Birthday Cupcake Ideas for Musicians
Celebrate a musician's birthday with a music-themed party. One of the highlights of a birthday celebration is the dessert. While cake is the traditional choice, cupcakes work well as an alternative. Make note of the guest of honor's passion for music when you choose birthday cupcake ideas--focus on a specific instrument, genre, decade of music or music in general. Unlike cakes, you can mix and match cupcake decorating ideas. Does this Spark an idea?
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Notes
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Decorate the birthday cupcakes with musical notes. If you know which notes your favorite musician favors, consider drawing those notes on the cupcakes with black icing. Line up the notes to the chorus of a well-known song--see if the guest of honor can tell you the name.
Use candy shaped like musical notes as decorative toppers. Choose sprinkles in the shape of notes, or use custom-made chocolate candy.
Spell out a message or the birthday celebrant's name. Draw one letter on each cupcake. Line up the cupcakes to spell out the message. Use small music notes to decorate around the letters.
Set the cupcakes out on a large table or counter in the shape of a musical note.
Select musical note cupcake picks for a fast and simple decorating idea.
Instruments
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Decorate the birthday cupcakes with a variety of instruments, or just the one--or more--your musician plays. For example, if she's a guitarist, decorate each cupcake with a guitar. Draw the instrument on the cupcakes with frosting.
Embellish the desserts with guitar cupcake picks, guitar candy or little plastic novelty guitars.
Place the cupcakes in a guitar shape. Decorate them to make one large guitar. While the cupcakes won't make much sense individually, they will look great as a whole. This idea also works well for such instruments as drums, pianos, violins and saxophones.
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Lyrics
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Write the lyrics of his favorite song, or a song he's written, on the cupcakes. Each cupcake can contain one word. Set up the cupcakes in the order of the song lyrics. Use the chorus alone if it's a long song, or if you don't need that many cupcakes. For larger parties, which require more cupcakes, use the chorus from a few of his favorite songs.
Microphones
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Create a microphone cupcake. Punch a small hole near an ice cream cone's base. String a piece of licorice through the hole--this will represent the cord. Fill the cone with the musician's favorite candy to add weight to the bottom of the cone. Remove the wrapper from the cupcake. Set the cupcake into the cone's opening, using a bit of icing to hold it in place. Frost the entire cupcake and generously apply sugar sprinkles.
Musicians
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Decorate the tops of the cupcakes so they look like vinyl records or CDs. Mimic the birthday celebrant's favorite albums. If she's an avid fan of certain musicians or bands, decorate the cupcakes with their names or logos. Decorate the cupcakes so they look like concert tickets for her favorite musicians.
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References
- Photo Credit music image by Mat Hayward from Fotolia.com
