Colorful and cleverly decorated cupcakes are always a winner at children's birthday parties. Children love the more generally popular decorations like cartoon characters and superheroes, as well as their own special interests like unicorns, toy trains or Lego. Cupcake decorations displaying their favorite things add a personal touch to the party celebrations and make for great memories and photos. For an easy but colorful option- use rainbow sprinkles over vanilla icing. Take it a step further by purchasing toppers like celebrating their hobbies or interests such as favorite sports or superheroes.

Every year, family and friends gather to celebrate very special occasions. They may be marking important milestones like a tenth or 25th wedding anniversary. They may be celebrating an engagement, graduation, a new house or baby. These significant events can be made magnificent by adding the right decorations and serving up some delicious treats. Display plates of stylishly presented cupcakes decorated according to the occasion. Try decadent triple chocolate cupcakes or top with luxurious edible gold leaf for special occasions like these.

Some couples turn to professional pastry cooks and caterers for their wedding. However, skilled family members or friends can contribute to the dessert displays by providing delightful cupcakes. Served on snow white platters, vanilla cupcakes will look divine when decorated with delicate piped icing in lace designs. Perfect them by adding edible gold leaf or silver wedding bells. If they're a fun-loving couple you could even get colorful and top the cupcakes with ring pops! It's important to cater the decorations to the couple being wed.

Valentines Day is the most romantic day on the calendar. It's a time to make each other feel special and to affirm your love. What is more romantic than red velvet cupcakes? Make some chocolate dough and drop in some red food coloring. Cover them with strawberry or cream cheese icing and celebrate love with the addition of decorative red hearts and roses. Tie two cupcakes together with red ribbon to add some extra romantic symbolism and beauty to this special day.

The seasons each come with their own color palette. Every new season brings with it a great opportunity to get decorative and creative with cupcakes. Fall cupcakes: use rich, warm tones for the frosting and decorate cupcakes with pretty leaf shapes and tiny rakes. Winter cupcakes: serve mugs of hot chocolate and cupcakes topped with snowmen easily made from mini marshmallows. Spring cupcakes: serve on a floral platter, topped with bright icing and decorated with floral themes. Add tiny sugar flowers or for a fresh, Spring touch add some real edible flowers. Summer cupcakes- aim for a tropical look with little palm trees and seaside themes. Top cupcakes with tiny beach balls and umbrellas. Decorate with limes and crystallized fruit slices for that summery cocktail feel.

This is a variation on the seasons cupcakes with an emphasis on your favorite winter or summer holiday. Cupcake making can be a family undertaking and a fun way to keep the kids occupied. For Easter cupcakes, use bright icing in pastel pinks, yellows, and blues. Buy tiny chick, bunny, or easter egg plastic toppers. Get creative with edible glitter! Kids will love helping out with fun cupcakes like these.

Is anything cuter than plates upon plates of pretty cupcakes at a baby shower? If the baby's gender is known then you can go to town with pale pink or blue icing and their respective themes. Tell everyone the great news with cute little flags announcing, 'It's a Boy!' or 'It's a Girl!'. If the gender is unknown, or going to be a surprise, then keep the color scheme pastel with soft yellows, greens and mauves. There are many choices for adorning your baby shower treats. Popular decorations include baby bottles, safety pins and tiny footprints.

Beautifully presented cupcakes are a feature at high tea where they are served on tiered stands with silver carry handles. The sandwiches and treats served are usually dainty miniatures keeping with the finger food approach. Decorations can be decadent like chocolate icing on strawberry cupcakes or strawberry icing on chocolate cupcakes. Add some swirling high topped frosting. Decorate with cherries, strawberries, and pink roses, bows and butterflies.

Halloween is a wonderful time for dressing up the kids and decorating using some spooky themes. Halloween is an excellent opportunity for getting super fun and creative with gruesome decorations. Pipe some white icing spider webs with tiny black spiders lurking in the middle. Create scary skeletons, tombstones, black bats and white ghosts. If you want a more ghoulishly, ghastly effect, add some bright green goo or runny red blood with edible gel colors.

Christmas is a chance to share some season's greetings and cheer with friends and family. What better way than to get together to make, decorate, and eat festive cupcakes. Top snowy, white icing with bright red berries and holly. Be inspired by Santa with little, black boots, Santa hats, and tiny gifts. Add some striped candy canes or miniature Christmas trees decorated with tiny sparkles. Make some simple marshmallow snowmen and get creative with their expressions.