{13 Days of Handmade Halloween} Toil & Trouble Cupcakes

These Toil & Trouble Cupcakes are the perfect treat for Halloween. Make ahead for classroom treats or let your kids make their own sweet & bubbly concoction!  Green frosting and sugar pearl sprinkles look like a bubbling witch's brew. Top with bugs, eyes, gummy worm and other toppings for the perfect spooky treat.

Toil & Trouble Trifle Cupcakes

by Three Little Monkeys Studio

INGREDIENTS

- Cupcakes of your choice

- Frosting, tinted green

- Green sugar pearls

- Sprinkles of your choice (bones, bugs, etc.)*

- Icing and candy decorations (eyeballs, hands, etc.)*

- Gummy worms and other candies

SUPPLIES

- Cauldrons from Oriental Trading

- Witch's Brew printable

- Double-sided tape

1. Break cupcakes up into pieces, and stuff cauldrons halfway.

2. Cover with a thin layer of frosting, fruit filling, pudding or any filling you desire.

3. Cover with another layer of cupcake.

4. Frost the top of the cupcake.

5. Sprinkle with sugar pearls and other sprinkles and toppings.

6. Cut out your flags and apply double-sided tape or a glue dot.
7. Fold over and add the Witch's Brew flag to the handle or make a flag using a lollipop stick.

* These items can be found in the Wilton/baking section of JoAnn's, hobby stores, baking supply stores, etc.

Bloggers using items from Oriental Trading were provided the products free of charge by the company provided their own honest opinion.  Others may have a different opinion or experience with the product(s) listed above.  No other type of compensation was received.

{Announcement} 13 Days of Handmade Halloween 2013!

I am so excited to announce that I am hosting another run of the 13 Days of Handmade Halloween series! Last year, the 13 Days of Handmade Halloween series was a big hit and SO MUCH FUN that I decided to do it again with some more of my fave blog pals! This year's series with run from Monday, October 14th through Wednesday, October 30th!

Here is the list of this year's amazing participants!

Sunny By Design, Designs by SK, Vinyl Eloquence, Sweet Sensations, Three Little Monkeys Studio, Everyday Party Magazine, Painting Paris Pink, Hello My Sweet, Swish Printables, Miss Party Mom and Katerina's Paperie


Another fun addition to this series is a little partnership with Oriental Trading who provided some of the supplies for our bloggy ladies to use in their amazing Halloween creations!  I hope that you all will spread the word and get in on the fun by creating some of the ideas you will see here or some of your own.  You can share your photos on Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook and Twitter using the hashtag #handmadehalloween2013.....BE SURE to grab a 13 DOHH blog button - located at the top of the page!

Be sure to check back daily as there will be freebies and prizes throughout the course of the series! Oh and in the meantime, Oriental Trading has a pretty dope SPOOKTACULAR Halloween contest happening right now - check it out!

{ETSY SHOP} Halloween Invites

Just sharing two invites I created for Halloween this year.  I can't wait to share the carnival items with you that I'm whipping up!  In the meantime, check out the new listings over in the Etsy shop!