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Let them eat cupcakes — the mess-free way.

After peeling off the wrapper of a cupcake, tear the bottom of the cake off and hand your kiddo a cupcake sandwich. Though we're sure they'll still manage to find a way to get filthy — kids . . . — at least they won't be shoving their noses directly into the frosting.

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