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Saturday, November 26, 2011

Cupcake Ornaments

I've seen quite a few cupcake ornaments on Pinterest recently.
Here's my version...

They are so easy and inexpensive to make.

I used light pink ornaments that cost $5.99 for a box of 8 ornaments and I had a 40% off coupon. This made the box of ornaments $3.60 or 45 cents each
I bought baking cups at Michael's for $1.99 a pack. I can't remember how many were in a pack, but it comes out to just a few cents per ornament.
For the frosting, I used Snow Tex. It cost $3.99 a jar. I was able to make 5 ornaments per jar which comes out to approximately 80 cents per ornament.
The sprinkles are made using seed beads that I've had forever so I don't know how much they cost (so we'll consider them free).
For the cherry, I bought a spray of berries for $1.29. There were 25 berries per spray so the cost was about 5 cents per ornament.
I glued the ornament into the baking cup using E6000.
When I added the Snow Tex, I made sure that I covered the hanger on the ornament allowing just a little of the loop to stick out to be able to hold a hook.
Then I just drizzled on the beads. They stuck perfectly to the Snow Tex without having to push them into the "frosting."
For the cherry, I pulled a berry off of the spray and stuck it into the Snow Tex.
 I allowed the Snow Tex to harden overnight.

These ornaments turned out so cute and cost under $2 each!

33 comments:

  1. Well I haven't seen any cupcake ornaments on Pinterest yet, but this one is going on mine. It's so cute! Thanks for posting!

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  2. So incredibly cute. Consider, if you will, sharing with my readers at http://sassafrassalvation.blogspot.com/2011/11/although-i-must-say-that-link-response.html

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  3. Love them! I have seen them on Pinterest and etsy lately and didn't know how they were made. Thanks!

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  4. These are so cute!

    I'd love for you to link up and share:
    http://tutusandteaparties.blogspot.com/2011/11/pinteresting-linky-party-week-fifteen.html

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  5. OMG! How cute! I loved reading how you made these. I'm not very crafty, so it was interesting to see what you used. They look so real. I love this idea for a "sweets" tree. They would be cute on a white Christams tree in the kitchen. Thanks for sharing and thanks for popping in to visit me too.

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  6. Those are so, so cute! I've never used snow tex before, does it just come out in a blog like that? That's really cool!

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  7. I too have seen some cupcake ornaments on Pinterest lately... but I do believe your version is my new favourite! Great job!

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  8. Those cupcake ornaments are so sweet. You are so talented. We're getting our tree tomorrow - time for decorating.
    ~Sheri at Red Rose Alley

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  9. These are too cute! what a great project!
    Lina
    Fancy Frugal Life

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  10. Very clever! These are really cute. Happy Holidays ~ Sarah

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  11. What a creative idea! I love it :)

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  12. Loving these little cupcake ornaments. Thanks for sharing.

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  13. Hi!

    I featured this at Mushki Loves!

    Have a great day!
    Kirsten

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  14. How cute! I sewed some cupcake ornaments last year so it's nice to see another way to do it.

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  15. This is such a cute and creative idea. Your ornaments look so pretty and love how cheap they are to make too. xx

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  16. I featured your cupcake ornaments at the Blog Hop - Christmas Gifts and Ornmanents...at Project Queen.

    Thanks so much for linking and sharing.

    Mandy

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  17. adorable! If I even did a theme tree, I'd like to make an entire treefull of them.

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  18. Holy cow, those are adorable! How creative! I will definitely have to make note of this and try these. SO super cute and I have a friend that is crazy for cupcakes so she'd love these.

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  19. Those are entirely too cute!!!

    Stopping by from Tues Talent Show

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  20. these are so adorably cute! thanks a lot for linking up at the party. hope to see you again this week! ^^)

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  21. I'm a sucker for all things cupcake, and these are too cute!

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  22. I'm planning Halloween cupcakes now!

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  23. So very cute! I think these would be fun to do with my girls!

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  24. wow, this was posted 2 years ago, cupcakes are still going strong!

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  25. VERY PRETTY. HAV U EVER HEARD OF FAUX FROSTING?

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  26. Found this after seeing them at a craft fair and they look identical! Were you by any chance at the CTK fair?

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  27. So cute! Nice instructions and could sell these at a craft fair!

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  28. They are so cute!! I have seen these before and wondered what was used for the icing.. Thanks for sharing

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