Ot- Need To Create Snowperson For Daughter's School Project
Decorating By stormy2500 Updated 16 Jan 2007 , 6:09pm by indydebi
My 8 year old and I need to create a snowperson for a school project. I was thinking of using royal icing somehow to create it. We can make it 3D if we want...which would be great.
Anyone have suggestions on how to create this? I've never used royal icing before and am just a beginning decorator.
It has to be easy to transport to school since it has to go on the school bus, but also something that won't break easily.
Doesn't have to be edible. School won't let you eat homemade items. Size doesn't matter too much...just don't want a 3-tier cake (maybe if it was mini?)
She has to be able to transport it on the school bus...so it does need to be something easy for her to carry.
Need to add: It must be stable enough to remain on display throught the end of January.
Marshmallows might shrink up when they start to dry out...I think royal would be your best bet. If you've never worked w/ it, that's okay. Just be aware that it is REALLY thick when you make it. But, you can always put it in maybe a tupperware for the trip to school, and it dries rock hard, so you won't have to worry about it not lasting. Good luck and HTH!
She could make it out of mmf...would be like playing with play doh. My 6 year old loves to make things with it. She could even use styrofoam balls insice if she wanted it to be a little lighter, but all mmf wouldn't be too heavy. Push a wooden skewer thru the middle to hold it all together. I have a snowman cake in my photos with a mmf snowman on top.
So...we've decided to use royal icing. We are going to create a little snow scene of 1 regular snowman and 1 melting snowman.
Would it be best to cover the cardboard base with foil first since we are using the icing?
Also...we would like to make a few things out of fondant. Is that really easy to use and also to color it? I was just going to purchase the premade fondant at Michael's. Can we just use a knife to cut the designs or should we be using special tools? To color...do we just use the normal Wilton color that I use for frosting? Does fondant stick to wire?
Thanks.
If the product is not going to be eaten, it's up to you whether or not to cover the board. Just aesthetics.
You can do anything with fondant that you'd do with play-doh. The consistency is about the same. It's really easy to color it, too. Just use the same gel-colors you have with your buttercreams. Just knead the color into the fondant as if you were kneading dough or whatever. Deep dark colors will have to have quite a while to sit, though--for the colors to peak.
It may be easier to use the pre-tinted colors from Wilton, if they have the ones you want.
You can use wires to stabilize the figures very easily. I usually use toothpicks in mine. There are several CC articles on fondant, just look on the home page. There's one on there about making a fairy.
HTH,
--Knox--
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