Cupcake bouquet, Fresh fruit skewers and Photos from Ykaie's Dora- Garden themed birthday party

I assembled this cupcake bouquet for Ykaie's garden themed party. I didn't use buttercream frosting for the cupcakes coz I was afraid it will melt and fall apart due to the hot weather. I used melted chocolate and colorful sprinkles. It set quickly and perfectly!

I used a glue gun to attach the styrofoam ball into the embellished terracotta pot. I then glued some strips of green japanese paper all over the styro for a grassy effect.

I inserted bamboo skewers into the styrofoam ball and attached the cupcakes all the way around. (You can also use toothpicks)

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I was also planning to arrange the fruit skewers into a terracotta pot but I saw this picket fence planter box and thought it was cute. I used a floral foam for the base and embellished the planter box with vines and a ladybug.

Cookie cutters I used to cut out shapes.

Ain't they pretty?

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This is the candy buffet I set up. The kids as well as the adults had fun filling up their loot bags!

Cheese fountain

Ykaie's Dirt cake with gummy worms. I cooked chocolate pudding and alternately layered it with crushed oreo cookies.




The birthday girl ready to blow out the candle.

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Preparation for Dora themed birthday party

You can also check out other photos of the foods we served on sis's blog, The Peach Kitchen .