Lorax Cupcakes for David's Birthday

We celebrated David’s 4th birthday this past weekend with my family, and upon his request, we had a Lorax-themed party, complete with Lorax cupcakes!

Honestly, the only Lorax-themed aspects of the party were the cupcakes and the fact that we all sat and watched The Lorax on DVD after he opened his presents.

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Lorax Cupcakes

Last week, I asked my friend, the Cupcake Lady, if she had any tutorials for Lorax cupcakes, and she sent me a link to this post: Dr. Seuss “The Lorax” Cupcakes.

I had a slightly different picture in my head of how I wanted my Lorax cupcakes to look, though, so I started raiding my cupboards to see if I had the supplies I needed.

Supplies Needed

I don’t bake very often {2-3 times a year}, but I love to buy discounted frosting and sprinkles at Aldi when they’re marked down at the end of a holiday season, so I had everything I needed minus the cupcake mix in my cupboards!

I picked up two boxes of FUN da-middles at Menards {yes, I grocery shop at Menards occasionally} when I saw them marked down to $2/box a few weeks ago.

Also {not pictured}, I used eggs, water, oil, food coloring, and powder sugar – just in case you were wondering.

How to Make Lorax Cupcakes

I followed the directions on the FUN da-middles box to bake the cupcakes, except that I didn’t have any cupcake liners, so I just baked them directly in the cupcake pan – I sprayed the pan REALLY well so they’d pop out without any issues.

I made the cupcakes the night before so they’d be nice and cool when I got ready to decorate them.

I started the decorating process by frosting 16 of the cupcakes with the orange frosting {that’s as many cupcakes as my cupcake plate holds} to create the Lorax’s body, and I added orange sugar sprinkles for some texture.

Then I added a bit of food coloring and some powdered sugar to a bowl of the yellow frosting {to darken the color and stiffen the frosting} and used a #47 tip to pipe out mustaches onto waxed paper.

I wasn’t sure how’d they turn out, so I decided to set the mustaches before adding them to the cupcakes – I froze the mustaches until they were set and could be easily transferred to the cupcakes.

Once the mustaches were done, I added chocolate chips for eyes and used the #47 tip to pipe on eyebrows with the yellow frosting.

I used a #2 tip to pipe on a nose with the orange frosting.

How to Make Truffula Tree Cupcakes

Since I only used 16 cupcakes for the Lorax cupcakes, I had 8 cupcakes left to create a Truffula Tree cupcake forest.

I had picked up some cotton candy to make Truffula Trees, so I was excited to see if I could bring to reality the picture I had in my head.

I started by adding green food coloring to the yellow frosting and frosting the remaining cupcakes with it.

Then I made small balls out of the cotton candy and used toothpicks to create Truffula Trees to decorate the Truffula Tree Cupcakes.

Note: Don’t make the cotton candy balls until you’re ready to serve the cupcakes, as the cotton candy will harden and become gummy as it sits exposed to the air.