What is more fun than the milky way and a galaxy far, far away? How about making Galaxy Cupcakes and free printable solar system matching game! These are perfect for school treats or even a birthday party for a space loving kid!
Galaxy Cupcakes
The great part about these cupcakes is that they are quick to make, but it looks like it took you all day!! I start off with some easy peasy cupcakes from a cake mix. I can even make the cupcakes up the day before and just frost them the day of the party.
These would also be fun for kids to decorate at a birthday party
…make your own galaxy cupcakes. 🙂
How to Make Galaxy Cupcakes
Use the black food color
to tint chocolate frosting black. Just mix some black food coloring in until the brown becomes black.
Next color about a ½ cup of the white frosting purple by adding some purple food coloring
until it is the shade of purple you like.
Frost all the cupcakes black and use the purple frosting to make swirls around on top the black frosting.
Now put one large yellow gumball
on each cupcake to resemble the sun.
Next put 4 or 5 small gumballs
or candies to resemble planets, make sure you use different colors, so they look like different planets.
If you want to get REALLY creative then take a short piece of red rope licorice
to wrap around a small gumball to make it look like Saturn. Kids will LOVE it!
Sprinkle the little edible stars
and tiny white rock sprinkles
around on each cupcake to look like stars and meteors.
The hardest part….is actually eating one of these ADORABLE galaxy cupcakes!
Free Printable Solar System Matching Game
While you eat your cute Galaxy Cupcakes…you can play a quick solar system matching game.
Just print these off on white card stock and use a paper trimmer to cute these apart.
Then mix them up, turn them over and start matching them up!
Just click HERE to download the free printable solar system matching game.
Let me know what kind of space party you are having and how it goes! Be sure to check out all of my other fun free printables!
- 8-10 Chocolate Cupcakes unfrosted
- 1 can White Frosting
- 1 can Chocolate Frosting
- 1 package Small Gumballs or Small Round Candy multi-color
- 8-10 large Yellow Gumballs
- Sprinkles: small stars and tiny white rocks
- Food Coloring: black and purple
- Red Licorice Optional
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Use the black color to tint chocolate frosting black. Color about ½ cup of the white frosting purple.
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Frost all the cupcakes black and use the purple frosting to make swirls around on top the black frosting.
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Put one large yellow gumball on each cupcake to resemble the sun.
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Put 4 or 5 small gumballs or candies to resemble planets, make sure you use different colors, so they look like different planets. An optional step I did was to use a short piece of red rope licorice to wrap around a small gumball to look like Saturn.
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Sprinkle the little stars and tiny white rocks around on each cupcake to look like stars and meteors.
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