Ocean Inspired Brownie Cupcakes
We live in Ohio, so it was a much-needed weather break, as well as a good refreshment for our minds as well. I watched my children thrive going to the beach everyday. Their love for playing the sand building castles and finding shells. Further, my son’s obsession about finding things in the ocean which led to him spending hours on end in the water diving for rocks, fossils, shells, seaweed, crabs, and any other interesting thing he could get his hands on.
We took many photos for our photography business as well and I’ve been so happy to showcase many lagoon sunsets, seashells, and ocean waves to my online store (http://breathebeautyartandphotographybyerin.artfire.com). I’ve created mouse pads, mugs, and notecards to help bring some of the beach to places where winter can seem long. Many of these are at www.zazzle.com/ErinAlMehairi
We had the greatest time feeling good and discovering all we could about sea life. My son loves turtles and ocean animals. He has always loved it, but our expedition to the Smithsonian Lab near Hutchinson Island secured his desire to move to Florida and pursue marine biology. I would love for him to do that because he is so passionate about discovering how the ocean affects our entire existence. He is all about improving our carbon footprint and he would love to work with the animals. He urges everyone to stop littering beaches and wants to know how he can help save the last remaining pieces of coral reef. He is truly a “green” pioneer at the age of 10 (11 tomorrow!). He is so ready to get back to the ocean environment. He truly absorbs himself in anything ocean.
So that is where the cupcakes come in. He wanted to take beach cupcakes as he class treat to school tomorrow. But he loves brownies too. So we 1.) made brownies in cupcake holders,2.) frosted with blue frosting, 3.) sprinkled half with golden sparkly sprinkles for sand (can also use graham cracker crumbs), 4.) placed palm tree sticks (can also use the little drink umbrellas) in the sand side, 5.) then cut an inch of fruit by the foot and made a chair in the sand under the tree (can also use gum–it is a little more sturdy but not allowed at school). On some of the others, I placed little cheese whales (like goldfish) but you could also use the little mini Swedish fish. He was so happy to bring a little of the beach to his birthday and they were fun to create!
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