Cupcake Theme Party

A cupcake theme party is a really popular party theme, especially for first birthdays, but is really suitable for all ages.

Little girls love cupcakes and they love pink, so combine these two loves and have a pink cupcake theme party, full of cupcake party games.

You can make your own cupcake birthday invitations, play cupcake party games and, of course, eat cupcakes. Give each guest a cupcake  and a cupcake-shaped party favor to take home and the birthday is sure to be a huge success with your young guests.

Make a cupcake-shaped pinata, filled with sweets, balloons and small toys. It doesn't take long to make, however, you must allow a couple of days for it to dry. I would recommend starting to make the pinata about a week before it's needed. You can decorate the pinata as simply or as creatively as you want.

 A game that all children love is " Pin the Cherry on the Cupcake ". You can buy fabric versions of the cupcake party game, but I always love a home-made copy that the children can help decorate. Draw a large cupcake on a sheet of large paper and decorate with lots of color and sparkles. This is a fun game and perfect for your cupcake theme party.  I always find my children love coloring the cupcake as much as they like playing the game.  Decorating the game could also become a party activity.

When you want to keep the little guests occupied, get them to frost and decorate their own cupcakes. Make a batch of  cupcakes, have bowls of different coloured frosting and a variety of sprinkles, candies and edible toppers and let the kids go wild! They can either eat their cupcake immediately or take it home with them.

If you are planning to serve cupcakes as the birthday cake and don't want to decorate them as a party game as well, make cookies in a cupcake shape (using a cupcake cookie cutter) and the children can decorate them instead.

My children love painting plaster shapes.

If you feel that paints are too messy for the party, draw a cupcake and copy it so that there are enough for each guest to receive one. Supply pencils and texts and let the children color it in.

Buy some cupcake fabric and use it as a tablecloth or make little bags for the party favors.  There are many cupcake shaped items that you can use as party favors - lip gloss, pencil toppers, stickers.

Enjoy your cupcake theme party.