Make birthdays in the classroom extra fun with this giant pencil cake!
You will need: (some affiliate links used)
- FloraCraft 8″, 10″ and 12″ foam cake forms
- FloraCraft Smooth Finish
- Craft Paint
- Aleene’s Tacky Glue
- Hot Glue Gun
- Pom Pom Trim (I bought mine at Walmart, but then I found a similar style on Amazon for way cheaper… dang!)
Step 1: Cover the foam with Smooth Finish. This stuff is amazing! If you haven’t used it before, it is made to fill in the holes of the foam so you can paint it. I used a kitchen spatula to apply it since I wanted it to look like frosting and guess what? It totally looks just like frosting! To cover the three cake forms (I only did the parts that would show when stacked) I used two and a half jars.
Comments & Reviews
This is totally amazing! Really fantastic job…I’m inspired! Only problem for me is I don’t have a dedicated classroom, so I need to figure out how to make a more portable version…time to get the thinking cap on!
Thank you SO MUCH for this! I wanted to do a pencil cake for birthdays next year, but the crafty side of my brain is frazzled and I couldn’t think of a way to do it and make it look cute. I LOVE this and will be making it this week!!