How to Make a To-go Coffee Cup Tissue Pop-up

By DIY Maven

There’s a company out there called WeGo, that sells facial tissues in a take-away coffee cup. In the interest of DIY-ism, I bought one of these cups of 50 sand-paper-rough tissues for 3 bucks so I could pop off the top, rip the guts out and figure out how to make them. Here’s my easy, no-cost version.

What You Need

A cleaned, small to-go coffee cup and appropriately-sized lid to fit (the cup in the example is 4 ½" high with a 3 ½" top diameter)

A straight edge utility knife

A pair of scissors

A stack of your favorite tissues, approximately ½ inch think (Note: take your stack from your box of tissues in one clump, not one at a time)

What You Do

1. With your utility blade, cut a hole in the cup’s lid as shown.

2. With your scissors, cut your stack of tissues in half.

3. Place one pile of tissues on the other, weaving top fold of top tissue on the bottom stack into the bottom fold of the bottom tissue on the top stack. Doing so will ensure your tissues will "pop" out as expected. (This step sounds much more complicated than it is. You’ll figure it out.)

4. Fold your new, small stack of tissues and stuff them (cut edge down) into your cup.

5. Pull up the top tissue slightly to create a tail; thread tail though hole in lid and fix lid to top of cup.

You’ll want to make several of these, as they’re great for your car cup holders and desk.

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February 13, 2007

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DIY Maven

January 22, 2008

Hey Garbonzo! Yes, it's best to pull out a tissue while holding the cup--but many cup holders in cars have rubber grippy stuff in them these days. The cup holders in my man's vehicle even has spring loaded clamp things that will make them stay put. The original store bought version had the same issues, as far as weight is concernced. And now that I'm thinking about it, my car's pop-up recently ran out. Better make some more! Hope you feel better soon....

Garbonzo

January 22, 2008

That's a nifty idea, and fitting because I have the sniffles today! I am concerned that it would get lost in the sea of old coffee cups on my desk though. And it seems that pulling a tissue out might pick up the entire cup. How about weighting it with some rocks or something else heavy as well?

Thanks for the great idea though!

tschoerda

March 07, 2007

that is supercool!!

LishDorset

February 21, 2007

My mother LOVES these things! This is great!

terryswaler

February 13, 2007

seriously --

You DO have your nose on the DIY pulse! <laughing> Love this.

Thanks for spending that $3.00!

Tam

jasimar

February 13, 2007

So going to do this tonight! Dh and I have allergies and there's no easy place to store a box of tissues in my car. There are however 10 cup holders. You've delivered another perfect solution.