Decorating spooky cupcakes is always a fun way to celebrate Halloween! It works great as an activity for any Halloween party, playdate, or family night.

For this Witch Cauldron Cupcakes activity, kids can create their idea of what a witch cauldron would be filled with while brewing (the potion ingredients) OR what crazy concoction that potion would create. For example…

Setting Up the Station

I created this cupcake station for my kids and a few of their friends at a Hocus Pocus movie night.

I wanted to have another activity besides the movie… especially since they seem to have a problem sitting through an entire movie when they’re together at this age! ;)

They definitely seemed to enjoy it – and it was fun to see their random creations!

I set the ingredients in the center of the table, with cupcake plates on either side. The cupcakes were devil’s food cake chocolate with green frosting (to represent the cauldron brew).

Each place setting had a paper plate, napkin, and mini bowl (for gathering multiple ingredients to bring to their place setting).

For cupcake decoration options, we had:

• Halloween Peeps (ghosts & Frankenstein monsters)
• Gummy Skulls
• Gummy Body Parts & Gummy Fangs (mixed)
• Sprinkles Mix 1 – Gold & White
• Sprinkles Mix 2 – Purple/Green/Black
• Icing Candy Eyeballs
• Icing Candy Skulls (tiny)
• Icing Candy Halloween Mix (tiny bats, ghosts, etc.)
• Black & Orange Nonpareils
• Twizzlers Pull-Apart Licorice*

*The licorice wasn’t originally supposed to be an ingredient – but the girls kept grabbing it from the candy buffet to decorate, so I’d recommend including it in your station!!

Styling the Station

Most ingredients were placed in bowls or containers, except for the smaller nonpareils and icing candies, which stayed in their original cylinders.

I used a couple of acrylic candy containers, two ramekins, and a 3-part container that’s actually an acrylic kitchen drawer organizer for the rest.

Adding a themed sign and labels made all the difference in the styling!!

The printable candy labels are part of my complete Hocus Pocus Halloween Party Theme. They’re also available as a mini Halloween Treats Set with just the labels and two signs.

I customized the candy labels on my website with fun names like “Potion Bubbles” and “Toil and Trouble” for the two sprinkle mixes.

Cupcake Concoctions

Once the station is set up, you can let the kids have fun with it! Here’s a peek at some of their creations:

The gummy fingers seemed to work well as “tongues” and “noses” for creepy creatures.

Gummy eyes and gummy fangs were favorites as well!

Cupcakes To-Go

I found some 4-compartment cupcake containers on Amazon that were the perfect solution for transporting these home!

Each container was personalized with a name, using the same printable labels I used for the decorating station and candy names.

For more fun Halloween party ideas, check out my Witch Cauldron Charcuterie Board and Easy PB & Chocolate Witch Broomsticks!

Witch Halloween Party Printables

Printables are my favorite *secret weapon* for adding unique style to any celebration! Click here to customize my Hocus Pocus Halloween Party collection for your own party – instantly, online.