Fake Cupcakes!

Step 4 Toppings!

Now prepare your toppings! Decide on what you would like on top of your cupcakes and figure out a non-food substitution for them. I made most of mine out of polymer clay which I then baked at 275 degrees F for 15-20 min. I added some acrylic paint to some and used water-based varnish on the ones that were supposed to be shiny. *do not use oil-based products on polymer clay!* they never dry and remain sticky. For the "sugar" I used fine craft glitter. Coconut could easily be made from painted wood curls....just use your creativity to come up with exciting toppings! If you have a great idea, please post it on the comments so that the rest of the art community can use it too!
Once you are done making your yummy toppings, it's time to make the card-holder or ornament-hanger.
Using your wire, make a spiral about the size of a quarter, leaving a tail about 1 1/2" long (see picture) for a card holder
For an ornament hanger, form a "u" shape with ends about 1" long.
That's all there is too it!
To see some ideas for toppings, just look at the picture. If you have any questions, post them!

Comments

[portwood1]

Ok, so I am making my first "batch"....everything went great until it came time to ice the cupcakes! I mixed the ACRYLIC paint with the spackle and it became really really runny! =( What am I doing wrong? Is it because the paint is "water based?" Do they make "Non-water based" acrylic paint? Thank you! Angie

[shortone]

No, you should have used acrylic just like you did. It's strange that the spackle got very runny...how long did you mix it for? If you mixed it for a long time that may have been the problem, I suppose?

[anaturals]

You need to use either artist paints in a tube or go to the hardware with your own container and get the tints which are super concentrated since they are used to time paints.

[Alyakpink]

Nice job!! I thought the nuts were real at first, and i would have eaten them if you didn't say!!! :-)

[shortone]

lol thanks! They were actually probably the easiest to make

[PiNKiSH]

can u do an instructional video on how to make the bananas? i know what millifiori is but its hard to understand your instructions...how did you make the confetti sprinkles...thank you sooo much for posting xoxo

[jeff-o]

So these toppings are all made of polymer clay?? Nice!

[shortone]

yep...all polymer clay. they were pretty easy to make, just time-consuming

[watermelonhead]

how did you make those bananas?

[shortone]

ok...this is going to soumd complicated. If you have ever heard of millefiori, i used that technique. pretty much, i started with a small-ish roll of brown.Then, I wrapped a layer of banana yellow around it and rolled it out. Then i cut it into about 5 segments, and rolled those together. I cut that into about 5 segments and rolled them together again. Then, I wrapped the whole log thing in a thick layer of light banana yellow, and then another layer of even lighter banana yellow. then I rolled it out to the diameter I wanted and sliced it. A much simpler way, however, would be to make sliced banana-sized chunks of light yellow, and then indent them a bit in the middle and put tiny "spokes" radiating out...look at a real banana. Then, after baking, use a tiny paintbrush or a toothpic to add the seeds with brown acrylic paint. hope that helped...