Elmo Cupcake Tutorial

So I was doing some Elmo and Cookie Monster cupcakes for a friend a little bit ago and decided that I would share how I do them with my friends and family because they are so super easy and one of my most ordered cupcakes! So you all should feel extra special and take this to heart! Here they go...

First you just do a dollop of black frosting on the botom half on your cupcake, just a small one will do. The you take either the back of a knife or a spatula and spread it into a flat semi-circle(ish) like so You then take one of your decorating bags and use a tip 233 from wilton (or any other brand). Fill your bag with red frosting, this will make his fur Then pipe along the top half of the semi-circle covering the rough edges by gently squeezing and releasing pressure on the bag. If you have never done this before you may want to practice on some wax paper or something before you do it on your cupcakes. It should look something like this Next you pipe along the bottom covering the other rough edges And here we have Elmo's mouth Then you just fill in the top of the cupcake with the same technique Still with me? Now for the finishing touches... Just pipe 2 large dots next to each other with white icing for the eyes using a tip 4 or 5 if you want. Then pipe an orange dot for the nose, I like to make it in more of a tear drop shape because his nose isn't exactly round. The last step is just to pipe 2 small black dots with icing on the white dots to finish his eyes And val-aw! You are done!Do you like? And how easy is that! Now you can go make your own little Elmo's to enjoy.