Theme Cupcake Paintings by 3rd grade

3rd graders wrote in Art journals before this lesson to get idea starters.
We traced a large cupcake onto tagboard (15 " x 15").
They chose a theme for their cupcake like: Winter, U of M football, Baseball, etc.
Then they drew frosting and decorations in the frosting that showed their theme.
We added something in the background that also went with the theme.
The cupcakes were painted with tempera paint and coated with gloss medium.  Lots of fun cupcakes!