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How to Plan a Cupcake Decorating Playdate

Do you love to have fun activities planned for the playdates you host? I know I don’t do something this elaborate every time we have a playdate but every now and then its nice to have a fun idea ready to use. Read on to learn how to plan a cupcake decorating playdate.

Materials Needed:

Cupcakes (2-3 per child)
Frosting (plan on enough for the number of cupcakes you need)
Paper plates
Mini cupcake liners
Sprinkles and other decorations
Small cups for individual frosting portions
Knifes (or plastic spoons depending on the age range)

Setup Instructions

Bake the cupcakes and let cool completely
Make the frosting (or open store bought containers) and put frosting into the small cups – repeat until you have one for each child
Fill the mini cupcake liners with each decoration – making sure each child will have one liner of each decoration.
Place one of each decoration on a paper plate
Add 2-3 cupcakes to each plate
Set the table with a station for each child, each station would need one plate (with the decorations and cupckes), one knife, and one frosting cup

Playdate Instructions

Have each child come up to a station
Explain that everyone has their own station and that they are all same and that they can decorate their cupcakes anyway they want
Let the kids know that 1 cupcake is to eat now and the others are to take home with them
Give them the freedom to decorate as they want – don’t offer help unless they ask for it!
When they finish decorating have them wash up and go play
With their paper plates (or fresh ones if the ones they used are really dirty) create take away containers (find directions here). Write the child’s name on the outside so everyone knows which one is theirs.

When planning this activity you need to realize that there will be different levels of ability. Also some kids will be excited and others won’t. Be flexible and have fun! The great thing about providing individual stations is that the kids can lick their frosting and eat their sprinkles and there are no worries about spreading germs 🙂