Name: lacirrom Title: cupcake help?

hi. i usually post on due date but i figured the sahm forum would be able to help me better with this. this saturday i'm have a bday party at the zoo for my 3 and 4 year old daughters. soooo we are having a zoo themed party. i'm making cupcakes. i'm not sure how to decorate them though. i was going to get this gummy suckers that we zoo animals but when i went to order them they were out of stock. so now i don't know how to decorate the cupcakes. i need something pretty easy and cheap :o) so any ideas will be appreciated ALOT!  ?

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Name: cherisalorraine • Date: 05/05/2008 20:54:09

You could put all of the cupcakes together on a board and make them in the shape of an animal from the zoo and just ice them like a cake straight across and then pull them apart when the time comes!  =

Name: lacirrom • Date: 05/05/2008 20:56:29

that is a great idea! i don't know why i never thought of that. what would be cool is to have like brown, white, and black icing and then make a monkey head or something like that! thanks sooo much!  =

Name: cherisalorraine • Date: 05/05/2008 21:09:45

You are more than welcome! I hope that all goes well. You could also put animal crackers on them or something. And have you ever thought about making little drink covers shaped like animal shapes!  =

Name: lacirrom • Date: 05/05/2008 21:21:02

i'm not sure what you mean...maybe i'm being dumb...what are "drink covers"?  =

Name: cherisalorraine • Date: 05/05/2008 21:55:43

YOu take a sheet of paper and make a two slices in t the paper one at the top and one at the bottom. and that is where you slide the drinks in and they hold it on. in the center that is left on the outside you cut a rough shape of an animal or whatever and then draw in the details. so you have a drink cover! It is kinda neat.  =

Name: marija • Date: 05/05/2008 22:17:36

get sprinkles and decorate the cupcakes in black and white (zebra) brown and yellow (tiger) pink and blue spotted, use your ring (call this one a pretty hippo LOL)
or
ice them the basic colour of an animal and get those icing writings from the supermarket and draw the outline of an animal (get some simple drawings on google)

have a great day :-)  =

Name: ..RoSey.. • Date: 05/05/2008 23:00:40

i have the best idea yet, Get a picture of my face and put it on there... the kids will just love it LOL! kidding.  =

Name: bebe9281 • Date: 05/06/2008 07:35:31

HEY!!! Go to coolestcakes.com. They have fabulous ideas!! I did Frogs for my son and a HUGE butterfly for my daughter. Takes a little time and patience but they will be very cute!  =

Name: lacirrom • Date: 05/06/2008 10:33:59

you all have great ideas! especialy rosey lol i'm going to go check out that website now....all though i'm not sure how much time and patients i have :o)  =

Name: Jubilee • Date: 05/06/2008 11:49:56

Betty Crocker's website has some cute ideas!  =

Name: mother2five • Date: 05/08/2008 09:29:48

I saw some that were very easy to make they were lions, dye your icing orange you can get candy corns and put them all the way around the sides at the edge of the cup cake you know w/ the pointed part hanging off the side if that makes sense....anyhow find candy for the eyes and get the pull and peel licorice for the mouth  =

Name: lacirrom • Date: 05/08/2008 12:00:09

wow m25 that sounds really cute. i don't know if i can find candy corn around here this time of year though...isn't that more of a seasonal candy?  =

Name: mother2five • Date: 05/08/2008 12:05:18

You can find them on the candy isle at wal-mart THEY ARE LIKE $2 ish I think and in one of those plastic bags hanging towards the top with the paper label closing the top if that makes sense  =

Name: lacirrom • Date: 05/08/2008 17:51:14

well the candy corn was right wre you said it was! so i'm making lion cupcakes! the party is saturday so i'll have pics up on myspace the first of the week! thanks for all the help and great ideas!  =

Name: mother2five • Date: 05/08/2008 18:22:17

YAY!!!!! Glad you figured it out! I can't wait to hear how they turned out  =