Musical Cupcake Decoration Ideas
- Instruments are usually the first thing you think of when it comes to music. Use inedible cupcake toppers or figurines or create your own cupcake toppers using fondant and gum paste. Use pianos, violins and cellos for more classical music and electrical guitars and drum sets for rock music-themed parties.
- Musical notes can be a quick decoration to add to just about any cupcake. These can be made using a small music note cookie cutter and black fondant or purchased as premade cupcake toppers. When making musical notes out of fondant, allow the fondant 24 to 48 hours to dry so the music note can stand upright on the cupcake.
- If you are throwing a party for a music lover, write their favorite songs lyrics on their cupcakes. Have each cupcake with a word from a famous chorus line in the song and arrange them so that when the guest of honor reads them they see their favorite song's lyrics in front of them.
- Cupcake decorations do not just have to be part of the edible cupcake -- they can be part of the cupcake liner as well. Purchase music-themed cupcake liners that have music notes, rock scenes, pianos or other music-related images. Custom cupcake liners can be purchased that use real photographs from favorite bands or your own photo collection.
- The music industry is known for recording music. Stick to the theme of recording music by topping cupcakes with edible mini-CDs or tapes. Create small microphones using fondant or gum paste and place on top of each cupcake. If you do not have the time to make these items edible, purchase small cupcake toppers from your local cake decorating store or craft store.
- Just like lyrics, you can top their cupcakes with a band's logo. These can be created from gum paste or fondant. If you do not have the time for edible decorations, print small images from the computer and glue them to plastic rings to top off the cupcakes.