Ballerina Cupcake Toppers

I thought these ballerina cupcake toppers were so adorable and perfect for any little girls birthday party. HERE is the link to the tutorial that I used. She even did a video which I thought was helpful.  I decided that using tulle was way cuter than using the pink tissue paper.  I also used pink straws instead of toothpicks.  I was surprised at how easy these were to make.  The only tricky part was getting the tulle to not stand straight up in the front.  The double sided tape did very little to hold the crazy tulle in place for just this part.  To get the front of the skirt to lay flat I had to used the ribbon to hold it in place.  Also, for the bodice I ended up copying and pasting it a bunch of times in a document and then printing it out on the wrong side of a piece of pink cardstock.  That way I didn't end up having to trace them all before cutting them out.  Just remember when you are cutting that you cut inside the black line so it won't show on the back of the bodice.  I ended up making 15 toppers so I tried to salvage as many as I could to save for another day.

You could also use this tutorial to make matching invitations by following the same directions except don't add the back skirt and tape the bodice and front skirt to a blank card or folded piece of card stock. You could also attach these to gift bags.

Enjoy!