Make Your Own Pimp Cup

© 2007 Carl Huber

Not to rain on your parade, but you probably can't afford the thousands of dollars rappers spend on their glorified dixie cups. Maybe you can, I don't know - but the rest of us usually have to watch our expenditure of ducats and Benjamins. But even the most un-crunkified white boy (me) can afford the ten (or twenty bucks tops) it takes to floss some serious materials. Mine ran $11 and launched an empire.

1) Find the perfect cup! Mine came from a springware collection at a grocery store, but check all sorts of stores like Target, Bed Bath & Beyond, dollar stores, etc.

2) Spray paint it gold! Use several very light coats, and only spray the outside. Do not spraypaint the inside (bling good...poison bad!). Hold it up to the light to see where you missed spots. Leave plenty of time for drying.

3) Get your jewels ready! You can pick up packs like this for a few bucks at crafts stores like Michael's. Also you'll need some superglue and patience.

Now they come by many names in the "real world" - crunk cup, pimp chalice, etc. but when you make them out of plastic cups, spray paint, and little plastic gems you call it one thing: a Pimp Cup. And if some fool at a party says "what the heck is that?" it's perfectly acceptable to say in a condescending tone, "It's a Pimp Cup, son!" and throw a deck of cards at him.

4) Get your BLING on! This takes a lot of time, so don't rush it. It's important to only put a very small drop of superglue on, otherwise it will smoosh and look crappy. Also, get them on straight! Otherwise it will look sloppy. For even spacing, try looking straight down at the cup and placing one on each side (12 and 6 on a clock face), then bisecting it (3 and 9), and so forth. The pattern's up to you, so be creative and plan ahead!



I told Aubrey she couldn't have a pimp cup because she was my ho, but after I took the frying pan out of the back of my skull, she quoted me the line from a modern masterpiece of lyricism: " Ladies is pimps too, go and brush your shoulders off" - The Right Honorable Jay-Z. So ladies, I want you to mail me your Pimp Cup pictures also!

Reprinted with permission of The Warehouse.