DIY Play Cake
I've made several different play foods out of felt for my kiddos to play with, but the one thing they needed most was a cake. They are always throwing birthday parties for each other and what not, and I wanted to make one for them.
I made one myself out of only felt. . . well. . . it didnt hold shape, so as i looked online for how to fix it (and i did, ill post it later hopefully) I found this tutorial here at she wears flowers for one using a hat box. I loved the idea of one with storage for decorations, but didnt have a hat box, or the metal for the outside of it, but to my surprise while searching my craft pile, i found this old cookie tin and thought YES same idea, minus having to cut metal!!
The idea: wrap the tin in felt to look like a cake, make felt decorations that can store inside it, add magnets to the decorations and they stick on the cake. . . awesome, right!!
First, cover the cake! I wanted it to be chocolate, so found a nice brown and cut a strip (or two) the same width as the depth of the tin, sewed them together to the right circumference (to fit snug)
Next, turn this brown circle inside right, and slip over the tin.
Important: The tin needs to close, so make sure you leave the space at the top that the lids comes down to uncovered. Extra will hang over bottom.
Wrap that extra around the bottom and hot glue it in place
Next cut a circle a bit bigger than the lid, and hot glue it on so it touches the rim
mine was a little short but thats ok, im adding a ruffle
I saw instructions for making the felt ruffle HERE (she wears flowers)
after making the ruffle, (well several sewed together long enough to go around) I glued it on the rim of the lid like so:
I made sure it hung over a little that way it would cover up any gap i may have had in the felt
see how cute!!
I liked the ruffle so much i decided to make another for the bottom of the cake too, to more resemble the piped decorative icing on a real cake.
Bottom and top of cake
And then what the kids loved best. . . the decorations!!
For the candles theres a better turorial here.
I just cut the little flame shapes out of red and yellow felt and glued them together with hot glue, then took a 2" square and rolled it up, glued the end to together, glued flame atop, and a round magnet on bottom :)
felt sticks to felt, so i cut random shapes out for them to stick on the cake
i made theses flowers of felt and glued a magnet on bottom
see, here is a cute cake to have with tea,
and here is a birthday cake for all their parties!!
and what i like best. . . all decorations store inside !!
