Sixteen Pen and Ink Cupcakes in Four Designs

Four rows of pen and ink cupcakes fill the page, and each of the four designs repeats several times. There are small cupcakes with a curl of frosting and a cluster of round candies on top, plus a rounded dome-shaped treat with drips, dots and a ruffled paper wrapper spread out around it. Tall swirled cupcakes show a pointed tip and tiny dots along the frosting, and the biggest ones have puffy, bubble-like frosting topped with a small rose and a leaf. Fine hatching adds shadow to the frosting and the liners. Try coloring each repeated design in a different palette, such as pastel pinks on one and chocolate browns on another, then compare the results. The repeats also work well for a pattern or counting activity with kids. This page is free to print, and the hatched shading gives older kids and adults plenty of detail to work with.