How To Make a Fondant Fairy
Date: Tuesday, September 05 @ 15:20:41 PDT
Topic: How To Articles (Tutorials)



 Satin Ice White Fondant Ready-To-use - 5 lb
Step 1You need to color your fondant mass first to get all the colors you need.


 Ivory Food Color .75 oz 


Soft Pink Food Color .75 oz 

For the skin color I use little ivory and soft pink. Make enough for hands legs and head.

FAIRY 1 (Pink Fairy)

Choose your dress, accessory and hair color and prepare the fondant.
If you don’t have  mold for the face make one from gumpaste and dry it for  few days

Mold for the face is made from this doll.

Step 3Prepare the plate or a base for your figure. I always cover any base with plastic wrap. It will make it easier to get your figure off from the base to put it on the cake.

 I always start from the legs. Make two legs and place them in the position you want on the base.

Position your molded legs the way you want

Step 4Then add the body. You should make the body piece inside pretty skinny as you will be adding fondant to it and it can became easily very fat looking fairy.

Add the body. It is good to add some gumtex in the fondant for the body so it will keep its shape. You don’t need to add gumtex for any other part except if you want the hands to stay up without support.




Step 5When you have made the body, make the head and start with the skirt or dress.

I use here for the skirt flower petal type pieces

When finished with the dress I make sure that I haven’t pressed the pieces too tight on the board. With a thin spatula I unglue them and change their places. You could also put some icing sugar on the base for easy removing later. It is easy to do if fondant hasn’t dried yet.

If your body mass inside is the color you want for the upper part of the dress mold out  the hands, if not, start making the upper part of the dress.



Step 6Then add  hands and arms to the body

If you want to decorate the collar then now it is the time to do it. Also add the pre-molded head & sleeves if you wish.

You notice in the pictures that pink fairy will be much chubbier looking than the white one. White fairy doesn’t have extra layer of fondant on her upper part of the dress



Step 7Basic hair  then add tiny rolled lines to make curly hair.

This is the part that takes most of the time making the figure.

Now paint the face and detail on the dress.



Step 7Wings from petal shapes  and finished fairy.

Note: For an extra realistic effect, you can create realistic edible wings

FAIRY 2 (White Fairy)









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