Every year, I used Earth Day to have a fun filled day full of recycled crafts with my daughter. We upcycle milk jugs, egg cartons and cereal boxes into fun and useful things. This year we decided to make a treat to go along with our day of crafts. These cupcakes are so easy to make and delicious!
You will need:
- A Cake Mix and everything to make the cake
- Everything for the Frosting Recipe Below
- Skittles (I buy the HUGE bags so I don’t run out)
Lemon Icing:
- 1/2 Cup of white vegetable shortening
- 4 C. Powdered Sugar
- 4 Tablespoons Water or Milk
- 1 teaspoon pure lemon extract
- Add all of the ingredients to your mixer and mix until a even consistency.
For these cupcakes I baked the cake according box directions. I frosted them with a basic star tip. I then stacked the green Skittles in a triangle and added a purple Skittle for the trunk.
My daughter loved these fun tree cupcakes and it was fun to have a snack while we worked on our recycled projects.
Do you do anything for Earth Day?
What a fun idea. They are cute.
Looks tempting…
Earth Dy is a very important day and actually should be celebrated every day of the year. I do love that you recycle or upcycle to do crafts with your children.
That is such a great idea. I think I will be making these with my daughter.
Michelle F.
I love using the green Skittles for Earth Day. What a terrific way to celebrate.
So cute!! Love the Skittles trees! My daughter was born on Earth day, so we spend the day doing birthday stuff.
Very cute! Love that these could be made with the kids! A great way to start talking about Earth Day at an early age! Thanks!
Debra – this would be so fun and tasty – cute and bright – especially in time for Earth Day on April 22! Thank you 🙂
I'm not adverse to celebrating any day with cupcakes. 😉 Love the look you made here with these!