Felt Cupcakes

Felt Cupcakes

Yummy! 

    
        I love making things from felt for my granddaughters. Felt is so forgiving and easy to work with. So, when it was time to have a baby shower for my niece, I decided to make felt cupcakes as a centerpiece for the table. Don't they look yummy?  My niece's precious little girl will  have her first felt food treats for her play kitchen in a couple of years.

      I used a little paper Dixie cup from the bathroom as a pattern. Carefully, the cup was taken apart at the seam and then the bottom was taken off. As you can see in the picture below, I decided to cut the side of the cup down  to a little less than 1 1/2 inches. A circle of 2 1/4 inches was cut for the frosting. The bottom of the cup was a circle of 1 1/2 inches in size. 

       The side of the cupcake was hand stitched first. Then the frosting was stitched on. Some of the frosting pieces were sewn to the inside of the cupcakes. I stitched other frosting decorations to the outside of the cupcake. You can choose whichever you like best. Then I added the toppings of lace, buttons, and different designs made from felt. This is the part where you can get so creative.  Many of us have a button collection.  So, now is the time to look through all those colorful darling buttons to add to your cupcakes.

   Finally, the bottom was stitched on half way around. The cupcake was filled with poly-fill stuffing. I placed a plastic circle, slightly smaller than the bottom circle on top of the stuffing. This add stability and a firm bottom to the cupcake. Lastly, the cupcake was stitched closed.

     You can see the chocolate cupcakes frosting is stitched to the outside of the cupcake and the pink cupcake the frosting is stitched to the inside.

       Hostess Cupcakes anyone?

                 The chocolate cupcake with the butter cream frosting has chocolate "Jimmies" on top.  Who could resist? 

      In addition to the cupcakes, a felt chocolate cake was added to the small collection of goodies for the baby shower. This cake was made on a base of a Cool Whip container. The bottom on the cake, made from the plastic lid, can be opened if you would I to store other felt goodies inside.  From a distance, I hope the guests will think they are having a variety cupcakes or cake  for dessert!

     These are quite easy to make if you have some extra felt around the house.

Enjoy!


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Beti