This particular doll birthday cake is made from materials easily found about the house and the candles are also removable. I included thirteen holes in the top of the faux dessert so that the children could insert however many they wish, thereby celebrating any of their doll's pretend birthday parties up to the age of thirteen. Of course, the number of holes you decide to include in a cake like this one, may be multiplied if you wish to use it with even older dolls.
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| The finished Birthday Cake. |
Supply List:
- cardboard tube (size depends on how large you want your cake to be)
- corrugated cardboard scraps
- pencil
- masking tape
- decorative scrapbook paper
- laces and trims from your sewing basket
- white school glue
- wooden skewers
- cotton balls
- glitter or tinsel
- milk jug cap or some other kind of cap (for pedestal under cake)
- First you will need to cut a recycled, clean cardboard tube to the size you want the doll cake to be. I used a breadcrumb box for my doll's cake. It measured approx. 3" tall by 4" across after I cut it down.
- Trace around the outside of your cardboard tube using a pencil on top of a scrap piece of corrugated cardboard. Do this twice to cut two circles the same size.
- Then glue and also tape each circle to both the upper and lower parts of your tube to create a hollow, closed, round shaped box. Let it dry.
- Use the sharp, pointed end of your scissors to puncture the top of your doll's cake with small holes where the wooden skewers will go. These skewers will become the candles of the birthday cake when it is finished. I made 13 holes for this sample doll cake.
- Cut to fit the sides of the cake with decorative paper. I chose a dark rose patterned paper. Glue this on the sides.
- To make the thick frosting on the top, unwind cotton balls and stick this to the top surface of the cake to mimic a white fluffy frosting. The photo below shows that I stuck toothpicks inside the holes of the cake to make sure the glue and cotton would not stop-up my candle holes during this process.
- Glue additional lace, ribbon, more icing between layers of your doll's cake to dress it up around the sides of the cake. Trim it however you wish your cake to look; there are so many possibilities!
- I cut an additional stand for this cake using more corrugated cardboard and also glued this to the top of a milk cap to make the 'foot' of my cake stand. You could display your doll's birthday cake on a fancy dish instead if you like.
- The last step for making this cake was to drip white glue all over the cotton icing and sprinkle it with transparent glitter.
- I made the candles by wrapping the ends of the skewers with cotton and white glue. This is a very fancy way to make candles. However, you do not need to make your candles this way if it seems a bit fussy! Click here to see simpler crafting methods for your Birthday cake candles shown in a former project. Some of these candles are merely painted skewers, some are rolled paper and some are real birthday candles made from wax.
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| Left, the cardboard tube prepped for a doll's cake. Center, toothpicks keep the holes open on our cake while the cotton batting top dries. Right, the layers of lace are applied to make our cake even fancier. |
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| Left, a close up photo of the candle details. I also squeezed a bit of hot glue to the surface to mimic melted wax. Center, I chose to paint the candles in the following colors: mint green, baby blue, yellow, pale red, and two shades of lavender. Right, now the cake is ready for our American Girl dolls to celebrate their birthdays from ages 1 to 13, whatever age their mother's decide they should be. |
The Official Birthdays of Historical American Girl Dolls:
- Felicity Merriman - April 21, 1765
- Elizabeth Cole - November 5, 1765
- Josefina Montoya - March 19, 1815
- Kirsten Larson - June 8, 1845
- Addy Walker - April 9, 1855
- Samantha Parkington - May 26, 1895
- Nellie O'Malley - October 15, 1895
- Caroline Abbot - October 22, 1802
- Rebecca Rubin - April 4, 1905
- Kit Kittridge - May 19, 1923
- Ruthie Smithens - August 22, 1923
- Molly McIntire - April 22, 1934
- Emily Bennett - September 29, 1933
- Julie Albright - May 1, 1966
- Ivy Ling - February 28, 1966
- Courtney Moore - February 12, 1976
Doll Birthday Parties Online:
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ReplyDeleteI visited your shop and love your wall art. I'm sure crafters here would love to include something like these decorative crafts in their own doll houses.
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