Ladybug Cupcakes

Ladybug's birthday is coming up soon, so I made Ladybug Cupcakes!

It's only appropriate, right?

If I can do these ANYONE can. :)

So, I found a few different ideas and combined them and here is what I got.

1 box cake mix (I used strawberry)

mix: vanilla frosting + red decorating paste + a little red food coloring

Bake the cupcakes, frost them, then cover them with red sparkly sprinkles.

Add a stripe of black decorator frosting down the middle of the back.

Poke 5 chocolate chips in upside down on each side.

Squish an Oreo on the front.

Dip mini-marshmallows (cut in half) in the black frosting and squish them in.

Dip blue mini-M&Ms in the white frosting and stick them on the marshmallows.

Dip red mini-M&Ms in the black frosting for the ladybug's mouth.

And there you've got a bunch of ladybugs!