Holiday Apron & Fun Cupcake Ornaments

Time to break out those cookie cutters and your favorite holiday apron! Speaking of aprons, check out this little cutie!!


As much as I love to craft, I don’t sew. But one of my very favorite faculty members at my university has a daughter who is a very talented seamstress. If you'd like one of your very own, I've included an email link here. Be sure to put apron in the subject line.

While trolling through one of my favorite crafting blogs, I spotted a vintage ice cream cone ornament and inspiration struck to make a cupcake ornaments. Josie and Emma were able to help me with 2/3 of this project.

Supplies Needed:

Styrofoam balls
Cupcake liners
Glitter (I used white snowflake glitter)
Artificial floral berries
Twine or ribbon
White craft glue
Foam or paint brush
Hot glue gun
Wooden Skewers for handling glue covered foam balls

Step 1. Stick your Styrofoam ball into a wooden skewer and use a foam brush to coat the upper 2/3 of your ball with glue.

Step 2. Pour your snowflake glitter into a plastic bag and toss your glue-covered ball around the glitter.

Step 4. Place glittered covered balls in a drinking glass and let dry.

Step 5. Put a drop of hot glue in the center of your cupcake, cut a small ribbon, make a loop and press into glue. Press your floral berry (which is the cherry) in the center of your ribbon.

Step 6. Let your Styrofoam ball dry. When dry remove the skewer.

Step 7. Using a hotglue gun, place a few drops of glue around the cupcake liner and press your foam ball in place. Be careful, I found that the foil liner got REALLY SUPER hot quickly.


I decided to hang our cupcake ornaments on a miniature tree that I keep near my kitchen. If you closely at the picture, you'll see that I've tied my favorite cookie cutters onto this tree with tulle ribbon.


I also think these cupcakes ornaments would look cute tied onto packages of homemade Christmas treats. Now isn't this fun? Happy crafting!!