My baby turns FIVE this week, which seems both absolutely impossible and entirely realistic. I remember the day she was born like it was yesterday, and yet five years ago feels like another lifetime!
When I saw this craft on Pinterest I wanted to do it with her to celebrate this milestone. One fun thing about having a “big girl” is doing crafts with her. She really enjoys them. And this girl never met a cupcake she didn’t like!
We made some puffy paint by mixing approximately equal amounts of shaving cream and glue in a bag. This is a really neat homemade paint to make-very easy and a great texture for the kids. I added a few drops of red food coloring to make the “frosting” pink. Then she got to squishing!
Next I put the paint into a bowl (as much as I wanted to use the ziploc bag as a “pastry bag”, I could see we were headed for a messy disaster and decided to do it the neat way instead). She laid the frosting on very thick. We used a foam craft sheet for the bottom of the cupcake. And, yes, that’s a friendly stuffed cupcake watching this process.
The next step was sprinkles. There was no way she was going to let me forget this! She loves any kind of sprinkle-the real kind and the sparkly sequin kind.
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Finally the candles! We used straws with pipe cleaners inserted for the “flames”. She stuck them in the frosting.
And that’s our cupcake! E loved doing this craft and I loved doing it with her! We let the cupcake dry overnight and it dried to a nice puffy texture.
I am so proud of my big girl and all that she has done! I can’t wait to see what the next years bring. It is bittersweet seeing her grow up; I know all the mamas can relate. But I am so thankful that I was blessed with her five years ago. Happy Birthday, Sweetheart!!
