Cheap and cheery, birthday party gift! Did I mention cheap?

Let me preface this post by saying 3 things:
1. I really do think this is a nice gift even though it happens to be easy on the budget, so if I know you outside of the blogosphere please do not get offended if your child gets this gift. It is made with great love.

2. If I know you outside of the blogosphere and there is any possibility that our children are going to be at the same party you may not use this idea. Dibs.

3. The idea of giving baking supplies as a birthday gift is not mine originally. I can't remember where I first saw it. I am thinking probably here or here. They both have lots of good ideas. So whoever you are, thanks for the idea!

I combined the baking supply concept with a way to recycle all the oatmeal canisters which I go through at such a dizzy rate being completely obsessed with oatmeal.

I thought it would be a really cute way to package the whole thing and make it truly personalized. Kids dig stuff with their name on it. They can't get enough of seeing their name on their stuff.

OK so here is what you need to make a super duper awesome personalized cupcake making kit:

• Cake mix
• Cupcake cups
• Frosting
• Sprinkles
• Plain apron
• Iron on letters
• Scrapbook paper
• Embellishments
• Glue

OR

• Whatever you like
  

(if it is not going to be specifically a cupcake kit and just a baking kit you could just put in an apron and a wooden spoon and some measuring spoons...the options really are limitless.)

I stocked up on these cake mixes and icing (with the sprinkles included!) when they were on sale for less then a dollar. The cupcake liners were about the same price. They are generic Kroger but they have princesses or something on them. I get the aprons for $2.99 at Hobby Lobby (and If you use your 50% off coupon it would be...well let's see..hmmm..ack Maths... 1/2 that?). I get the iron on letters there too. They are about between 1.99 and 2.99 a package. Again, you could use that 50% off coupon!

Decorate your canister however you see fit. Your kid can do this with your help. Mine loooooves this part.

You have to take the cake mix out of its box to fit into the oatmeal canister so be sure to cut off the instruction panel to put in there too.



It all fits very nicely. Frosting in the bottom, cake mix on top of that apron on top with the name showing.



The name shows through the lid so you could just leave it like that, but we had sparkly white paper so we could not resist making a cupcake lid.



Voila! Gracie made them cards with a cupcake theme too. She is so my matchy-matching daughter. Faith and Hope are dear little twins she is friends with. We weren't actually trying to be spiritual here.



So there you have it: inexpensive (so much nicer a word then cheap but cheap worked for the alliteration up there and I can never resist me some alliteration), fun to make with your kid, fun for the kid to make with their parent, recycles an oatmeal canister, involves cupcakes. Could it get any better? Well, yes probably. But it works for me!

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