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halfbaked
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Creepy Carnival Themed Cupcakes (Updated!)
I was asked to make Halloween cupcakes for a friend's office Halloween party last week. Clearly the party was cancelled since nobody was able to go to work! Now they are having a party this Thursday and they changed the theme... slightly. It's a creepy carnival theme.  I have no idea what that means. I asked the person to elaborate and they said they weren't exactly sure and that carnival themed cupcakes were fine. I tried googling some ideas, checked out pinterest, and I've come up with squat. I've got plenty of ideas for creepy cupcakes and plenty of ideas for carnival cupcakes but nothing that mixes carnival and creepy together. I know she said carnival themed cupcakes are fine, but I don't want the party to be all macabre and my cupcakes to be bright and cutesy.  Anybody have any ideas? I'll be making the toppers out of fondant so the sky's the limit, really.
My carnival themed ideas included "admit one" tickets, cotton candy, balloons, a circus tent, popcorn, and swirly lollipops. I haven't the slightest idea how to make them creepy. The Halloween cupcakes were totally different- jack-o-lanterns, witches hats, vampire bites, and tombstones.
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Re: Creepy Carnival Themed Cupcakes? (Please don't move to food!)
Creepy carnival = clowns 
They scare the you know what out of me.
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| Posted 11/6/12 12:50 PM |
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halfbaked
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Re: Creepy Carnival Themed Cupcakes? (Please don't move to food!)
Posted by colette
Creepy carnival = clowns
They scare the you know what out of me.
Me, too. Which is why I don't want to do them!  I will have nightmares about those damn cupcakes. But you're right, we probably should, huh?
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| Posted 11/6/12 12:52 PM |
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hotsauce345
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Re: Creepy Carnival Themed Cupcakes? (Please don't move to food!)
creepy carnival ideas :
Bearded lady
tattoed "freak"
sword swallowers
tarot
maybe try decorating cupcakes to look like tarot cards / some with swords, some with tattoos and one with a woman with a beard.
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| Posted 11/6/12 12:55 PM |
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hotsauce345
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Re: Creepy Carnival Themed Cupcakes? (Please don't move to food!)
you can print small pictures of the above described items (tarot, sword swallowers, burlesque, bearded lady, tattooed freak, etc) and attach them to toothpicks and place them in the cupcakes...or have them printed on sugar paper and put them directly over the frosting
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| Posted 11/6/12 12:59 PM |
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Re: Creepy Carnival Themed Cupcakes? (Please don't move to food!)
Posted by MrsMeloyellow
you can print small pictures of the above described items (tarot, sword swallowers, burlesque, bearded lady, tattooed freak, etc) and attach them to toothpicks and place them in the cupcakes...or have them printed on sugar paper and put them directly over the frosting
Oh! The tarot cards are a fantastic idea! I actually have an edible ink printer.  Maybe a crystal ball to go with them!
Thank you thank you thank you!!! 
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Ayne11
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Re: Creepy Carnival Themed Cupcakes? (Please don't move to food!)
Posted by MrsMeloyellow
creepy carnival ideas :
Bearded lady
tattoed "freak"
sword swallowers
tarot
maybe try decorating cupcakes to look like tarot cards / some with swords, some with tattoos and one with a woman with a beard.
Good idea! Maybe make them all like zombies?
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| Posted 11/6/12 1:02 PM |
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Re: Creepy Carnival Themed Cupcakes? (Please don't move to food!)
Posted by MrsMeloyellow
creepy carnival ideas :
Bearded lady
tattoed "freak"
sword swallowers
tarot
maybe try decorating cupcakes to look like tarot cards / some with swords, some with tattoos and one with a woman with a beard.
this is what I would think they meant
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MrsM429
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Re: Creepy Carnival Themed Cupcakes? (Please don't move to food!)
when I think of a creepy carnival, I think of something like this
Maybe you can base the cupcakes off of that. I googled "haunted carnival" and "scary carnival pictures" and a ton came up.
But I agree with the others, defintely incorporate some scary clowns in there
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Re: Creepy Carnival Themed Cupcakes? (Please don't move to food!)
Posted by MrsM429
when I think of a creepy carnival, I think of something like this
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Maybe you can base the cupcakes off of that. I googled "haunted carnival" and "scary carnival pictures" and a ton came up.
But I agree with the others, defintely incorporate some scary clowns in there
This is the stuff of my nightmares.
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| Posted 11/6/12 1:08 PM |
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PearlJamChick
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Re: Creepy Carnival Themed Cupcakes? (Please don't move to food!)
Watch some Rob Zombie movies for inspiration 
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| Posted 11/6/12 1:18 PM |
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Xelindrya
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Creepy Carnival Themed Cupcakes? (Please don't move to food!)
I agree with those photos.
The carnival horses I'd make really wide eyed and scared!
Bloody finger print on the admit one tickets. Make them a tanish (old looking color) or change the 'admit one' to say "creep show"
See I dont see tattooed people as 'creepy' or any of the circus show freaks. Bearded lady would cause all sorts of drama here "You know who THAT looks like, right?" *snicker*
Put the tent on a bed of blue cotton candy swirl for 'smoke' or 'fog' appearance.
Good Luck and post photos!
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nrthshgrl
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Re: Creepy Carnival Themed Cupcakes? (Please don't move to food!)
Creepy Carnival only means scary ass clowns to me.
Throw in a sideshow act that actually cuts a lady in half & you're good.
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| Posted 11/6/12 1:35 PM |
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Re: Creepy Carnival Themed Cupcakes? (Please don't move to food!)
Posted by Xelindrya
I agree with those photos.
The carnival horses I'd make really wide eyed and scared!
Bloody finger print on the admit one tickets. Make them a tanish (old looking color) or change the 'admit one' to say "creep show"
See I dont see tattooed people as 'creepy' or any of the circus show freaks. Bearded lady would cause all sorts of drama here "You know who THAT looks like, right?" *snicker*
Put the tent on a bed of blue cotton candy swirl for 'smoke' or 'fog' appearance.
Good Luck and post photos!
I love the bloody finger print on the ticket! You guys are sooooooooo good!
I love all these ideas!
I know what you mean- freak show and carnival are a little different. I'm going to go back to my friend with these ideas to make sure this is the kind of theme she's thinking of, but I think you guys nailed it. Thank you so much!
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Re: Creepy Carnival Themed Cupcakes? (Please don't move to food!)
definitely scary clowns and bloody stuff!
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Re: Creepy Carnival Themed Cupcakes? (Please don't move to food!)
Hey guys! Just wanted to update this thread. They changed their theme AGAIN (as well as the date of the party- on the count of the snow!) and donated money for raffle prizes towards Hurricane Sandy relief. So they made it a "Sandy Relief" party and asked instead for I <3 NY cupcakes. These were MUCH easier to come up with ideas for! But I wanted to thank you all for your awesome creepy carnival ideas. I may make some anyway when I have time (yeah, right) just because your ideas were so cool! Here's the NY cupcakes we did. They asked for brightly colored frosting to keep with a carnival theme since most of their decorations were still carnival-like.
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Creepy Carnival Themed Cupcakes (Updated!)
They look great!
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Re: Creepy Carnival Themed Cupcakes (Updated!)
 Great job!
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Re: Creepy Carnival Themed Cupcakes (Updated!)
Perfect!
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Re: Creepy Carnival Themed Cupcakes (Updated!)
Great Job!!!
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Ayne11
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Creepy Carnival Themed Cupcakes (Updated!)
These look great!
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ThreeforTea
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Creepy Carnival Themed Cupcakes (Updated!)
They came out awesome! Great job!!!
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Creepy Carnival Themed Cupcakes (Updated!)
They came out great!
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hotsauce345
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Re: Creepy Carnival Themed Cupcakes (Updated!)
LOVE IT! especially the pretzels and hot dogs!
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Re: Creepy Carnival Themed Cupcakes (Updated!)
Love!!
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