Spa Cake Topper

I recently started making these little Spa Cake Toppers, available in my Etsy shop: Jadestone Studio

What little girl doesn't love getting pampered and having her nails done!?!  These are the perfect cake topper for a Spa party theme, which is so popular right now.  I have to say, they are one of my favorite toppers to make!  

Angry Birds Balls!

If you're planning an Angry Birds birthday party, you're going to love this idea!  I found this amazing tutorial on making an Angry Birds Can Toss game:
http://homemadebeautiesbyheidi.blogspot.com/2011/10/day-2-of-bird-day-week-angry-birds-can.html#!/2011/10/day-2-of-bird-day-week-angry-birds-can.html

The tutorial shows you how to make the Red Angry Birds and the Can Pigs.

As soon as I saw this on Pinterest, I knew I had to do this for my son Eli's upcoming Angry Birds Party!  So, I headed down to the local Dollar Tree.  I was so happy to find not only a red ball, but also green, blue, and yellow balls.  I was a little disappointed that they didn't have a black ball...only because Eli's favorite Angry Bird is the black bomb bird.  Anyway, I already have an enormous supply of acrylic craft paint, so the entire project only cost me $4.  

I found photos of each Angry Bird online and just printed them out on my computer, taped them to the ball, outline it with a black Sharpie, and then filled in the center lines after removing the paper from the ball.  I used my craft paint to make the birds come to life!  After the paint dried, I went back over each bird with the Sharpie to make the outline more defined.  So fun!  Eli even got to assist me with this project, which he loved!

Here's the final results!  

Blue Bird

Green Bird

Red Bird

Yellow Bird

One happy almost 5 year old :)

We haven't made the can pigs yet, but that will be our next project!  I'll post pictures once they're finished.

Angry Birds Cake Toppers

The sounds of angry birds flying through the air and smashing into wooden, glass, and stone blocks, crushing pigs is pretty much a constant in our house.  Yes, we all play Angry Birds...I mean you doesn't these days!?!

So, when I asked Eli what theme he wanted for his 5th Birthday, the answer wasn't much of a surprise...he wanted an Angry Birds Party!  While his birthday is still 5 months out, I'm a little crazy so I started immediately scouring the web for Angry Birds party ideas.  Well, saw many adorable AB themed cake toppers, but they were all made of edible fondant/gum paste.  My thought, why not make clay Angry Birds toppers that he could keep after the party was over!

And voila!  My hand sculpted Angry Birds Cake Toppers.  I'm not completely finished...I may add a few more birds, pigs, some flying blue birds, and more structural pieces.  So far, so good.

Clay Angry Birds & Pigs for Eli's Birthday Cake

The pigs along with a frying pan with 3 eggs, wooden blocks, stone blocks, and glass blocks.

The Angry Birds!

If you're interested in having your own set of Angry Birds cake toppers, please email me at: jadestonestudio@gmail.com