There are not a ton of cupcake costume ideas on the internet, so I combined some and thought some ideas up on my own for my daughter’s cupcake. Everywhere we went, she had people commenting on what an awesome costume it was. She was beaming the whole time. A few people answering the doors we … Read more
For the cupcake costume, I started by purchasing an accordion style lampshade from a thrift store. I spray-painted it silver and removed the metal “spokes” inside. Then I flipped it upside down and hot-glued padding around the rim (so the icing would have a rounder look), and I attached suspenders for my daughter to wear it. For the … Read more
I really wanted to make a cupcake costume, but we also enjoy dressing up together as a family every year. So I started brainstorming about how we could incorporate a cupcake into a theme for all of us, and the “party of 5” concept grew from there. My youngest daughter was the cupcake, my oldest … Read more
My wife is a very talented baker. So much so, that after many suggestions, she finally decided to start a cupcake side business out of our home. She is well known for her gourmet cupcakes. After losing out to a couple who were dressed as a loufa and soap at last year’s Halloween party, my … Read more
My daughters and I love to bake and indulge in treats so when it came time to come up with our annual family costume theme, it was a piece of cake. With a few simple ingredients — felt, foamcore, and a hot glue gun– I was able to whip up our bevy of baked goods. … Read more
This cupcake costume was a last minute decision the weekend before Halloween. We ran out to our local Dollar Tree and picked up some cardstock poster paper & a round small laundry basket. Then we headed over to JoAnn Fabrics and picked up some tule. I cut the bottom out of the laundry basket and … Read more
Let me start by saying I LOVE halloween. I tossed around many ideas for the month leading up to halloween. While I had two strong costume ideas, for whatever reason I just never got started on either one, and both would have required some serious planning. So here it was Thur, the 31st and I … Read more
I am not a sewer in the least so I probably made this harder than it was with a lot of trial and error. I made a skirt for the wrapper of the cupcake. I made pleats in the skirt to look like a cupcake wrapper. The skirt took me three evenings to get … Read more
We used an old lamp shade, but wanted it longer so added tag board , then cover with material. Hung it on her shoulders with ribbon. Sewed a round top stuffed it, then glued stuffing on the outside & added sprinkles with sticky back foam paper. Red stocking hat with a pipe cleaner finished it … Read more
I used a plastic tub with handles and cut the bottom off, three pieces of hotpink poster board accordion folded that I hot glued to the side of the tub, a pack of polyfil for the icing that I also hot glued to the top of the tub, some multi colored pompom balls as sprinkles … Read more
It was that time of year again. Time for me and the kiddos to go costume shopping. We were at our local retail store for a while and my daughter could not find what she was looking for. I asked her what exactly what she wanted to be and I couldn’t belive what her response … Read more
Saw this Blue Hawaiian Cupcake costume on Pinterest..and had to figure out a way to make it into a costume! Used rubber hose, stuffing and lots and lots of tulle. Made sure to make it large enough to put around my chair so I could work during the day. I love my hot glue gun!!