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Let everyone know how much of a Whovian you are by creating a Doctor Who TARDIS mug!
For all those crafty Whovians out there!

Posted by Rachel's Craft Channel from Morris, Minnesota, United States • Published See Rachel's Craft Channel's 204 projects »
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  • Step 1

    I have a video tutorial for this project, which is very similar to the one below this step, but the tutorial below actually has more detail.

    Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhOSBvgrzPI

  • How to make a cup / mug. Tardis Mug - Step 2
    Step 2

    Fold a piece of paper in half and trace out a Tardis outline on half and then cut out. Looking up "Tardis outline" on Google helps. Mine was 2 inches tall and 1 and 1/4 inches wide.

  • How to make a cup / mug. Tardis Mug - Step 3
    Step 3

    Place paper Tardis on mug and tape around it so you have a nice area to later fill in with a sharpie. This part may look complicated, but you simply cut little square notches in the tape to fit around the tiny square pieces of the Tardis.

    Otherwise, you can try cuting out the Tardis from contact paper or a large piece of tape, stick the outline on it and do it that way.

    OR, just use thicker paper, use tape to attach the Tardis, and hold the paper down as your outline the Tardis and then fill in the Tardis.

  • How to make a cup / mug. Tardis Mug - Step 4
    Step 4

    Also, you can cut small square pieces of tape and place them where the windows and Police Call Sign are so you don't color them in.

  • Step 5

    Press the tape down firmly. IT IS OK if the marker does seep through the edges because as long as you have a dry-erase marker or nail polish remover you can fix any errors!

  • How to make a cup / mug. Tardis Mug - Step 6
    Step 6

    Alright, peel off the tape and tidy up the edges by drawing ON the errors with a dry-erase marker and then rubbing off the dry-erase markings. DO NOT rub the dry-erase marking off toward the inside of the Tardis or it will rub off part of the Tardis and you'll have to color in that bit again.

  • How to make a cup / mug. Tardis Mug - Step 7
    Step 7

    Try not to rub the sharpie on the mug because it isn't fixated onto the mug yet. I used a pin to peel up the corners of the window tape and then peeled if off with my fingers.

  • How to make a cup / mug. Tardis Mug - Step 8
    Step 8

    Now is the free handed part, which, if you want to use a piece of thick paper to help draw straight lines on the Tardis you can, I do not recommend using tape on the parts you already colored though. First, I added the window lines, drew some little lines to look like writing, and added a bar for the "police box" sign.
    (Use a fine-tip sharpie for this.)

  • How to make a cup / mug. Tardis Mug - Step 9
    Step 9

    You can leave the design of the tardis at the previous step, but I added in squares on the doors, a line for the door, and a tiny line indicating the handle to open the tardis. I also added little free-handed stars all around the tardis with the fine-tip sharpie.

  • How to make a cup / mug. Tardis Mug - Step 10
    Step 10

    Now for the other side. I decided to add my favorite DW catch phrase "Allons-y." I went on google docs, and used the "Special Elite" font, which looks like type writer text. (Google Docs is free)

  • How to make a cup / mug. Tardis Mug - Step 11
    Step 11

    I then used a pencil (which is good for stenciling, but rubs off VERY easily so don't smudge it) and tried to imitate the font to the best of my ability.

  • How to make a cup / mug. Tardis Mug - Step 12
    Step 12

    Now, when drawing the text with the fine-point sharpie, sort of "loosely" control the marker and sketch in the letters to acheive the "type writer text" effect.

  • How to make a cup / mug. Tardis Mug - Step 13
    Step 13

    Next, to add a sophisticated look, I decided to put horizontal fancy parentheses around the "allons-y" and cut the shape out of paper (as it was folded in half) then taped it to the mug, drew a simple line and filled in the parentheses so they were thicker.

  • How to make a cup / mug. Tardis Mug - Step 14
    Step 14

    The top parenthes

  • How to make a cup / mug. Tardis Mug - Step 15
    Step 15

    Both Parentheses complete. Remember that you can clear any mistakes with a dry-erase marker!

  • How to make a cup / mug. Tardis Mug - Step 16
    Step 16

    Final step is adding a cute addition to the inside of the cup. I had already watched a tutorial for sharpie mugs and a the person added a heart to the bottom. I figured that I could do the same, except add TWO hearts because The Doctor has two hearts. I folded small circular price marker stickers in half, cut out hearts, taped the outline to the bottom of the cup, and colored in with marker.

  • How to make a cup / mug. Tardis Mug - Step 17
    Step 17

    Two hearts colored in. A pin helps peel the stickers off.

  • How to make a cup / mug. Tardis Mug - Step 18
    Step 18

    I heated the mug up in a kitchen oven, 350 degrees for 30 minutes in a pan, as other sharpie mug tutorials recommended. I hope it doesn't fade! Some other mugs I made for my sister, they definitely took less time to make.

  • How to make a cup / mug. Tardis Mug - Step 19
    Step 19

    I hope you enjoyed this project and are as excited about the 50th anniversary special as I am!

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Anja R.
Anja R. · Redcliffe, Queensland, AU · 1 project
awesome
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