How to Assemble a Cupcake Bouquet

Cupcake bouquets can make a great gift or centerpiece for any occasion. They're a simple to make and also inexpensive. In another post I will go into more detail on how to pipe different kinds of flowers, but for now I will just share with you how to assemble your bouquet.

First off, I have seen so many of these bouquets made with Styrofoam, and with this method I'm going to show you that is not needed. Styrofoam is actually very difficult to work with when creating bouquets because if your cupcake is not dense enough it is easy for them to fall right off the toothpicks. Believe me...I've tried! Another added bonus of not using Styrofoam is it's expensive! The little balls you need to stick in the vases are about $5 each at Walmart.

All you will need to make a bouquet, like the one above, is seven 2 oz. plastic condiment cups, a terracotta vase medium sized, toothpicks, hot glue, and as an option:  paint, ribbon, and green tissue paper. The best part of this method is you can use any cupcake you want no matter how moist! Once you gather your supplies it's time to put your beautiful cupcake bouquet together!

INSTRUCTIONS

1. If you would like to decorate your pot, do it now so it dries. I just use the 99 cent craft paint from the store and just sponge paint it on. An ombre effect adds a nice touch and is usually my choice of color, but for this project I just kept it white.

2. Using a sharp knife or scissors to create a small hole in the center of your 2 oz. cups, and poke a toothpick through the hole.

3. As another option you can crumple up some green tissue paper and put it in the bottom of your pot this way if there are any gaps between your cupcakes it looks like leaves (plus I feel like it seems more secure this way rather than having nothing below the cups :P ).

4. Starting around the edge of the pot first, hot glue your cups around the perimeter on an angle facing outwards. This will take six cups. Place the seventh cup in the center gluing it to the other cups. The size of these terracotta vases are a perfect fit for seven 2 oz. cups.

5. Once the glue is completely dry make sure to remove any of the hot glue strings left over from the cups. You don't want these in your icing!!

6. Last, take your cooled, un-iced, cupcakes and put one into each cup making sure to pierce the cupcake
with the toothpick. The cupcake will stick halfway out the cup, but don't worry, that's why your toothpicks are there for extra support. ***TIP:  Wait to ice your cupcakes until they are placed in the bouquet. If you ice them before you will risk ruining your piping because some of the cupcakes will overlap.

7. A few more touches you can add to your bouquet are some ribbon to the pot and green tissue paper in between any gaps for leaves.


As a note, you can use other types of vases/pots (as seen in the last picture) you will just have to play around with the placement of the cups to get a good fit. In the purple vase above I actually had to glue the middle cup off-centered so it was securely attached to the other cups. However, once I piped on the flowers and added some leaves this wasn't noticeable. You will see this more in my video tutorial below.

That being said, watch the video below for my tutorial on how to assemble your cupcake bouquets! Thanks for reading. Please feel free to leave any comments or questions for me below.