How to sculpt figurines from mastic with your own hands for decorating a cake

If we talk about mastic, then it is in its consistency very similar to plasticine. It's very interesting to create figurines from mastic with your own hands. It does not cause any inconvenience during the work. With the help of mastic, you can make the most intricate figurines of the desired shape. This mass is easy to color and practically does not stick to the hands. Original figurines made of mastic, made with their own hands, just look great on holiday cakes. Both amazed children and adults with their beauty.

Necessary ingredients

Let's figure out what is needed in order to prepare quality mastic at home. It's quite simple. We take:

• 100 gram packet of marshmallow;
• Lemon juice or plain water - 1 tbsp. L .;
• Multi-colored food colorings ;
• Sugar powder (about one and a half cups).

Cooking mastic

Marshmallow are sweets like marshmallows. They will become the main ingredient for making a "test", from which we will make figurines from mastic with our own hands. They must be sorted by color. In a separate bowl we add pink and white sweets. Then add lemon juice or water to each plate. Mix and heat in the microwave for no more than 15 seconds. Ideally, the candy mass should be added in volume and melt.

To mastic acquired the desired color, connect it with the dye. Dilute the dye in a container with warm water. There we send the mastic and carefully mash it with a spoon. To knead the "dough", add the powdered sugar in it a little and mnem until it stops sticking to the fingers. When the resulting mass is similar to plasticine, it must be wrapped in a food film and put to freeze in the refrigerator for about half an hour. After this, you can proceed to the fascinating modeling.

How to sculpt figurines from mastic ?

It's quite simple. Work begins with the fact that on the working surface we pour the powdered sugar. We roll it with a thin layer. If the mass is rolled out not very well, it should be heated just a few seconds in the microwave.

Now include fantasy and cut out various figures, flowers, letters.
Let's consider concrete examples of how to make figurines out of mastic.

Squirrel

We paint the mastic with orange dye. After that, we roll some mass into the ball, forming something like an elongated carrot. We bend it in half, and from the thin tip we form a ringlet. On the other end - a muzzle. From the next piece of mastic we make a roller, which will become a trunk. We attach it to it. And attach the ears to the muzzle. Do not forget to put squirrels in the paws. It can be made from brown mastic.

Frog

We color the mastic with a blue dye. We roll two small balls of a small size, from one we make a square - the future body of a frog, and from another triangle, which will become a head. We put them one on the second and attach four paws. The muzzle and folds on the paws are made with the help of a toothpick. We roll two tiny balls of white mass and decorate the frog with eyes. To simulate the pupils, you can use black chocolate.

There are many different versions of the characters, but it will be better to use your imagination and to sculpt exclusive figurines from mastic with your own hands.

Now just decorate the cake with your works and make friends and family happy!