material to cover the dice cup. Use cloth, rubber, vinyl or a plastic place mat. Measure and cut a rectangle out of the material you choose to fit around the outside of the dice cup.

5. Glue the material onto the outside of the cup, and let dry.

6. Muffle the sound of shaking dice with a piece of felt. Adhere it with glue inside the cup. Make sure to measure for a snug fit. Fill the cup with dice and get the game started.

Tips & Warnings

• Spend some time looking for different materials for the outside of your dice cup. If available, recycle a larger piece of leather or suede from old clothes such as a coat, skirt or jacket.
• Hemp woven place mats or any other material that is bendable works well to cover a dice cup. If you look hard enough you may even find a dice pattern.