Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Thanksgiving Pilgrim & Indian Cupcake Toppers

Poor Thanksgiving.
It seems to get forgotten in the mad rush to Christmas!

And Thanksgiving is such a wonderful holiday...
I love that we Americans dedicate a day to being thankful!
We gather our families together and focus on what is really important in life.


Remember the people who started it all?
To celebrate them, I used candy melts to make some cute
Pilgrim & Indian Cupcake Toppers.
 (I know we say "Native Americans" now. You may call these whatever you like!)

These toppers would be fun to make with your kids.
You can use my template to make the heads,
and let your little ones draw on some faces with frosting.
Then you can enjoy eating them together!

Start by copying or downloading this template:


  • Tape the template to a cookie sheet or piece of cardboard. Tape a sheet of wax paper over the template.
  • Heat your candy melts on 50% power in the microwave for 30 seconds, stir and repeat until melted and smooth.
  • To make the Indians skin color, I used peanut butter candy melts.
  • To make the Pilgrim skin color, I used white candy melts mixed with a tiny drop of yellow and a tiny drop of orange food coloring gel.
  • I used decorating bags fitted with Wilton #3 (small round) tips.


Want to know my secret weapon for getting straight lines and smooth edges
when working with candy melts?
Toothpicks!

First I fill in the outline without trying to reach the edge.
Then I use a toothpick to push the melted candy to the edge
and fill in any empty space or corners.
See before and after in the pics below:


 When your toppers are done, put them in the refrigerator to harden.
Then carefully peel them off the wax paper and turn them over.
Time to pipe on some faces!
You can use more candy melts or frosting.
Tip: A ziploc bag with the corner snipped off works well for little hands.



I want to say how thankful I am for all of you, my wonderful readers!
I love hearing from you and getting to share my cake obsession with you. :0)
You make this blog SO much fun for me!

Happy Thanksgiving! 

Would you like to see another fun tutorial using candy melts?
Check out my Autumn Leaves Cake!

I share my recipes & tutorials at these fun link parties.

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12 comments:

  1. I love this! So creative and an easy way to make a cupcake look amazing! :)

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  2. I love these! so cute!

    Have a wonderful Thanksgiving! =)

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  3. So cute! I know what you mean, it's like the forgotten holiday. Even black Friday sales start on it! Love these toppers.

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  4. So cute! What a great idea to use the wax paper and flip them over! Love it! Thanks for sharing at the Keep Calm and Link Up party! Hope to see you back next week!

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  5. These are so cute!! I super love them and their adorable expressions :)

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  6. I love these I'll have to do this with my kids for Thanksgiving! It's sad how Thanksgiving gets "skipped"over" to Christmas, it is a great holiday.
    Hope you have a Happy Thanksgiving!

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  7. These are adorable Robin
    Thanks for linking up! I featured your post in my wrap up http://tidymom.net/2012/thanksgiving-table-ideas/
    Have a great rest of the weekend

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  8. I would love for you to share this (or any of your other great ideas) at the link party going on now at ‘Or so she says …’ We’ve also got a fun “Favorite Things” giveaway going on through tomorrow. Hope to see you there! www.oneshetwoshe.com

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  10. These are too cute...and you make them look so simple to make. I may have to attempt at Thanksgiving :)

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  11. I agree that Thanksgiving does seem to get passed over in the mad rush to enjoy Christmas! These cupcake toppers are so cute!!! And I agree, they seem pretty easy to do!

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  12. I love Thanksgiving and I love your Pilgrim and Indian cupcake toppers! And first glance I thought you made these using fondant and then I kept reading and you make them with candy melts... which I am a huge fan of!! Awesome!! Love love- will have to do this next year so I am pinning!

    You have a new follower from the Grow Your Blog Blog Hop!

    Shelley

    www.piggyinpolkadots.blogspot.com

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