Holiday cupcakes for the students (and teachers!)

When I was thinking about what to do for the students for Christmas, I looked online for ideas. I found a cute cupcake idea at Bakerella.com that I tweeked a bit to work for my students.

Luckily, I saw some of these spherical bottles at a local store for a really great price. NPS, which has lots of cheap items (some food is past the expiration date, hence the low costs), had cases of this fruit punch sports drink in the shape of a baseball.

They were about 6 months passed the expiration date but they weren't for drinking so it was perfect. And at only $.33 each, I wasn't going to go broke. :)

I followed the same steps to make the globe and "snow" in it, but I used Duncan Hines red velvet cake mix and Pillsbury whipped vanilla frosting for the snow that the characters "sit" on.





I also knew I didn't have enough time or money to make fondant polar bears for 40 cupcakes so I went to Target and the dollar store for ideas. Lo and behold I saw the perfect thing!

I found a pack of 5 Christmas character ring pops at the dollar store. I bought 9 packs (back-ups or treats for my kids if back-ups aren't needed!) and I was ready to go.

These rings are from two cupcakes that fell at school. I totally forgot to take pictures of the cupcakes while I was making them so I'm using these "causalities" for the post.

They actually turned out pretty well and didn't take a lot of money or time(except the cutting of the bottles; that part was kind of a bummer).

The students thought they were "so awesome" and couldn't believe I made all of those for everyone. I think they are starting to understand how much I care about them! :)

Thanks to one of my fabulous 6th grade teachers (and friend), Mrs. Swingley for modeling with her personal cupcake.