For the kids' birthday, we decided upon a Lego theme. The party was held at a local sports place where they all played soccer and games for a while before coming in for pizza and cake. We were on a tight timeline and didn't want to waste time cutting cake, so I decided to do Lego cupcakes.
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| Katie blowing out the candles on the cupcakes |
I started with vanilla cupcakes baked in plain red cupcake liners. I piped on white vanilla frosting and added a few candy Legos onto each cupcake. Then I put on the marshmallow legoheads.
To make the legoheads, I followed these steps:
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| Yellow candy coating |
- Stick lollipop sticks almost all of the way through regular sized marshmallows. Then I rolled the marshmallows in my hands to fix any flat sides or dents.
- Then cut mini marshmallows in half.
- Stick one marshmallow half onto each marshmallow, on the flat side on top.
- When the marshmallow half was stuck on, I pushed the marshmallow stick into a block of foam so that it was upright.
- Melt small batches of yellow candy coating in the microwave. Make enough to dip and entire marshmallow into the mix.
- Dip the marshmallow into the yellow candy coating and stick back into the foam.
- Melt some semisweet chocolate put into a ziplock bag with a very small hole cut in it.
- Use the chocolate to draw the faces on the legoheads.
- Decorate into various faces.
I did cats, dogs, Princess Leia (chocolate hair buns), Harry Potter (glasses and scar), clowns, and anything I could think of. Be creative and tailor it to whatever your kids' interests are.
We made a big cupcake multi-tiered display out of duplicate Legos which made the presentation even more special. The kids had a blast trying to find their favorite legoheads and comparing theirs with the person next to them.
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| The whole legohead cupcake display |
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| Harry Potter, a lovesick legohead, a happy boy and a head sticking out his tongue! |
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| Smiles, a vampite, a cat, a cool legohead and one that's winking! |
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