Today’s paper cupcake cups are so pretty that it’s a shame they just get thrown away. Here’s a way to use cupcake liners to make an attractive winter decoration. You can use various sizes of cones to create a multi-tree decoration.

Supplies

• Styrofoam or cardboard cone, available from craft stores
• Cupcake wrappers with a winter or favorite design
• Glue dots, or small clear mounting squares (for either Styrofoam or cardboard cones). Alternately or for older children, use Straight pins for Styrofoam cones
• Scissors
• Glue

Directions

1. Cut the bottoms out of the cupcake wrappers
2. Using the ribbed sides of the cupcake wrappers, start from the bottom of the cone and attach the cup to the cone with the straight pins, glue dots, or mounting squares, putting them along the top rim of the wrapper
3. You may need to use two or more wrappers to cover the cone. Fill in gaps by overlapping with smaller cuts from the cupcake wrappers
4. Overlap the first row of cupcake papers a bit with the second row of cupcake papers. Attach at the top rim
5. Continue moving up the cone, overlapping and attaching cupcake wrappers
6. At the top, overlap the sides of the wrapper to cover the tip of the cone and make a sharp point. Glue seam together if needed
7. Attach the top wrapper to the layer below near the bottom of the wrapper