Start by designing a topper for your own cake, and keep going by designing for friends, family and beyond!
On your wedding day, it really is all about YOU. So why not design a just like the one you've always dreamed of? While you're at it, acquire enough materials to start designing toppers for friends and family too! Cake toppers aren't only for wedding cakes; a topper will provide a professional looking touch to cakes for any occasion.
Instructions
Design Cake Toppers
1. Sketch out the style of cake topper you would ideally like to design. The type that will be easiest for your first topper will be the elegant miniature gazebo or arch style toppers. Choose the type, color, and amount of flowers you would like on the topper, as well as the form of the structure you hope to use.
2. Go to a craft store with your sketch. Many craft stores will have the pieces necessary to build a cake topper, such as plastic gazebos, arches, platforms and columns for your topper's base. You will also find ribbon, beads, fake flowers, miniature bells and nearly anything else you thought to sketch onto your ideal topper. If you cannot find quite what you had in mind when you designed your topper, don't worry; you might be able to find what you need by searching wedding craft sites online. Buy extras of all of the materials in case you make a mistake or to make toppers for other people's cakes too!
3. Arrange the elements you have chosen however you think looks best. You might find that the pieces don't look quite as you imagined in the original design, or you might try different configurations and discover one that you like even better. Be aware of the weight of your elements. For example, some children's cakes have toy cars or plastic castles on them, but these can be too heavy for a small cake. In general, a cake topper should weigh less than a pound. Ribbons and beads are lighter decorations. You can also use foam core to cut out shapes like a baseballs, animals or any larger objects you would like to recreate.
4. Glue the pieces together with a hot glue gun. This will be the most difficult step. To minimize mistakes, and "do-overs," glue one element at a time and let it dry before adding the next. Be sure the gun is hot before you start to glue, but use the "low" setting if your glue gun has one. Hot glue will dry very quickly, so allowing the topper to dry between each piece will not slow the process (and it will be a lot faster than starting over if you get hot glue all over your ribbons!).
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