So for about a year my friends have been telling me to read The Hunger Games. They were enthralled by the series and couldn’t put them down. However, when I heard them all talking about the storyline and the books in general, I always thought to myself, that sounds freaken awful! A government that throws teenagers into a “Colosseum” to kill each other, definitely not for me. But I think we can all see where this is going…
When our librarian asked for teachers to volunteer to lead book groups over our March break, I told her I’d love to lead one. I rarely find time to read when classes are in session so I figured it was a perfect time to catch up. She sent a few suggestions based on books I was interested in, but when I saw the commercial for The Hunger Games movie, I thought, perfect.
I had a pretty large group of kids sign up to read it and will be leading my first book group discussion tomorrow night. In honor of The Hunger Games and Katniss Everdeen, I made some “Girl on Fire Cupcakes.” I used a box mix, as kids often don’t appreciate the work that goes into making things from scratch, but I’m looking forward to their feedback! Sometimes teenagers can be the toughest critics!
They weren’t too difficult to make. As I said, I used a boxed yellow cake, making it according to the directions. Then I divided the cake into 3 semi even bowls and died one red, one yellow, and one orange (yellow + red) and swirled a bit with a toothpick. Next, I layered the colors in the cupcake tins with the red on bottom and yellow on top. After baking according to box directions, I let them cool (important). While cooling I mixed 2 cans of frosting (1 decorating and 1 vanilla) and split into 3 bowls. I dyed them orange, red, and yellow and put into my decorating syringe layering them and frosted the cupcakes! Good luck making them them…
“May the odds be ever in your favor…” – Suzette Collins, The Hunger Games
These are wild! My students will love it when I make these cupcake for them. They are so into the Hunger Games series. I am so happy they are all reading on their own. This will be their treat. Thanks for sharing!
I had my book group tonight! It went really well! The kids are so insightful!
These look amazing!
What did you do to get the multi-colored frosting effect?
I just put different kinds of frosting into the frosting piper!
Clever idea! My 3 yr old son is having his birthday at the firehouse. I am making a firetruck cake but I was worried that it wouldn’t feed everybody. I know it’s not what you intended them for,but these cupcakes will be perfect!
Awesome! I hope they are as much of a hit at your son’s party as they were at my book club!
They were a huge hit. Thanks again for the idea.