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May 23, 2013 by: Melanie

Beach Themed Cupcakes

Princess is officially out of preschool for the summer. I’ll be glad to see her around the house more, but I also need to make sure she’s occupied. For her end of the year party, she begged me to make cupcakes. I do sort of have my hands full, but she only is in preschool once so I gladly whipped up two dozen.

I wanted them to be festive for her party. I stumbled upon this post of Shark and Beach Cupcakes from Martha Stewart. I thought they were super cute. Visit her page for specific instructions and to view my inspiration. I couldn’t find shark fins at the store, though, so I made mine simply sand and water cupcakes.

Beach Cupcakes from It Happens in a Blink

I promise these are easy enough for any baker. I’m not much of one, and I was able to whip them up in the middle of triplets. Make your cupcakes according to how you normally would- box mix, from scratch, etc. To create the sand effect, dip iced cupcakes into graham cracker crumbs. Use drink umbrellas as your beach umbrellas. I had to order mine from eBay.

Here are a few tips that I discovered to shorten my time in the kitchen even more:

  • Pillsbury now has colored icing. One of the colors is a festive ocean blue. Use this as the water icing for that batch of cupcakes to save from having to dye your own.
  • When Martha says to decorate the cupcakes right before serving, she’s serious. I dipped mine in the graham crackers the night before, and they lost some of the freshness overnight. The cupcakes were still good, just not as “fresh” sand looking.

Beach Cupcakes from It Happens in a Blink

Happy beach party!

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Comments

  1. Kara Teel says

    May 24, 2013 at 9:32 am

    Those look delicious and adorable!! Love them!

    Reply
  2. Kim @ LiaH says

    May 24, 2013 at 9:45 am

    OMG those are so cute and they look absolutely yummy!!!

    Reply
  3. Ashley B. says

    May 24, 2013 at 10:42 am

    LOVE these cupcakes, how absolutely adorable!

    Reply
  4. Sofia says

    May 24, 2013 at 1:48 pm

    Those are awesome!! My favorite, hands down, are the sandy cupcakes, yumms!

    Reply
    • Melanie says

      May 24, 2013 at 4:35 pm

      They taste yummy, too!

      Reply
  5. Nicole @ One Punky Mama says

    May 24, 2013 at 10:54 pm

    Those are super adorable! Love them! 🙂

    Reply
  6. Tara @ Suburble says

    May 25, 2013 at 1:45 am

    This came at a perfect time! I’m currently planning an Ocean themed birthday party… Okay… well “Currently” means that it’s happening in three months, but I like to get my Pinterest trigger-finger warmed up!

    Love them! (And pinning, of course)

    Reply
    • Melanie says

      May 25, 2013 at 7:14 am

      What a fun birthday party idea! Thanks for commenting and pinning.

      Reply
  7. Shelley says

    May 27, 2013 at 12:21 pm

    Hey! I would love to invite you over to guest post this post on my weekly series “Whip It Up Wednesday!” These fit the theme so well and are just perfect with summer just beginning! Please let me know if you are interested! You can email me at:

    info.piggyinpolkadots@gmail.com

    I also have a link party going on right now if you would like to link up!

    http://www.piggyinpolkadots.com/2013/05/party-in-polka-dots-link-party-24.html

    Thanks!!

    Shelley

    http://www.piggyinpolkadots.com

    Reply
    • Melanie says

      May 27, 2013 at 1:13 pm

      Thanks! I will check it out.

      Reply
  8. Melissa @ My Recent Favorite books says

    May 27, 2013 at 2:51 pm

    These look great!

    I was thrilled to win the Giveaway that you had last week, thanks! =)

    Reply
  9. Marilyn says

    May 29, 2013 at 10:29 am

    Wow, these are so fun! Thanks for the tip about not making them the night before ’cause I definitely would have made them ahead of time too! 🙂

    Reply
  10. Melissa Botelho says

    May 31, 2013 at 4:17 pm

    These are so cute i need to try them at my next party!

    Reply
  11. Trish @ Uncommon says

    June 1, 2013 at 7:35 pm

    These are great! I know that they will be a hit! Thanks for sharing with us this week at Monday Funday!

    Take care,

    Trish

    Reply
    • Melanie says

      June 1, 2013 at 9:42 pm

      Thanks for stopping by!

      Reply

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