Keeping up with the birthday theme, I'll show you how to make some super cool, custom cupcake toppers that the kids are sure to love. As I mentioned in the last two posts, Frank (not his real name) had his birthday party last month and he wanted a Dogman party. Dogman is a character from a book series of the same name by Dav Pilkey.
Since Dogman isn't quite as popular as some other characters, I couldn't find a place to make a cake that would put Frank's favorite character on it. Apparently, there are licensing issues, legalities, and other crap that prevent the happiness of children. Realizing that I had to figure this out myself, I thought about how I could rip off Dav Pilkey and make my son happy.
I came up with a great idea to make my own cupcake toppers instead of a cake with Dogman on it. I searched online for a variety of Dogman characters to steal and I printed them using a high-quality color printer.
I sloppily cut out each character and ran them all through a laminator that is most certainly not at my work. Normally, I wouldn't laminate anything but I knew the kids would want to keep these so I made an exception. After laminating, I carefully cut out each picture.
To finish, I simply tapped each laminated picture onto cake pop sticks that I already had. I ordered cupcakes from Byerlys and made sure to ask for them in a box and not those annoying plastic containers. The end result was fantastic and the kids loved that they could take their custom cupcake topper home with them.
Dav Pilkey, if you are reading this, don't sue me for copyright infringement. No one reads this blog anyway. Thanks!
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