Why did the shark cross the great barrier reef?
To get to the other TIDE
Ahhh who doesn’t love a good kid joke right?
Last week, my son brought home an info sheet from school letting us parents know that the end of the year was fast approaching (yay? groan? mixed emotions here) and the class was going to start fundraising for the end of the year trip.
The majority of the fundraising is coming from 3 bake sales over the next few months and I kind of got a little excited. Yeah, I know, I’m one of those parents. I actually really like baking up stuff to send in to the school bake sales.
All three of my boys plus their dad have birthdays within 10 days of each other, so most of my fun baking happens then, and because they are all on top of each other it actually turns into stress baking because it’s all too much at once.
Bake sales are fun because we get to make creative little cupcakes, like these shark cupcakes, during other parts of the year!
I actually went into the bulk food store with an idea in mind, but it turns out they didn’t have what I needed. So we just roamed the store blind trying to think up a new idea.
Unfortunately, though it was only February the candy section was maxed out on Easter treats. Easter is mid April people!!! Let’s not rush things!
With not a lot to choose from we landed on these cute little shark gummies and decided to give them a go. Sharks are one of son’s absolute favourite animals anyway.
Shark Cupcakes
You’ll Need
Cupcakes
Buttercream icing
Blue food colouring
Piping bag and Wilton 2D tip
Shark gummy candy
Putting Them Together
Use any flavour of cupcake you like, I used rainbow chip and left it as is but a hint of blue food colouring in the batter would be awesome for the ‘water’ look too if you wanted to go that route.
Tint your icing a light blue, don’t go too dark or your sharks won’t stand out. Using the piping bag and Wilton 2D tip, pipe on a swirl of the blue buttercream icing to look like waves. It’s the same technique as a rose but you can go looser and a little messier.
Top each cupcake with a shark gummy. I found mine at the Bulk Barn.
What is a sharks favorite kind of sandwich
Peanut butter and jellyfish!
Who gives sharks presents on Christmas?
Santa Jaws!
Shark Cupcakes are not only super fun for school bake sales, but kids birthday parties, summer parties or to celebrate shark week!
Also check out these fun Fishing Cupcakes!
Oh my goodness, these are the coolest cupcakes EVER!!!
Thanks Stephanie
I love this idea. It would go over big at a birthday party.
very fun for a summer birthday!
Very cute and wonderful cupcake idea.
Super cute, they would go very well at a bake sale, kids will love them. 🙂
the candy on top is a big bonus at a bake sale!
love these cupcakes
That’s a sweet idea, I do believe these would be a hit!
Cute idea!
These are super cute , my Grandson would love these thanks for sharing 🙂
Truly a delightful looking cupcake that will be great for Easter.
Super cute! Very creative. Hats off to you.
Thank you
My kids love baking especially my daughter!
It’s our favourite too!
So cute and easy to make, will have to make some of these for my nephew.
Love how simple these are. Plus they would be perfect for Shark Week on TV; my boys love Shark Week. LOLOL!
lol so fun for shark week!
great idea for an upcoming birthday
You are so creative with your cupcakes.
Well done.
And I am a huge fan of puns.
lol thanks Nicole
My brother is such a big shark fan! He would love these!
I can’t wait to surprise the grandkids with these,how creative !
Oh these would be great for our upcoming party!
1) cute joke lol
2) these cupcakes are adorbs! I hate sharks….seriously they scare the crap out of me…but this is one shark that doesn’t lol 🙂
They scare me too! lol My son just loves them though