Paper Pinwheel Cupcake Topper

Last Friday, I guest posted over at Agape Love Designs and Photography I made my Sinful Mexican Chocolate Cheesecake Cupcakes and my Heavenly Mexican Chocolate Cupcakes (I know, that's quite a mouthful.) If you haven't been over there to see them, you really should go check them out! They're delicious, and I actually made them healthy, for a cupcake.

For Maria's party, I felt she needed some cute cupcake toppers in her favorite colors, pink and green. So, today I will show you how I made these.

Pinwheels are super simple, and easy to make.

Start with a square piece of paper. I used digital scrapbook pages that I printed onto cardstock, then measured and cut into squares.

The size of your pinwheels will depend on the size or your squares. I think the ones I made were a bit too big for those cupcakes, or rather, those cupcakes were far too small for the pinwheels!

After you have your square paper, you will fold it in half diagonally twice (to get 4 triangles) Then cut along those folds, like this.

Be careful not to cut all the way to the center, leave yourself some room, about a dime sized space to glue your paper. 

Add glue to the center.

I recommend using hot glue or a 'fast tack' glue, otherwise you will be sitting there holding it down for a while.

Now, take 1 of of the corners from the triangles and glue it down. 

Do the same with every other corner, all the way around.

When it's completed it's time to embellish your pinwheel.

I had these little butterflies.

With adhesive backs.

As well as, some beads.

I just removed the backing from the butterflies and stuck onto the centers of some of the pinwheels.

Then, I glued the beads onto the centers of the others.

I glued 1/2 of a skewer to the back, and inserted them into the cupcakes.

Easy as pie, or in the case, cupcakes!