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Halloween Cupcake Ideas


Published 10.15.2008 | Permanent Link

One great place to turn for visual inspiration is Flickr. We love looking through their baked goods and particularly the cupcakes!

We admit it, we've got cupcake envy. Not everyone has the artistic talent or patience to craft the masterpieces that we admire. However, upon closer inspection of the eye candy we realized that we too could create some stunning cupcakes if we focused on simplicity.

Take a look at all these dramatic creations and find the common denominator.

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The Spider Cupcake can be found at www.retrobakeryLV.com.

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The Buried Alive cupcake was created by oh_annaluise.


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These spooky skeleton and cemetery cupcakes are by the Cupcake Queen.

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The monster cupcake is by porcalina.


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This spider cupcake by Mandy Gill.


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This Halloween sprinkles cupcake was created by Waving to Animals.

Fabulous Halloween cupcakes, aren't they?

Oh, right there was a question up there. So, what is the common denominator?

They are all scrumptiously frosted cupcakes that are then decorated simply with sprinkles or a small spooky decoration.

They are simply inspirational. Thanks, folks.


Related Halloween Ideas:

- The Best Halloween Cupcakes
- Celebrating Halloween Traditions: Boo
- Best Halloween Cookies & Crafts

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About this column

This is a year-round Holiday column. Kids love Holidays. As parents we have come to appreciate how Holidays seem to help structure our lives. Plus, any excuse to have fun sounds good to us!

We'll admit it, now that we're parents, we secretly look for Holidays to celebrate and between National, Secular, Unofficial and Bizarre Holidays, we think there are enough days out there to keep us inspired every week.

This column will be a place where you can get inspiration for how to enjoy time with your kids. Crafting projects and ideas will be posted on Thursdays by our brilliant contributors (see below). Other fun ideas will be posted here throughout the week as the inspiration hits us!

About our Craft Contributors

Ellen%20Baker.jpg Ellen Luckett Baker is the author of the long thread, a blog about handmade goods. She has always enjoyed making things, but the flexibility of staying at home with her two daughters along with the creative inspiration they provide has led her to craft on a daily basis. Combining her love of graphic design and sewing, she has created an Etsy shop selling machine embroidery designs and sewing patterns.

Ellen lives in Atlanta with her husband and two young daughters. She holds a B.A. in Art History and a Master's of Public Administration with a focus in Non-Profit Management.

Cindy%20Hopper%20picture.jpgCindy Hopper was fortunate to be raised in a family who appreciated the arts. This background led to a Bachelor's Degree in Art Education. With a keen eye for design and color, Cindy has continued her love of art and is now passing her creative skills on to her three children. Cindy's family and friends are the beneficiaries of her passion for fun and meaningful creative projects. Cindy's personal blog, Skip to My Lou, has taken her love of a project to new levels. Postings keep the family busy -– from testing new recipes for holiday treats to designing and building floats for a neighborhood parade to making fabric rolls to hold crayons to creating themed parties. Cindy seems to have an unending supply of ideas for gifts, parties and rainy days.

Marie%20LeBaron%20Photo.jpg Marie LeBaron is a 30 something stay at home mom in Utah. Before life as a mother, she graduated with a teaching degree in Early Childhood & Elementary Education, after which she taught four years of Kindergarten. After her first child was born, she decided to read books and sing silly songs at home. She misses the classroom, but she now gets to bring the fun and learning into her home and ours. You’ll see her kids a lot in these projects as they are her guinea pigs and for whom she's creative. You can follow more of her projects at her personal blog Make and Takes.

brenda-bio-pic.jpg Brenda Ponnay is a stealthy secret agent who juggles parenthood to her adorable daughter by day and freelance graphic design by night. Whether it's painting, baking, drawing, making castles out of card board boxes or just doing the laundry with flair, Brenda Ponnay has finally discovered (at the ripe old age of thirty-six) that what really makes her happy is being creative every single day.

Brenda lives in Southern California with her husband, daughter, three cats and thirty-seven pet birds. You can read about all her crazy adventures on her personal blog: Secret Agent Josephine.

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