Decorating Thanksgiving Cupcakes

There are many ways to decorate Thanksgiving cupcakes from turkey feathers and pilgrim faces to pumpkins and fall color.

Use what you learn to create one of these Thanksgiving-themed designs.

Turn cupcakes into turkeys with candy corn, extra chocolate frosting and decorating gel.

Have your cupcake and Thanksgiving dinner, too, with cute decorating ideas which can be found in various books and online. Cookies and small candies transform plain iced cupcakes into a sweet mini meal.

Use a leaf cookie cutter to cut leaf shapes from melted chocolate chips or candy melts. Top frosted cupcake with the leaves as a garnish.

Upside-down ice cream cones make great pilgrim hats and a unique idea for Thanksgiving cupcakes.

For simple themed cupcakes, first frost cupcakes, and then dip them in orange and brown sprinkles. Top with a candy corn or marzipan pumpkins.