Virginia Theological Seminary

St. Nicholas Sticker Cupcake Toppers

Make St. Nicholas cupcake toppers with stickers and craft paper.

Eight designs—print an assortment or select just one. Quick and Easy way to make dress up cupcakes for a St. Nicholas party!

St. Nicholas Cupcake Toppers
Purple for Advent
Toppers shown are on 3-inch scalloped circles
St. Nicholas Cupcake Toppers
Multi-colored

Materials

  • Avery Glossy White Print-to-the-Edge Round Labels (#22807), available from amazon.com.
    This glossy sticker paper makes professional quality stickers; package of 10 sheets makes 120 2-inch stickers.
  • You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to print the PDF files.
    See printing tips below.
  • Cardstock or other crisp craft paper, in desired colors
  • 4 or 6-inch Cookie or Lollipop sticks, Bamboo Skewers, Toothpicks or Coffee Stirers
    Wilton 6-Inch Cookie Sticks, available from amazon.com.
  • One-inch Round Seals
    Avery Perforated Mailing Seals, White (#05247), available from amazon.com.
St. Nicholas Cupcake Toppers
All one color
Toppers shown are on 3-inch scalloped circles
St. Nicholas Cupcake Toppers
One color, same design

Equipment

  • Color Ink Jet printer
  • Scalloped or plain 2½ or 3-inch circle punch
    EK Success Paper Shapers X-Large Nesting Punch, Scalloped, 3-inch Available from amazon.com 
    Uchida Clever Lever Mega Craft Punch, Scalloped Circle, 2½-inch Available from amazon.com 

Directions

  1. Choose PDF file, below, to print; open file
  2. For best results set printer properties to "Best print quality" and "Bright White paper"
  3. Print PDF file on sticker sheet; stickers will print a scant ¼-inch beyond sticker edge, making a "print-to-the-edge" sticker
  4. Punch out craft paper circles, plain or scalloped, one for each topper
  5. Center sticker on circle
  6. Attach stick on back of topper with 1-inch round seal (the seal makes a nice finished look and doesn't require the use of hot glue or other adhesive)
Design
PDF file: all 8 images
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PDF file: 4 Eastern images
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Tips for accurate PDF printing:


For Adobe Reader 7.0
In the Adobe Print dialog box, check these boxes: Adobe box For Adobe Reader 8.0
If you are having trouble printing, try clicking on "Advanced" then "Print as Image."

For older versions
In the Adobe Print dialog box, make sure the boxes for Shrink oversized pages to paper size and Expand small pages to paper size are NOT checked. (In some versions the option is Page Scaling: NONE, click to find Fit to pages and Shrink large pages.)

• If you're having trouble downloading the file, right-click on the image and choose "Save target as..." to save it. Then open the PDF with Acrobat Reader and print it following the above tips.

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