Maybe this belongs in cake ideas...please move if need be..
Anyway...every year our little community holds a Festival of Trees, towards the end of November.
Local businesses, and individuals can enter a decorated tree, everyone comes, there's a craft fair, Breakfast with Santa, whole deal.
It's lovely.
Not every entry is a "tree". Like, one year, the local tire dealership entered a pile of tires, strung with lights.
So, I'm thinkin'... cake??
Beyond the get a tree, make some RI ornaments to hang, general idea, any thoughts on what I could do cake wise?
Something tall, something fun...and something I can get my kids involved with...and maybe drum up some cake business too
It coud be set on a table, so tall all on its own isn't a complete necessity...but I do want "wow!"
Any thoughts,link suggestions, whatever...much appreciated!
What about making a cookie Christmas tree? I have one in my photos if you don't know what I mean. For the one I made I used a set of 8 graduated star cutters, I think it was 8. But if you want to make a bigger version you could perhaps use star templates and do really big stars. If you want a jumbo version you could make the stars out of RCT, that would give each "cookie" a bit more height which would make the overall tree taller.
Or just a very tall tiered cake decorated like a Christmas tree would be nice too.
A giant cupcake tree could open up the imagination for all kinds of fun. A giant cookie star on top, the outter row of cupcakes on each level turned on it's side maybe with ornaments on them. You could use mini led lights since they don't give off any heat. Or cookie ornaments hanging from the plates on each tier. Fondant Snowflakes on wires, falling down all around them. Oh, I wish we had that here, I'd be starting now.
Can I come and work on this with you???? oh please..........
Can I come and work on this with you???? oh please..........
I wanna help too!
You could get several foam core boards graduated sizes. Place ribbon on the edges. separate the boards with a styro block or ring. Cover the styro in something festive. Basically a cuppie tower. You can then add all kinds of treats, as layer of fudge, divinity, cupcakes, candies, all up the tower. Make mini cookies and place a small hole in them, bake, decorate and add the ribbon for a loop to decorate your tree. I would make little petite fours for the bottom tor resemble packages. It would be a tree, you could highlight all your products, your children could help with various items and you will make it a vison for all to see. Let me know when we get started!
Oooo - oooo- and oooooo!!!
It all sounds wonderful!!
Beautiful inspiration, BakingGirl!
AND!!!
Then, at the end, I could donate the yummies from the tree for an auction!
The Festival donates all proceeds to our local community foodbank.
My guest rooms are ready, let me know when you're all arriving!!
Now I'm excited too!
OK...
So chatting with DH about "our fabulous CC" Christmas ideas...
The pharmacy he works at is putting in a tree, and the store decorating theme for this year is "Happy HollyDays"
The tree would come back to the store as part of the store's Christmas decorations.
So...what if we did a cake/christmas tree combo?
Christmas tree, bottom tier of branches, large tier of fondant covered dummy decorated with holly...next tier of artifical branches, next size down fondant dummy, etc, etc....
Hanging from the tree branches, are more RI holly decorations..
Under the tree, cello wrapped bags of petit four "gifts", cello wrapped fudgies, cake balls, and holly cookies.
Kids and staff can help with all of that!
I'll run it all by the store manager tomorrow, and let you know 
...I'm thinking to get the cake boards onto the tree means we have to cut the tree "trunk", and use the same method with the Wilton tall tier stand idea.....with the plastic center pole and the nuts that tighten it all together...
OH!
What if we put the whole thing on a revolving tree stand???
Heehee!
..."it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...!!"
see favs, our first road trip and you haven't even moved in yet! Has Mel planned a road trip? With a fun project? To help a fellow CCer? I think not!
OP, in a wilton year book, they took that center tier stand and made a tree. I am so thinking about the challenge on FN with cake then cuppies inbetween. I so can see this as tree, break into goodies, tree, goodies, all with a holly theme. I just can't upload the pic from my head! 
see favs, our first road trip and you haven't even moved in yet! Has Mel planned a road trip? With a fun project? To help a fellow CCer? I think not!
OP, in a wilton year book, they took that center tier stand and made a tree. I am so thinking about the challenge on FN with cake then cuppies inbetween. I so can see this as tree, break into goodies, tree, goodies, all with a holly theme. I just can't upload the pic from my head!
Exactly!!
Under the tree - goodies
Then Tree, with the RI decoration
Then goodies, with holly theme
Then tree, more RI
More goodies, holly theme
Last bit of Tree,THEN...
Big holly theme topper...wire and sparklies out of the top!
Tada!!
We win! "Happy HollyDays!!"
LOL!
So, who's up for a road trip!!!
Next year's theme..I want to do snowflakes...hahah!
So fun
Oooh I stumbled upon this thread looking for a 'how to make your own cake drum' search. Once I started reading I couldn't stop. You all have me excited now for christmas!!!!! I would love to see pictures when it's all done! And thank you all for the great ideas, I've been trying to figure out a way for my daughter to help with the goodies this year!
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