DIY Cupcake Wrapper Template (How to Make)

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Learn how to make cupcake wrapper template with this easy tutorial and starting dressing your cupcakes up in the most creative way possible!

Prep Time20

Total Time20

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Servings: cupcakes

Calories: 153.5kcal

Cupcake or muffin liners (depending on the type of liner you use to bake your cupcakes).
Color paper or wrapping paper in your preferred color or design for the wrappers
A cardboard to cut out the wrapper template.
Double sided tape or glue - the tape and glue are sufficient if you are making paper wrappers, but if you are going to use a cloth or other material that is hard to stick with normal glue or double-sided tape, you may need to use hot glue or other stronger glues
A pair of scissors
A sharp pencil (for marking on paper)

Cut a straight line from the top to the bottom of the liner (the sides).
Next, cut out the bottom circle of the casing .
This cut out will form the base of your template.
Do note that to make a cupcake wrapper template, you do not need the base circle cut-outs of the liners, so you can discard them for the next steps.

Place the cut-out of the liner onto a cardboard. Draw the outline of the cut-out liner onto the cardboard.
Once you have traced the pattern, extend the drawing on both ends by about 1 cm.
One end of the extension should be a perfect rectangle, while on the other end, the rectangle should have a slightly narrow end. See the step by step images in the blog post above.
Cut the pattern out and this cardboard cut-out is the wrapper template. You can keep this template to cut as many cupcake wrappers you want out of your preferred decorative paper/ other material to wrap your cupcakes.

Place the template onto the reverse side of your decorative paper and trace the pattern onto it with a pencil.
Cut the pattern out following its outline and turn it over.

Glue one side of the wrapper onto an empty cupcake liner. Start with the narrower end of the wrapper.
Wrap the decorative paper around the cupcake casing and overlap the other end of the wrapper onto the earlier glued end and secure it in place with some glue.
Place your cupcake into the assembled wrapper.

Use food safe material for the wrappers. Avoid paint or glitter that can come into contact with your food.
You can add further embellishments to your cupcake wrappers, like attaching a small ribbon bow, or ribbon flowers onto your cupcake wrappers for added decorative effect.
Assemble the cupcake wrapper (ie glue them ) before putting your cupcakes in instead of wrapping them around the cakes and trying to glue with the cupcakes in. It will be a lot harder to do it this way.
You can make the sides of the liners taller than the actual cupcake liner. This is a great way to hide any imperfections in your decorated cupcakes.