Wedding Cake Topper

By: Rebekah Meier for STYROFOAM Brand Foam

A thrifty Wedding Cake Topper is a great way to decorate unique wedding gifts. The faux dessert is easy to make and has many uses to liven up your wedding decorations.

Wedding Cake Topper

Materials:

STYROFOAM™ Brand Foam Discs, two each: 4" x 1"; 3" x 1"
STYROFOAM™ Brand Foam Sheet, 36" x 12" x 2"
Metallic silver paint pen
Paper, 12" x 12": blue toile-print; white card stock
Small metal note clip
Lace trim: white daisy, 1 yd.; ivory pearl, 1-1/2 yds.
Ivory satin ribbon flowers with leaves, three Dimensional paints: white puff-finish; iridescent white pearl-finish
Trims of choice: ribbon, silk, or porcelain flowers; satin ribbon; lace; pearls; pearl string
Craft foam, 9" x 12" sheets, one each: white; pink, or color of choice
Metallic poster board, gold or silver
Round metal cookie cutters, 1" thick: 2"; 3"; 4"; 5" OR Serrated knife
Candle stub or paraffin
Compass, or round household items of appropriate diameter (see instructions)
Pencil
Ruler
Scissors: regular; scallop decorative-edge
Low-temp glue gun and glue sticks
Thick, white craft glue
Fine-line black permanent marker
Rubber bands or chenille stems, three
Scissors: straight edge; decorative-edge
Glue for plastic/craft foam

Instructions:

Stack and glue 4" foam discs together; repeat for 3" discs. Do not glue stacks together yet.
Trace discs onto toile paper, 3" disc once and 4" disc twice; use scallop-edge scissors to cut out circles just beyond traced lines. Glue 3" circle to top and 4" circles to top and bottom of appropriate discs.
Cut two 2" x 12" strips from toile paper; wrap and glue strips around disc edges, piecing as needed to cover foam and allowing ends to overlap.
Refer to photo to wrap and glue trims around cake tiers. Glue flowers to top of cake.
Use paint pen to paint note clip; let dry. Handwrite, or use computer to print, recipient's name onto card stock. Trim name into decorative shape as shown; insert into note clip.
Glue note clip to top of cake.