Quick & Easy DIY Cupcake Toppers

Sometimes it’s fun to spend hours pulling together a fancy party. But that doesn’t mean every detail has to be abundantly time-consuming. Catch this tutorial on how to dress up the treats for any occasion with quick and easy DIY cupcake toppers.

DIY Cupcake Toppers

Materials: washi tape, 1/8″ dowel, scissors

Use your scissors to cut the dowel into segments that are 4.5″ long.

DIY Cupcake Toppers

Not only are these toppers super duper easy, but they can also be customized to any party theme under the sun. Pull together a handful of coordinating washi tape rolls that fit the feeling of your celebration.

DIY Washi Tape Cupcake Toppers

Roll out the tape and place the top of one dowel about 1.5″ from the end.

DIY Washi Tape Cupcake Toppers

Fold the washi tape over the dowel and back onto itself and cut.

DIY Washi Tape Cupcake Toppers

Repeat with another piece of washi tape below the first.

DIY Washi Tape Cupcake Toppers

To add visual interest, use your scissors to cut the ends at a diagonal.

DIY Cupcake Toppers

Make one for each cupcake!

DIY Cupcake Toppers

Pop those DIY cupcake toppers into your treats and you’ve got an instant party! Quick and easy.

DIY Cupcake Toppers

Grey House Harbor

Grey House Harbor

Hayley is the creative genius behind Grey House Harbor; a lifestyle blog where imagination and real life collide. She resides in Virginia with her husband and two kids - all of whom graciously endure her big ideas and habitual DIY ways.

Comments

  1. Karen Sanders

    January 11, 2017

    The cupcakes look gorgeous, i’m sure my kids will love them. Can’t wait to try them this weekend!

  2. Grey House Harbor

    January 19, 2017

    Karen – How’d they turn out?! Easy, right? :)

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