way to make diy valentine cupcake toppers

Easy to make DIY valentine cupcake toppers

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Cupcakes are the perfect shareable treat, especially for taking to classrooms and parties. These cute and easy-to-make Valentine cupcake toppers will add a little extra special touch to your Valentine’s cupcakes. These are a great addition to our Valentine’s serving dish, made using waterslide paper.

These Valentine cupcake toppers are made easily on a cutting machine. I am using a Cricut, but they can also be easily made without a cutting machine.

This project is compatible with other cutting machines, as it is not a Cricut-specific file. If you don’t have a cutting machine, directions are posted below on how to make the Valentine cupcake toppers without a cutting machine. (instructions below)

DIY valentines cupcake toppers

Supplies List

Additional supplies List – if using a cutting machine

Note – skewers for Valentine’s cupcake toppers

You can use any small skewer, but I have found that the best ones are the flat paddle picks. They come in different sizes, but for cupcake toppers, I use the 3.5″ for most of my cupcake toppers. I also use flat-sided bamboo sticks. These both work well, as they have a flat side and allow for better glue application. If you are using the long skinny skewers from the dollar store, you can cut them, just be wary of splinters.

Valentine cupcake toppers
cute and easy-to-make Valentine cupcake toppers

Instructions to Make Valentine cupcake toppers – using a cutting machine

  1. Download the Valentine cupcake toppers PNG files to your computer.
  2. Open design space or your cutting machine program.
  3. Choose “Upload”
  4. Find the design for the Valentine cupcake toppers that you saved on your computer and select it
  5. Upload it into the Cricut design space
  6. Choose Complex and continue ( you should not have to do anything here – just continue)
  7. The cupcake toppers should load into Design Space
  8. Resize according to your preference.
  9. Select “
  10. make it”
  11. sent the file to your printer. If you get a message saying the file is incompatible, you will need to resize the image. You can also rotate them if you are making them bigger.
  12. Once printed, place the cardstock on the Cricut cutting mat (as shown on the canvas)
  13. Load your mat into the Cricut matching
  14. Select the material you are cutting. For double-sided Valentine cupcake toppers – mirror the second set
  15. Push the flashing light button or cut button on your cutting machine.
  16. Remove the cardstock from the cutting mat.
  17. Using the thin Cricut spatula remove your cut-outs from the cutting mat
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Print and Cut Valentine Cupcake Toppers files

I have provided single downloads as well as the full set. If you want to only make one, this makes it much easier. Just select the one you want, size it and duplicate it.

Load Valentine cupcake toppers file onto the canvas
send to printer
select material to cut
remove cardstock from cutting mat
all designs are ready to be removed from mat
with a spatula, lift designs from the mat
prepare to add glue and skewers
add a bead of glue onto cut outs
Let dry
Valentine cupcake toppers
cute and easy-to-make Valentine cupcake toppers

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How to Make the Valentine cupcake toppers without a cutting machine

  1. Download the files from our resource library that you wish to use.
  2. Open a document program such as Google Docs or Microsoft Office and start a new document.
  3. Insert the images into the document.
  4. Continue until your page is full, leaving about 1/2 an inch around them for cutting.
  5. When making double-sided cupcake toppers, make sure you reverse or mirror the second copy before printing.
  6. Insert your cardstock into your printer and print.
  7. Carefully cut around the images.
  8. For double-sided Valentine cupcake toppers, trim the shape once they are glued together on the skewer.
Easy to make valentines day waterslide design.

Valentine’s Day serving dishes and glasses DIY using waterslide paper

Gluing the Valentine cupcake toppers together

  1. On a clean flat surface, place your Valentine cupcake toppers face down.
  2. Apply a bead of glue onto the back where the stick will be placed.
  3. Press the stick into the glue.
  4. let dry.

For double-sided cupcake toppers

To make double-sided toppers, you may need to cut a circle out and apply the topper to the circle. The teddy bear and hears and the winged heart are easily made as double-sided cupcake toppers, but the others will need a symmetrical background

  1. If the design is compatible with a two-sided topper, when the glue is dry, apply a bead of glue onto the skewer as well as just inside the outer edges of the cutout.
  2. Place the valentine cut out onto the top and position it in place, lining up the edges.
  3. Glue in place and let dry.
  1. If the design is not symmetrical or compatible with a double-sided design, cut out 2 circles and glue the skewer onto both sides, lining up the edges of the circle.
  2. Glue the cut-out onto both sides of the circle.
  3. Let dry completely before placing it into the cupcake.

Variation of the Valentine Cupcake toppers.

The print-and-cut files provided can also be made into a print-and-cut sticker sheet or print-and-cut Valentine cards. Add a custom font and names and just print and cut.

Giving the cupcakes to classmates. How about custom-matched Valentine’s cards to go with their cupcakes? Make the matching stickers to go with their cupcake. Too cute!

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