Soldier Cupcakes

For my son's birthday this year, it was all about soldiers, military, GI Joe. In keeping with that theme, we decided on soldier cupcakes. These were the easiest, most fun cupcakes I've decorated to date. I made my usual buttercream frosting and colored it using two different greens from Wilton. I started with Leaf Green, but didn't like the green it was turning into, so I added Juniper Green to it and luckily it turned into the green I was hoping for. Then I used Wilton tip 233 to make the blades of grass. This was my first time working with this tip and I had so much fun using it. I love that it doesn't have to have a perfect look, so it doesn't really matter how experienced of a decorator you are. The tip itself creates a really cool look and is easy to use. It took a little bit of time to pipe the grass onto each cupcake, but nothing too involved. I bought the little plastic soliders awhile ago, specifically for my son's cake/cupcakes, and they worked perfect. I was really happy with how these turned out and so was the birthday boy!