DIY Cake Toppers: 30+ Creative Ideas to Wow Your Party Guests

This easy DIY cake topper with paper flowers is an easy cake decorating idea everyone should try. Perfect for a birthday cake, Mother's Day, wedding, or baby shower!

Make a stunning but simple DIY tassel balloon cake topper for your next party. it's totally Instagram worthy! How to make a cake topper.

Make braided rainbow colors to connect and add to your cake. This DIY rainbow cake topper would be great for St Patrick's Day or any celebration!

Get out your circle hole punch for this fun cake topper. It is super easy to make and would look great on any cake!

Make any cake look fabulous with an awesome DIY cake topper. Only a few supplies needed and your cake will look fun and festive!  Almost too good to eat.

Learn how to make these DIY number cake toppers with Wilton candy melts and sprinkles! The easiest edible cake topper tutorial ever.

This cake topper is colorful and adorable (who doesn't love things that are mini?!) and easy and customizable. This paper chain is perfect for any celebration, and you can even get your kids to help make it.

This simple project adds the perfect, colorful touch to a holiday party! Make these DIY Christmas cake toppers with just a few supplies.

Use Mod Podge to attach a favorite photo to an acrylic hexagon. Perfect for a wedding or engagement cake, but really this DIY photo cake topper would work for any party.

If you don't want to use a wood shape - just use cutouts! These little couple cakes are so cute! These toppers are great for engagement parties, bachelorette, or weddings.

Celebrate the love for a new arrival by creating a handmade cake topper. Flowers and honeycombs can be made out of any color combo you wish! A raspberry, blush and bubblegum pink combination would be so sweet for a baby girl. Don’t know the gender yet? An all-white version would be darling!

Jazz up your New Years Eve with an easy-to-cut cake topper. Pair it with some glitzy glitter paper, and you have serious “wow-factor” for your celebration!

Honestly I never thought about topping a cake with LOTS of candles! You don't even necessarily have to light them all, but the variety of candles sure does look cute.

You can get balloon animal kits at the dollar store! Not only are they fun for decorating the party, but you can also put them on top of a cake.

Inspired by a fantastic rainbow arch, here’s the mini version for a cake! Full of everything fun – balloons, honeycomb balls, candy – this cake topper really “takes the cake." Make it for St. Patrick's, a birthday, Pride, or any other celebration where you want a lot of color.

An extraordinary mother needs an extraordinary cake! What I love about this particular cake topper is that it's got lots of colors and takes the word "floral" to a new extreme. Does it remind you of A Small World at Disneyland? Because it does me!

Adding flowers to the top of your cake is really impressive. Find out how easy it is to do, and get great tips from Stephanie.

If you're not feeling particularly inspired but want a cute cake topper, this one is very easy. Simply make two "clouds" using frosting, and then use a rainbow strip of candy to connect them. Easy peasy for spring or summer!

Add a festive touch to your autumn celebrations with this brilliant fall cake topper! It’s very easy to make and you can customize the colors!

Create this DIY cake topper with any number, name, or fun phrase you like. They are simple to make with only a few materials needed.

Glitter does a heart good! You can use any wood shapes along with skewers and glitter paint to make these cute toppers.

Turn a store bought cake into something special with these DIY pom pom cake toppers. So easy, and inexpensive! There's another version making letters out of pom poms here.

This rustic cake topper is easily made with wire and fresh thyme. A heart shape is great for a wedding cake but you could make numbers or letters too!

String together whatever you would like to say with this DIY alphabet bead cake topper. Since these letters are beads they already have holes so this DIY is super easy!

Use a die cutting machine to make these tropical leaves for the top of your cake. They look great surrounding the flamingo!

Metallics are a popular choice for graduation, a milestone birthday, an evening wedding, or even a retirement party! This pinwheels are easier to make than you think.

Use kid's toys to top off your cake. For this one, she spray painted them and gave them the bride and groom treatment for a wedding cake.

We love plastic animals around here! These were put on top of a birthday cake, but the part that is really fantastic is the mini hats with pom poms that were put on top.

If you want to make your own cake topper but don't necessarily want to spend any money, this is a great option! There's a free printable for a happy birthday banner, and you probably have the rest of the supplies around your house.

Take a plain cake to new heights with this DIY paper heart cake topper for Valentine's Day. So easy, and so cute!

Create a 'gingerbread' house for the top of your cake using graham crackers, icing and mini candies. Add other accessories or create a mini village.

Make hot glue gun snowflakes and use them as a fabulous snowflake cake topper! This craft is perfect for winter, Christmas, or New Year’s Eve.