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DIY Art Palette Cupcake Decorating

It’s the week of love, so we are starting things off with a simple, yet fun Valentine’s treat for the kids! I was out running errands last week and grabbed some of my favorite boxed cake mix at the store when I had an idea for an art palette cupcake decorating station. I had actually been thinking about doing this for one of the kids’ birthday parties this year, but thought it would make the perfect Valentine’s Day treat, too!

Allergy Mom Tip: Duncan Hines is my go-to brand for boxed cake mix since many of their cake mixes are dairy-free!

Supplies Needed
  • Favorite boxed cake mix + frosting
  • Cupcake toppings – sprinkles, candy, cereal, chocolate chips, mini marshmallows, etc…
  • Art/paint palettes (I found these at Hobby Lobby in the craft paint section)
  • Jumbo craft/popsicle sticks
How-To

While your cupcakes are baking + cooling off, it’s now time to get to the fun part and set up the art palettes with your kids’ favorite toppings. Since this was kind of a spur of the moment idea, I pretty much used what I already had on hand – sprinkles in festive colors, dark chocolate chips (dairy-free from Enjoy Life), Fruit Loops, Skittles and Conversation Hearts. Get creative with your toppings depending upon which holiday you are celebrating! I’d love to do these with my kids for Christmas or even Halloween!

I let the kids frost their own cupcakes with jumbo craft sticks (instead of plastic knives). Craft/popsicle sticks are surprisingly great tools to have on hand when baking with kids!

Note: everything you see here is both dairy-free & peanut-free.

Here is London’s decorated cupcake. She decorated it and then re-decorated every time she took a bite. Girl loves her some sprinkles, and I can’t say I blame her – sprinkles in every bite!

Let the kids make a mess and use their creativity to decorate their cupcakes! These art palette cupcake decorating stations would be perfect for birthday parties or class parties at school, too!

Happy Valentine’s Day, sweet friends!

xo,

Sumer

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DIY Art Palette Cupcake Decorating for Kids

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