CUTE BABY HIPPO

CUTE BABY HIPPO

Mar 10, 2020 | Cakes, Modelling

Author: Tina Scott Parashar

FB: TINA SCOTT PARASHAR’S CAKE DESIGN

Skill level: BEGINNERS

TIP:

Tina recommends drying the parts before attaching them to each other. The body especially should dry a couple of hours before you place the head so that it can support the head. Also, if you pre-make the hole where the stick will go in, it helps with drying out the centre of the body faster.

You will need:

  • Saracino modelling paste white coloured with grey
  • Light pink dust for dusting
  • Pre-coloured red wafer paper
  • Red colour gel
  • Wooden cocktail stick
  • Ball tools
  • Dresden tool
  • Sugar shaper
  • Pointed tool
  • Fine paint brush
  • Brush for dusting

Step 1

Take a ball of the coloured Saracino modelling paste, roll it into a sausage shape and then make one end thinner than the other.

Step 2

Use your hands to shape the piece to give the tummy its rounded shape.

Step 3

Using your tool, mark a little V at the bottom to shape it’s cute bottom. 😉

Step 4

Using your sugar shaper, mark the line on the back.

Step 5

Cut the top to get a flat shape for the head to sit on. Insert the skewer and remove it, so that when you leave it to dry, it dries faster in the centre as well.

Step 6

Using your sugar shaper, mark the hip and leg joint.

Step 7

Take two sausage shapes (one thicker for the legs and one thinner for the arms). Cut both into half.

Step 8

Using your fingers shape the ankle, thighs and feet.

Step 9

Use your tool to shape the feet further.

Step 10

Attach the legs to the body. Blend to hide the joint.

Step 11

This is how it will look. You can now adjust the feet the way you would like.

Step 12

Now for the arms, bend the sausage shape to get an almost ‘U’ shape. Use your tool to mark the hand and shape it.

Step 13

Attach the arms to the body. Blend the paste to hide the joint.

Step 14

Take a thin sausage shape of the paste and flatten it at one end to make the tail.

Step 15

Attach the tail to the body and blend the joints. Now let the body dry for at least an hour before placing the head on so that it will support the weight of the big head.

Step 16

Take a big ball of paste. Make sure its bigger than the body.

Step 17

Using your little finger shape the face.

Step 18

Use your tool to mark the lines for the face.

Step 19

Place the head at the required angle on the body. Make your baby Hippo smile using your tool.

Step 20

Using your tool, make the nostrils. Make a hole and then pull the paste out a little to form the flare of the nostrils

Step 21

Smooth the paste around the nostrils with your fingers.

Step 22

Using your ball tool, mark the eyes.

Step 23

Mark the eyebrows. We will paint it later, but it helps to first mark it so that you are happy with the placement of the brows.

Step 24

Mark little dots above the mouth.

Step 25

Take a small piece of paste and cut it into two.

Step 26

Use your tool to shape the ears.

Step 27

Attach the ears to the head, folding it a little at the base to shape it.

Step 28

Insert two black balls of paste into the eye sockets to form the eyes.

Step 29

Using your ball tool, mark two small holes for the twinkle in the eyes!

Step 30

Dust the baby rhino with pink for the cheeks, ears and the other details on the face and body.

Step 31

Take a tiny piece of paste and form it into a V shape for the hair.

Step 32

Attach the V to the head and shape it the way you would like it to sit on the baby rhino.

Step 33

Using a thin brush, paint the eyebrows and other details.

Step 34

Add the twinkle to the eyes by taking two tiny white balls and filling the holes made using the tiny ball tool.

Step 35

Using red gel colour and a fine brush paint the little heart on the baby hippo’s bottom.

Step 36

Take a thin flower wire and two red pieces of wafer paper and cut it into two equal heart shapes. Attach a piece either side of the wire and paint the paper to give a light and shadow 3d effect. Add tiny triangle shapes at the bottom of the hearts to look like a balloon tied at the bottom. Alternatively, you could also make the balloon with modelling paste.

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CUTE KITTEN’S & HEARTS

CUTE KITTEN’S & HEARTS

Mar 4, 2020 | Cakes, Modelling

Author: Carla Rodrigues

FB: PEPPER POSH – SUGAR ARTIST

Skill level: BEGINNERS

You will need:

  • Saracino white Pasta Top
  • Saracino white Pasta Model: white, black and red
  • Green Gel Colour
  • Water brush
  • Rolling Pin
  • Modelling tools: Dresden, small and large ball tools, silicone tool, scriber, pointed silicone tool
  • Knife and scalpel
  • Cornflour
  • Small scissors

Step 1

Add some drops of green gel colour of your choice to white Pasta Top and knead it well. As your colour base is white, you will need to add more green colour to get a dark green.

Tip 1: You can add different kinds of green to get the green you like (garden green, lime, leaf green, etc).

Tip 2: You can add a few drops of yellow if you want a brighter green.

Tip 3: If you don’t have any green colour, just use yellow and blue.

Tip 4: You may want to use gloves so your hands don’t stay coloured.

Step 2

Add a small quantity of black Pasta Model to a good amount of white Pasta Model. Knead it well until you get an even grey colour.

Tip: You can add black or grey gel colour instead of mixing the pastes.

Step 3

Add a small quantity of red Pasta Model to a good amount of white Pasta Model. Knead it well until you get an even pink colour.

Tip: You can add red or pink gel colour instead of mixing the pastes.

Step 4

Cover a cake board or a cake with the green Pasta Top and leave it aside. Smooth the top and sides and trim the excess paste. 

Step 5

Take 4 small amounts of the same size grey pasta Model and roll into 4 egg shapes.

Step 6

One at a time, lay the eggs on its side and gently press and rock the side of your finger just past the halfway point and smooth out a dent.

Step 7

Lightly pinch out the lower legs from the wider end of the eggs. Gently roll the paste between your fingers and stretch away from the body. Repeat on the other end of the eggs to form the arms.

Step 8

Use the Dresden tool to mark in creases where the legs and arms join each body.

Step 9

Pick one of the bodies, use the scalpel to mark the paws and the fingers. Bend the left arm to lay down on his belly and bend the feet flatten gently with your fingers.

Step 10

For the tail, roll a small sausage and attach it on the back of the body leaving it wrapped around the side.

Step 11

Add the details to the underside of the paws with small balls of pink Pasta Model. Gently flatten with your fingers.

Step 12

Pick one of the bodies, lay the body leaving the rounder part facing up. Bend both legs to the front until they are leaning against the body and leave the arms out straight.

Shape the thighs with the silicone tool and use the scalpel to mark the fingers.

Step 13

For the tail, roll a small sausage. Push a small ball tool into the back of the body and insert the tail on, leaving it facing up and slightly bent.

Step 14

Pick another body, bend the legs into a sitting position. Use the scalpel to mark the feet and bend them as shown. Flatten gently with your fingers. Bend the right arm across the chest and bend the left arm to point forwards. Use the scalpel to mark the fingers and add the details to the underside of the paws with small balls of pink Pasta Model. Gently flatten with your fingers.

Step 15

Roll a small sausage for the tail. Push a small ball tool into the bottom of the body and insert the tail on, leaving it facing up and slightly bent.

Step 16

Pick the last body, lay it on its side and bend all the paws forward. Shape the thighs with a silicone tool. Use the scalpel to mark the fingers. Add the details to the underside of the paws with small balls of pink Pasta Model. Gently flatten with your fingers.

Step 17

Roll a small sausage for the tail. Push a small ball tool into the bottom of the body and insert the tail on, leaving it along the back and curled.

Step 18

Take 4 small equal pieces of the grey pasta Model and roll into 4 balls. Keep 2 of the balls in a round shape and shape the other 2 in a doubly tapered shape as shown.

Step 19

Shape triangular shapes to form the noses by pinching small balls of pink Pasta Model with your fingers.

Step 20

Pick the 2 round heads, attach the noses in the centre of each face and mark the nostrils with the pointed end of a silicone tool.

Step 21

Using your large ball tool press to form an eye socket either side of the nose.

Step 22

Use the pointed silicone tool to mark a wide smile on each face. Choose one face to have an open mouth by pushing the wide end of the Dresden tool into the centre of the smile and lightly push down and towards the chin. Finish both mouths by lightly pushing a small ball tool into either end of the smile.

Step 23

Pick one of the tapered heads, make a pointy snout by pinching the centre of the face with your fingers.

Step 24

Using the last head, make each side thinner by pinching the paste slightly with your fingers.

Step 25

Attach the noses in the centre of each face and form the nostrils with a pointed silicone tool. Using the head with the pointy snout, form eye sockets either side of the nose with your large ball tool.

Step 26

Using the three heads you have formed eye sockets. Fill the eye sockets of all three faces with a small ball of white Pasta Model and flatten all the eye balls with your finger. Add a small ball of black Pasta Model on to each eye, press down lightly and finish them with a smaller ball of white.

Step 27

Roll 3 small tapered sausages of black Pasta Model and glue over the eyes. Use the scalpel to cut to size.

Step 28

Our fourth head will have it’s eye’s shut. Roll a small tapered sausage of black Pasta Model and fix as shown to form two eye brows.

Step 29

Use the pointed silicone tool to mark a wide smile on the final two faces. Using the face with open eyes, open the mouth by pushing the wide end of the Dresden tool into the centre of the smile and lightly push down and towards the chin. Finish both mouths by lightly pushing a small ball tool into either end of the smile.

Step 30

To make the ears, take 4 small balls of grey Pasta model and push a large ball tool into the centre of each ball. Add a smaller ball of pink Pasta Model in the centre of each “squashed” ball and push in with the ball tool to create the inner ear.

Step 31

Use the scalpel to cut each ball in half. You now have eight ears. Pinch the tip of each ear into a point.

Step 32

Glue the ears to the heads and use the Dresden tool to push and form the inside of the ear to give the required shape.

Step 33

Give the appearance of depth to the open mouths by inserting a small amount of black Pasta Model. Finish by adding small pieces of pink Pasta Model. Use the pointed silicone tool to mark a central line into the tongue

Step 34

Attach the heads to each of the bodies using wooden toothpicks:

  • Kitten lying down: face with closed eyes
  • Kitten facing down: round head with open mouth
  • Sitting Kitten: face with pointy snout
  • Kitten lying on its side: round head with closed mouth

They are now ready to be placed on the board or on your cake.

Step 35

Make different sizes of hearts from red Pasta Model. Make different sizes and as many as you would like. Use the pointed silicone tool to shape the upper groove in the hearts.

Step 36

For Cupid’s bow roll a red 2cm long tapered sausage and curl both tips in towards the centre. Bend the piece into a curve and glue a thin sausage of white end to end.

Step 37

For the arrow, use a small heart from the previous ones made. Roll a thin sausage of white and trim it to the same width as the hole of Cupid’s bow. Cut out a small rectangle of red paste and cut a V shape from each end as shown. Use the scalpel to mark two diagonal lines on each side. Apply glue to this shape on one side and to the little heart on the other side of the white sausage shape.

Step 38

For Cupid’s wings roll two pea sized balls of white into teardrop shapes. Gently flatten with your fingers.

Step 39

Use the pointed silicone tool to mark a scalloped edge and the lines onto the wings.

Step 40

Shape a heart from a hazelnut sized ball and gently flatten it with your fingers. Run the Dresden tool around the sides to create the effect of a lid. Roll out a thin strip of white paste and glue around the heart, trimming away any excess length. Create a small bow with two tiny triangle shapes of paste and a tiny ball of white. Use your pointed silicone tool to help shape and detail it.

Step 41

For the letter cut a small rectangle of white paste. Use the scalpel to mark lines starting from two corners from the widest part to the centre. Use a little heart to make the closer.

Step 42

Using the sitting kitten, make two cuts on either side of the head using small scissors to give detail to the hair. Gentle glue the bow and arrow to him.

Tip: You may need to support it for a little while until it dries, a piece of foam is excellent for this job.

Step 43

Attach the accessories to the other kittens:

  • Kitten lying down: hearts
  • Kitten facing down: love letter
  • Kitten lying on its side: chocolate box

Step 44

Glue the cupid wings onto the sitting kitten’s back.

Step 45

Roll a few tapered sausages of green Pasta Top and glue them together in groups of two or three, to form small patches of grass.

Step 46

Distribute the grass through the free space and some to come out under the kittens to compose the scenery.

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CUTE DRAGON

CUTE DRAGON

Feb 26, 2020 | Modelling

Author: Lynsey Wilton-Eddleston

FB: SUGARWHIZZ

Skill level: BEGINNERS

FROM LYNSEY:

Change the colour of your dragons to create multiple different figures.

To make your model completely edible, swap the polystyrene egg for 100g of RKT, and use a sugar stick to hold on the head.

Halve the quantities of paste to make tiny dragons.

 

You will need:

  • 10cm Polystyrene egg
  • Balling tools
  • Dresden tool
  • Sharp knife
  • Small rolling pin
  • Size 5 piping tip
  • Silicon tip smoother
  • Paintbrushes
  • Paint palette
  • Clear alcohol (for painting)
  • Cool boiled water (for gluing)
  • Cake pop stick / food safe skewer
  • Modelling Paste:
  • 130g Fuchsia
  • 60g White – Coloured to grey
  • 10g Light blue
  • 6g Dark Purple
  • 4g Green
  • 4g Light purple
  • 3g Black
  • 1g White
  • Gel colours: Black , Blue, Purple, Green

Step 1

Using a sharp knife carefully slice off the very top and bottom of the egg, so that it stands up level on the work surface.

Step 2

Add a small amount of the Saracino black gel to 60g of white modelling paste, knead until the paste turns grey. Roll the paste into a ball and gently press down on the top of the egg.

Step 3

Gently work the paste down around the egg with your fingertips. Don’t worry about it being smooth. The bumps will add to the look of the rock.

Step 4

Gather the paste under the rock and smooth the joins together by rubbing gently with your fingertips.

Step 5

Gently smooth and pinch around the top of the rock to create the edge. Randomly smooth and indent the remaining surface of the rock using your fingertips.

Step 6

Roll 70g of Fuchsia modelling paste into a teardrop shape.

Step 7

Using your thumb and forefinger gently begin to pinch out the tail at the base of the body.

Step 8

Keep stretching and smoothing the paste, rolling it gently back and forth between your thumb and fingertips to elongate the tail.

Step 9

Stick the body into place on top of the rock using a small amount of water. Curl the tail around the side of the rock as shown.

Step 10

Roll 3g of light blue modelling paste into a teardrop. Roll out the paste with a small rolling pin so that it keeps the teardrop shape. Using the veining end of the Dresden tool mark small grooves across the paste.

Step 11

Keep going overlapping each layer until you get to the top of the body.

Step 12

Take 15g of fuchsia modelling paste and divide equally into two. Roll each piece into a short teardrop. Narrow slightly at one end by rolling the paste between your thumb and finger to create the foot. Bend the foot up. Push out the heel and smooth with your fingers. Again, roll the paste between your thumb and finger to narrow the ankle and lengthen the leg slightly as shown.

Step 13

Stick the legs to the body as shown.

Step 14

Use the smoothing end of the Dresden tool to gently smooth the edge of the paste together.

Step 15

Smooth the seems together completely by gently running the silicon tip back and forth across the paste.

Step 16

Take 10g of fuchsia modelling paste and divide equally into two. Roll each piece into a short teardrop. Narrow slightly at one end by rolling the paste between your thumb and finger to create the hand. Gently flatten and smooth the hand with your fingertips. Again, roll the paste between your thumb and finger to narrow the wrist and lengthen the arm as shown. Cut out a small triangle to create the thumb as shown.

Step 17

Stick the arms into place with a small amount of water as shown.

Step 18

Take 30g of Fuchsia modelling paste roll into a ball. Then roll the top of the ball gently backwards and forwards between your finger and thumb to narrow the top of the head. Gently press your finger across the paste to indent where the eyes will sit and form the shape of the face.

Step 19

Use a large balling tool to gently mark two shallow eye sockets as shown.

Step 20

Gently push the smoothing end of the Dresden tool into the paste to create the mouth.

Step 21

Roll two small white balls, two smaller blue balls and two tiny black balls and two teeny white balls from modelling paste. Gently flatten each one with your finger. Stick them into place as shown. Take two tiny balls of black modelling paste, roll them into two sausages tapered at each end. Gently bend them as shown to create the eyelids. Stick the eyes into place first, then stick the eyelids into place. Use the Dresden tool to mark two little creases at the bottom of each eye as shown. Use a small balling tool to indent each side of the mouth as shown.

Step 22

Gently push the cake pop stick down through the body, leave a small amount protruding from the neck to hold the head. Apply a small amount of water to the top of the neck and gently slide the head down the stick into place.

Step 23

Roll two tiny balls of fuchsia paste and stick them into place as shown. Use the small balling tool to gently create the nostrils as shown.

Step 24

Take 7g of the light blue paste and mix with 2g of black paste to create the dark blue paste. Roll three teardrops and flatten gently with your fingertips, stick to the centre of the head as shown. Roll three small balls and stick into place as shown. Keep the remaining paste to one side for later. Take 4g of light purple modelling paste, divide equally into two and roll each piece into a teardrop. Stick these into place on each side of the head as shown.

Step 25

Take 4g of the dark blue paste and divide equally into two. Roll 6 teardrop shapes. Gently gather three together and using the piping tip cut off the bottoms.

Step 26

Stick the spikes to the top of the head as shown, stick the bottom of the spikes to the top of the arms as shown.

Step 27

Take 6g of dark purple paste and roll into a sausage that is tapered at each end and roughly the length of the dragon from head to tail.

Step 28

Roll the paste thinner along the top edge with a small rolling pin.

Step 29

Use a sharp knife to cut the paste into triangles.

Step 30

Take 3g of dark blue paste to roll some smaller teardrops and stick them into place as shown. Use a sharp knife to carefully cut along the bottom of the paste providing a flat edge

Step 31

Apply a small amount of water to the flat edge and stick the paste into place down the back of the dragon.

Step 32

Once stuck into place, gently pinch the tops of the spikes to redefine any that were misshapen whilst sticking into place.

Step 33

Mix a small amount of blue gel colour with a small amount of black gel colour and dilute slightly with the clear alcohol, to create a navy paint. Paint and shade the front of the dragon as shown. You can remove any excess colour with a clean paintbrush and some clear alcohol.

Step 34

Take the remaining dark blue paste and roll tiny balls of various sizes. Stick them in patches to the sides, arms and legs.

Step 35

Stick more to the back of the dragon.

Step 36

Take 5g of fuchsia modelling paste and divide equally into two. Roll each piece into a teardrop and flatten gently with your fingertips. Use the veining end of the Dresden tool to mark the wings as shown. Trim the edge flat with a sharp knife.

Step 37

Apply a small amount of water to the flat edge and stick the wings into place on the back of the dragon.

Step 38

Gently bent the tips of the wings over from the front.

Step 39

Take 4g of green modelling paste and roll various sized teardrops. Group several together and stick to the bottom of the rock, to create grass.

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MOON CAKE TUTORIAL

MOON CAKE TUTORIAL

Feb 19, 2020 | Cakes, Modelling

Author: Patricia Alonso

FB: La Galeteria 

Skill level: BEGINNERS

TIP:

This can be made as a cake instead of a topper. All you have to do is cover the sponge with chocolate ganache and chill well in the fridge. Then you can decorate your cake as shown in the tutorial.

You will need:

  • 50g Saracino green modelling paste
  • 20g Saracino black modelling paste
  • 20g Saracino white modelling paste 
  • 300g Saracino White Pasta Top 
  • Saracino gel colours: black and white 
  • Saracino powder colours: black and green
  • Saracino lustre dust: silver
  • Saracino cake gel
  • Dresden tool
  • Large and small ball tool
  • Fine brushes
  • 15cm styrofoam ball (cut flat at the base)
  • Cocktail sticks
  • Knife
  • Rolling pin
  • Small scissors
  • Piping nozzle Nº 5
  • Round plunger cutters: medium and small
  • Round cutters: 2.5cm, 4cm and 6cm
  • Wire brush
  • Tool to make curved smile

Step 1

Colour 300g of Saracino white pasta top with Black gel colour. I recommend you use a toothpick to do this as you can control the amount of gel you add.

Step 2

Mix evenly to form the grey colour you require.

Step 3

With a small ball roll a sausage shape. Form it into an “O” shape.

Step 4

Apply cake gel to the surface for fixing to the cake.

Step 5

Make as many ‘O”s as you need and fix them to the dummy.

Step 6

The quantity of craters will depend on the size of your project.

Step 7

Roll the remaining grey paste to 5mm thick.

Step 8

Sometimes when mixing paste air bubbles are formed. If you see any when rolled out you can pop them with a sharp pin or needle.

Step 9

Paint the surface with Cake Gel.

Step 10

Cover with the rolled fondant.

Step 11

Use your fingers to form the craters.

Step 12

Use your fingers to give the edges of the craters shape and definition.

Step 13

Cut off the excess pasta top.

Step 14

Form smaller craters with a large ball tool.

Step 15

Form smaller craters with a medium ball tool.

Step 16

Using your Dresden tool give definition to the edges of the craters.

Step 17

Using your wire brush use gently to give a textured finish to the planet surface.

Step 18

Using a thick brush highlight areas of the planet with black powder colour. Remove any excess powder from your brush using a paper towel.

Step 19

Blend the powder colour to give shades.

Step 20

Repeat this over the whole of the planet surface.

Step 21

Using your green modelling paste form small balls and create tear shapes using finger pressure.

Step 22

Mark the smile with the smile tool.

Step 23

Mark the corners of the mouth with a small ball tool.

Step 24

Form a bigger tear shape.

Step 25

Cut the thin end into 3 parts with scissors.

Step 26

Using a section of the 2.5cm round cutter form a mouth.

Step 27

Mark the corners of the mouth with a small ball tool.

Step 28

Apply Cake Gel on the ends that will have ball-shaped eyes.

Step 29

Form and glue little balls to the ends. Make the eyes the size you would like to see.

Step 30

Roll some white modelling paste and cut circles with the medium plunger cutter.

Step 31

Roll some black modelling paste and cut circles with the small plunger cutter.

Step 32

Using the piping nozzle cut some small circles for the smallest pupils.

Step 33

Paint a small dot on the pupils with a fine brush and white gel colour.

Step 34

Fix the heaviest aliens into the craters with a toothpick and Cake Gel.

Step 35

Apply a small amount of Cake Gel to the base of the smallest aliens.

Step 36

Fix them into the craters.

Step 37

Using green dust colour highlight the aliens to give them shade and definition.

Step 38

Mix white modelling paste with black gel to achieve a grey colour. Roll to 4mm thick and cut out a 6cm circle.

Step 39

Pinch the edge with your thumb and index finger to give it a narrow edge.

Step 40

Using your circle cutter, knife and small ball tool mark the detail onto the disk.

Step 41

Using a dry brush dust with silver lustre colour.

Step 42

Roll white modelling paste to 1cm thick. Place a layer of cling film on top. Cut a 4cm circle over the cling film so it stretches and forms a nice dome shape.

Step 43

Glue the top dome to the bottom space ship disk.

Step 44

Fix the UFO onto the planet.

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BOHO RABBIT AND BEAVER

BOHO RABBIT AND BEAVER

Jan 13, 2020 | Modelling

Author: SARAH BRAY

FB: DAISY CAKES BY SARAH

Skill level: BEGINNERS

You will need:

  • 60g Grey modelling paste (Saracino white modelling paste with a touch of black)
  • 15g Light grey modelling pate (Grey paste above with more white modelling paste added)
  • 60g Biscuit brown modelling paste (Saracino white modelling paste coloured with saracino orange, yellow and brown gel colours)
  • 30g Light biscuit brown modelling paste (biscuit brown modelling paste with more white added)
  • 25g Dark brown modelling paste (Saracino white paste coloured with Saracino brown gel colour)
  • Small pieces of Saracino black, Saracino azure blue, Saracino tiffany (light blue) Saracino pink and Saracino white modelling paste
  • Sugar glue
  • Black sugar pearls
  • Saracino edible pink dust
  • Workboard
  • Craft knife
  • Small ball tool
  • Very small ball tool
  • Paintbrush
  • Soft brush
  • Veining tool
  • Blossom plunger cutter (small)
  • Diamond plunger cutter
  • Blade tool
  • Rolling pin

Step 1

Roll 25g of grey paste into an egg shape in the palm of your hands.

Step 2

Push paste into work board to flatten base and use the tip of a craft knife to add texture to the front of the rabbits tummy.

Step 3

For the head take a 20g piece of grey paste and roll into a ball in the palm of your hands. Use the side of your hand to roll the ball backwards and forwards to make a kind of pear shape. Smooth off any edges with your fingers.

Step 4

Use your thumb and index finger to shape the top of the body so that the head will sit nicely on the front.

Step 5

Use some sugar glue to attach the head to the body at a slight angle.

Step 6

Take two small petit pois sized balls of the light grey paste and flatten onto the face.

Step 7

Use a very small ball tool to lightly indent little dots.

Step 8

Shape a small piece of pink paste into a triangle with your fingers and push between the top of the two circles.

Step 9

Make two holes for eyes using the end of the paintbrush

Step 10

Make two further holes on the top of the head for the ears to sit in.

Step 11

For the back legs roll a small cherry tomato sized ball of grey paste into a sausage with your fingers but do not roll it to the end. This larger part will become his back foot.

Step 12

Press the foot onto the board to flatten and rotate with fingers to create a foot shape.

Step 13

Pinch the top of the leg with the thumb and fingers to shape so it will sit neatly against the rabbits body.

Step 14

Push against the side of the rabbit and use fingers to shape the foot if necessary. Do not stick on at this stage so that you can move the legs slightly if needed when the front legs are added. Repeat to make the second back leg.

Step 15

To make the front legs roll a large marble sized ball of grey paste with your fingers in the palm of your hand, leaving the end bigger for the foot (in the same way as for the back legs) Don’t worry if it looks too long you can always remove the excess.

Step 16

Press the wider part into the board with your finger to create a foot.

Step 17

Shape the top of the leg and press onto the rabbit securing with sugar glue if necessary. Repeat to make a second leg.

Step 18

Use the narrow end of a veining tool to make two indents onto each paw.

Step 19

Take small balls of light grey paste and flatten in the palm of your hand for the pads on the rabbits feet.

Step 20

Put a small spot of sugar glue into each hole for the eyes and add black sugar pearl. Widen the hole if necessary with the end of a paintbrush.

Step 21

For the ears roll a marble sized piece of paste into a teardrop shape (approx. 1” in length) and flatten. Secure into hole on head with sugar glue. Support whilst drying if necessary. Repeat for the second ear bending the tip over slightly after sticking in.

Step 22

To make the feathers roll a small teardrop piece of purple paste and flatten. Add little v’s of blue paste and cut slits along both sides with a craft knife.

Step 23

Repeat in pale blue and dark blue to make a second feather and stick both to the rabbits head. Roll a thin white band of paste and stick onto the rabbits head using sugar glue if necessary.

Step 24

Add a couple of little blossom flowers and small rolled roses.

Step 25

For the teeth shape a small piece of white paste into a triangle and push between the bottom of the circles on the face.

Step 26

Roll 25g of biscuit coloured paste into an egg shape in the palm of your hands.

Step 27

Push onto the work board to flatten the base and use your fingers to accentuate the tummy.

Step 28

For the beavers head take a 20g piece of biscuit paste. Roll into a ball in the palm of your hands. Use the side of your hand to roll the ball backwards and forwards to make a kind of pear shape. Smooth off any edges with your fingers and square off the base of the head.

Step 29

Use your thumb and index finger to shape the top of the body so that the head will sit nicely on the front.

Step 30

Use some sugar glue to attach the head to the body at a slight angle.

Step 31

Take two small petit pois sized balls of the light biscuit paste, flatten onto hand and press onto face (as with the rabbit).

Step 32

Shape a small piece of black paste into a triangle and push in between the top of the two circles.

Step 33

Make two holes for eyes using the end of the paintbrush.

Step 34

To make the ears roll a pea sized piece of biscuit paste into a ball and use a ball tool to indent the centre. Cut in half and attach to either side of the beavers head.

Step 35

For the beaver’s teeth take a small piece of white paste and use fingers or a craft knife to make into a small house shape.

Step 36

Push in between the bottom of the two circles (using sugar glue if necessary) and gently mark teeth with a craft knife.

Step 37

To make the feet take a small marble sized piece of dark brown paste and shape into a teardrop. Flatten slightly and use the thin end of a veining tool in a rocking motion to mark two lines. Repeat for the other foot. Set aside to firm up a bit.

Tip: Setting paste aside, particularly the darker colours, can make it much easier to handle.

Step 38

Roll a large marble sized piece of biscuit paste into a teardrop shape and place on your index finger. Use your other hand to pull the paste down gently onto your finger to flatten the base. Repeat for the other leg.

Step 39

Place the foot just next to the beavers body (but not actually stuck to it) With the wider part at the front, push the leg onto the body and foot securing with sugar glue if necessary. Repeat for the other leg.

Step 40

For the front legs roll a small marble sized ball of biscuit paste with your finger in the palm of your hand leaving the end bigger for the foot.

Step 41

Press the wider part onto the board with your finger to make a foot and mark on two lines with the narrow end of a veining tool. Repeat for the other leg.

Step 42

Pinch the top of the leg with your thumb and fingers to shape it so it will sit neatly against the beavers body. Secure both legs to the body with sugar glue if needed.

Step 43

To make the tail shape a large marble sized piece of dark brown paste into a teardrop shape and flatten slightly with the palm of your hand. Use a Dresden tool to mark a diagonal criss cross pattern.

Step 44

Attach to the back of the beaver securing with sugar glue if necessary.

Step 45

Add a spot of sugar glue to each of the eye holes and put a black sugar pearl in each.

Step 46

To make the feathers roll a small teardrop piece of light blue paste and flatten. Add little v’s of purple paste and cut slits down either side as before. Repeat to make a second feather using dark blue and purple paste.

Step 47

Secure both feathers to the head with sugar glue.

Step 48

To make the band cut out a narrow strip of white paste. Use a diamond plunger cutter to cut out small diamonds then cut them in half and attach the triangles to the band.

Step 49

Use sugar glue to attach the band to the beavers head and trim off the excess with a craft knife.

Step 50

For the finishing touch dust the cheeks of both the beaver and the rabbit using a soft brush and edible pink dust.

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