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5 Sumptuously Fun Ways to Spend Poet in a Cupcake Day!

By Will Willingham 1 Comment


Today is Poet in a Cupcake Day, a delicious way to cap off the first week of National Poetry Month and the last day of Take Your Poet to School Week.

Of course, we don’t believe for a second that there’s only one day that’s good for cupcakes. And for goodness sake, many poets love to go to school all year long. So whether you’re celebrating today, or getting ready to celebrate next week, or the week after, here are 5 sumptuously fun ways to celebrate Poet in a Cupcake Day.

1. The Obvious: Bake Some Cupcakes!

Bake a tin full of delicious cupcakes. Decorate with frosting and sprinkles and finish off with a poet on a popsicle stick or toothpick. (We’ve got a giant collection of cut ‘n color poets, or print out a picture of your own.)

2. The Extra Effort: Create Poet-Themed Cupakes

Do some research on a favorite poet or two and create themed poet cupcakes. Check out some fun ideas on our printable page.

Printable Poet in a Cupcake Cutout & Ideas

Download Printable Poet in a Cupcake Cutout & Ideas

3. The Gluten Free: Decorate a Cut ‘n Color Cupcake

Short on baking time, or looking for a healthier option? Download and print our cut ‘n color cupcake pattern and decorate with crayons, magic markers or paint, with glitter, sequins, maybe even googly eyes. Slide in your poet-on-a-stick and you’re good to go!Poet in a Cupcake Day Printable

Download Printable Poet in a Cupcake Cutout & Ideas

4. The Social: Share Your Cupcakes

Some poets more than others like to socialize. While still respecting the introverts among your cupcakes, bring decorated treats to school (or work—a lot of poets love to work really hard) and share with all your friends.

5. The Secret: Hide a Poem

For an extra fun surprise, tuck a poem (or a line from a poem) under your cupcake. Once they’re done licking their fingers, your students or classmates will be tickled to find the poem.

Today, next week, or the week after—share your sweet poet treats with us on Twitter or Instagram with an @tspoetry (use the hashtag #poettoschool). We’ll be watching for you, and might feature your fun! (And check out more great Take Your Poet to School ideas.)

Photos by Sonia Joie. Used with permission.

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I used to be a claims adjuster, helping people and insurance companies make sense of loss. Now, I train other folks with ladders and tape measures to go and do likewise. Sometimes, when I’m not scaling small buildings or crunching numbers with my bare hands, I read Keats upside down. My first novel, Adjustments, is available now.
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About Will Willingham

I used to be a claims adjuster, helping people and insurance companies make sense of loss. Now, I train other folks with ladders and tape measures to go and do likewise. Sometimes, when I’m not scaling small buildings or crunching numbers with my bare hands, I read Keats upside down. My first novel, Adjustments, is available now.

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  1. L.L. Barkat says

    April 6, 2018 at 12:31 pm

    So, so fun. All the “the’s” in the suggestion headlines made me laugh!

    Thank you for your extra hard work in helping to make this sweet holiday happen. 🙂

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