Grad Cap - Need Advice Rather Quickly
Decorating By texasseegirl Updated 25 May 2010 , 1:45pm by Daisy1
What is the easiest/quickest way to make the flat part of a graduation hat? And is there time to do it before 3:00 Friday with drying time, etc?
Can I cheat and use cardboard and cover that in fondant?
This will be about a 6 inch base for the hat part.
Thanks for any suggestions or ideas.
Michelle
Any help with making the tassel portion of the grad hat? All help is greatly appreciated!! Thanks!!!
Either way will work. You have plenty of time for it to dry by tomorrow as long as you are using gumpaste and not just fondant for the mortarboard (the flat part of the cap)
Personally I think its more impressive if you don't use cardboard, but again either way works
if time is really short or you dont have black fondant use black foamcore, or at least use black foamcore and cover with black fondant. for the tassle press some fondant through a clay gun or garlic press. gather together at one end, then make a short rope to attach them too.
Help, my tassles keep breaking! I have tried both fondant & candy clay without success! How can I keep the strands from becoming dry & brittle then breaking?
I used fondant with a tiny bit of gumpaste mixed in for the flat part of the graduation cap, and then I used fondant to make the tassle. I just made little "noodles" and wrapped another piece of fondant around the top, if that makes sense. The one pic I have of it on here stayed in one piece, and the girls I made it for loved it! HTH
For the mortar board I used cardboard and covered it with a fondant gumpaste mix to make it really strong. My cousin just used gumpaste and let it dry out for two days, that looked really sharp. As for the tassel I purchased a clay gun and used a gumpaste fondant mixture, never broke, even when my husband was driving
I was just about to ask about the tassel! I make the mortar board out of gumpaste and it works perfectly every time. The tassel is another story. I have a clay extruder, used fondant and thought I was doing great until I went to gather all the "strings" and they all broke!! I am going to try mixing the fondant with gumpaste. Has anyone just used gumpaste for the tassel? Last year I ended up using the graduates real tassel.....if all else fails!!
I made mine out of gumpaste and let it dry on a piece of styrofoam. I turned it on the third day and let the other side dry. Worked great.
You could do the tassel as one piece then carve the texture to look like individual threads w/ an exact o knife
I made mine out of gumpaste and let it dry on a piece of styrofoam. I turned it on the third day and let the other side dry. Worked great.
People tend to forget about that part... it's important to flip/turn your pieces so all sides dry evenly.....
Ok, so here's my question....if you use the gumpaste and the clay extruder for the tassel, don't you have to let it dry hanging like a tassel so it will dry in the position you want? Maybe that's where I'm messing up.
I dried my gumpaste tassel hanging over the side of a box, positionly it correctly so it would hang naturally on the mortar board.
Any help with making the tassel portion of the grad hat? All help is greatly appreciated!! Thanks!!!
fondant in pasta machine !! makes it perfect. oh to keep it from breaking, use fondant, add a small amount of corn syrup it will keep it flexible so you can actually move the individual strands around like a real tassle.
I did my tassel, the day the cake was due and it was fine. Fondant with tylose. Did the rope, then the gun extruder, conected them and put them right on the cap right away so it dried hanging down, placed the complete cap on wax paper, until I was ready to set it on the cake 3 hours later. Nothing broke even when I moved it to the cake. I put a lot of tylose and I added a lot of shortenight so it would go thru the gun. I don't know but it break on you because there isn't enought shortening?
What is the best surface on which to place the mortarboard while it dries? Styrofoam?? I set mine on waxed paper on a flat surface and the side that was on the waxed paper is all wavy....
Wax paper keeps the air from getting to the bottom side. Foam is best because it allows the air to circulate. If you don't have foam, try using a towel with a paper towel over it. Just remember to add a little powdered sugar so it doesn't stick to the paper towel and flatten the towel out to get rid of the waves.
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