Playful Toppers
Rosie Cake-Diva
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- In-depth Instruction; over 169 mins
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Materials & Skin Tones
11:24
Meet your instructor, Rosie Cake-Diva! First, discover how fondant, modeling chocolate and gum paste aid in creating fabulous figures. Learn Rosie's secret modeling mix for a perfect ratio of pliability to stiffness and model a former to help you create perfect heads every time!
Custom Faces
28:24
Rosie has a face for every figure modeling skill level! Start with Rosie's beginner face for easy-to-master figures. Then add details to create more realistic lips, eyes and noses for advanced figures. You may even want to add freckles and rosy cheeks!
Simple Sitting Girl
23:52
Finish your first topper of a charming girl sitting on the edge of the cake! Create simple shoes, delicate legs and arms and a pretty pleated dress. You'll also add small details such as flower blossoms and wavy hair for the final lifelike touch.
Simple Standing Boy
25:35
Move from a sitting girl to a standing boy as you learn how to model and support Rosie's handsome figurine. Learn the importance of drying elements as you go to ensure your figure will stand upright! Finally, create pants and a personalized, monogrammed sweater to match the special child in your life.
Ballerina & Fairy
29:08
Build on your sweet sitting girl using Rosie's easy-to-follow tips and techniques as you add details to turn her into a beautiful ballerina or a fanciful fairy. Add curls, wings and a tutu to expand your repertoire of playful toppers!
Cowboy & Pirate
31:22
This lesson takes the details up a notch! Follow Rosie's directions to create a cowboy or girl with details like a checkered shirt, cowboy hat and boots. You'll also learn the elements to create a pirate! Watch closely to make a ruffled shirt, eye patch and pirate hat.
Prince & Princess
18:48
Step up your figure's details and make a cheeky young prince and beautiful princess. Combine your skills learned from previous lessons to create fun poses and new clothing designs. You'll also learn to braid hair as an added touch for girl figurines. These toppers are too gorgeous!
Description
Learn how to make the cutest little kid cake toppers and personalize them for any special boy or girl’s party. With award-winning decorator Rosie Cake-Diva as your guide, you’ll start by creating the perfect mix of decorating mediums for figure modeling and color it to create custom skin tones. Next, learn to model sweet, convincing faces with confidence. With these essential skills covered, you’ll find out how to create both a sitting girl and a standing boy cake topper featuring fun accents such as flower blossoms or a basketball. Then, discover how to transform your simple girl and boy figurines into detailed princesses, princes, fairies, pirates and more, so it’s easy to create toppers both children and parents are sure to adore!
Rosie Cake-Diva
After a career as a helicopter pilot in the British Army, Rosie started a family and began decorating cakes. With her academic background in architecture, Rosie pushed herself to test the limits of her sweet designs. As Rosie's cake decorating skills grew, so did the praise, and eventually she was honored with the Wedding Cake of the Year Award from Cake Masters magazine. Today, more than 1 million people follow Rosie's decorating on social media.
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