Cupcake Wrapper SVG

Two lace wrappers

Store-bought cupcakes look party-ready in a decorative wrapper, and these two give you a choice. Both are curved bands, the shape a flat strip needs to wrap around a tapered cupcake. The longer curved edge is scalloped and becomes the top rim. A short glue tab sits at one end, joined by a dashed fold.

The red wrapper has a row of heart cut-outs near the scalloped rim and a row of small round holes beneath it. The blue one swaps those for a row of stars and a row of tiny diamonds. Each wrapper is a single color; the lace comes from the holes.

Pieces and weeding

The solid file has 4 pieces and 52 cut-outs. The two wrapper bands are the main parts, and the lace holes make up most of the cut-outs. On card there is no hand weeding, but check that every heart, star and dot has dropped out before lifting the wrapper off the mat. It passes our cut checks from about 3 inches wide.

Color layers

• Red in cherry red: the wrapper with hearts and dots
• Blue in cobalt blue: the wrapper with stars and diamonds

Keep it decorative

A wrapper goes around the outside of a paper baking cup, not against the cake itself. Bake each cupcake in its usual liner, then slip the wrapper on just before the party. Card and craft glue are not food surfaces, and this file is not food-safe, so keep the wrapper from touching the cupcake directly and take it off before eating.

Finding the right size

Baking cups vary a lot, so measure before you cut. Wrap a strip of scrap paper around the top of a baked cupcake in its liner, mark where it meets, and compare that length with the scalloped edge in your design software, leaving the tab extra. As a rough starting point:

These are estimates, not tested sizes. This template has not been folded and tested by us, so do a test cut on scrap card and wrap it around a cupcake before you cut a batch.

Making a set

1. Cut the wrappers from 65 to 80 lb card; it curves more easily than heavy card.
2. Fold the tab along its dashed line. The dashes need no scoring tool, but they are a little weaker than a scored crease.
3. Curl the wrapper around a cupcake to set the curve, then glue the tab behind the opposite end.
4. Let the glue dry fully before the wrapper goes near the cupcakes.

Color choices

Gold or silver card makes the lace feel elegant; white looks like doily paper. Try a few in the editor with our guide to changing SVG colors, then cut half in each color.

Pairs well with

The Cupcake Pick Set finishes the top of each cupcake, and the Sprinkle Cupcake puts the theme on a sign for the dessert table.