Pattern of Swirl Frosted Cupcakes in Paper Liners

Rows of identical cupcakes fill the whole page, arranged in a neat grid of six across and seven down, 42 in all. Each one has a tall swirl of frosting piped into layered ridges and finished with a small peak at the top. Underneath, the cake sits in a ribbed paper liner drawn with fine vertical lines. The outlines are thin and there is no background, so every cupcake stands alone with lots of white space around it. This free printable works well for a color-by-pattern game. Ask kids to give each row its own frosting color, or have them make a rainbow by changing colors from left to right. Fine-tip markers or colored pencils suit the small ribbed liners best, and the repeated shape gives younger kids plenty of practice staying inside the lines.