Get Creative! How to make... Cute Christmas Cupcakes Christmas is coming and that means it’s the perfect time to make some tasty festive treats! Use our super easy recipe to make some sparkly chocolate cupcakes that taste great too! WHAT YOU NEED: Chocolate cake mix – Ask a grown up to help you with choosing the right cake for mix for you., 1 medium egg , 60ml (4 tbsp) semi skimmed milk, 25ml (5tbsp) vegetable oil, 80g Softened unsalted butter OUR FAVE CHRISTMAS CUPCAKE RECIPE: 1. Ask an adult to pre-heat the oven to 180 degrees c / fan 160 degrees / gas mark 4 2. Place the cupcake cases in a muffin tray and add the cupcake mix, egg, milk, oil into a bowl 3. Mix with an electric or hand whisk for 1 minute, divide the mix equally between the 6 cases – Warning! This could get messy…but don’t forget to lick the bowl! Mmmm… 4. Place into the centre of the oven and bake for 15-18 minutes until golden brown. Be careful, that oven is hot! Always ask a grown up to help. 5. Once baked leave to cool in the tray for 5 minutes before transferring onto a wire rack. Your cakes will look yummy but be careful, as they need to cool before you put your sparkly decorations on them. 6. Melt the chocolate chips by immersing the chocolate chip sachet in very hot water - Warning! Ask a grown up to help you with the water! 7. Whisk the frosting mix with the butter until light and fluffy, then using a spoon, fold in the melted chocolate. Have a go at wmixing your ingredients as hard as you can – this will make the frosting super fluffy and easy to spread on your cakes! 7 How to create... Funky Festive Cards for all the family! Design some fab cards for your friends and family this Christmas. Here are some of our fave design ideas and tips on how you can create your own super cute cards at home! photo credits: Charlie Sandell, Becky Coxon & Julie Bundy 2013 Let it snow with this super sparkly Christmas card. All you need is some silver card (that can be found in any arts and craft shop), sequins and some sticky felt. You can of course draw snowflakes and a smiley snowman with glitter felt tips, too! Personalise your Crimbo cards with sweet messages and funky felt cut outs. You can use colourful markers, but make sure they work on shiny card or it could get very messy! Also, why not try tying a ribbon around the card or using some glittery glue to stick on your sparkly sequins? Christmas isn’t Christmas without the pretty tree! That’s why we’ve designed this cool Crimbo tree-themed card with lots of glitter and some cut out sticky felt. You could also cut out a cute Santa giving out pressies, or just a picture of you and your BFF enjoying some festive fun? There’s loads of cool ways to make your Christmas Don’t forget to check out our fab pressie ideas on pages 3/4 to go with your cute cards! 8