The back-to-school cake is also a wonderful alternative to the classic cake, but can also be used as a gift or souvenir by guests at a school starting party. Let the ideas surprise you and make your own pencil cake!
The basis for the pencil cake for the start of school
The base around which you arrange all the school supplies can be made of different things depending on what kind of design you want and what you want to accommodate.
- Styrofoam
You can use Styrofoam to create several tiers that can be put together with simple kebab skewers or glued together with glue for better grip. You can toothis materialUse to put the gifts. Rulers, lollipops and scissors, for example, can be fixed quickly and easily. Don't forget to stick the cake itself onto the cake box so that nothing slips when carrying it.
- Floral foam
This material is easy to cut and shape and offers the same benefits as Styrofoam. You can put as much as you want into it, which is whyin floristryis so popular.
- Bucket
An empty bucket of any size is glued upside down to cake cardboard with hot glue and can then be decorated with the gifts. You can also attach the bucket with the open side upwards so that you can fill it afterwards.
- Gift boxes
Gift boxes (round or square as desired) are also perfect for filling yourself. Buy two or three different sizes (depending on how big you want the pencil cake to be) and stack them on top of each other after filling. It's best to fix the lids with adhesive tape and stick the individual boxes together so that nothing can slip. An example of thiscan be found here.
- School supplies
Maybe there is something among the gifts that could be a wonderful base for the back-to-school pencil cake? A large set of colored paper, for example, or perhaps several books (stack them and wrap them in paper or foil). Items in their original packaging may also be suitable (see paper clips, pins and sharpeners below).
All of the base materials mentioned can of course be combined with one another, as is the case in the example.
Other useful materials for the back-to-school pencil cake
A good oneDocument, on which you build the pencil cake, is important. Not only does it look good, but it is also practical to carry (just like a real cake). You can use classic cake bases that come in different shapes and sizes. A bowl or decorative plate is also very suitable. And if you want it to be particularly elegant, a real cake stand is also suitable (then mom will also get a useful gift).
For packaging (if it is a gift).Gift wrapclearly the most suitable (if you want to pack at all). Choose a transparent film so that the interesting interior can be seen straight away. Cut a sufficiently large piece of foil, place the pencil cake in the middle and take the four corners up. The foil should now be higher than the cake so that you can tie it together above the top of the cake.
Toilet paper rollsor paper towel rolls and Pringles tins (the small ones) can be great for storing some materials and used for the top of the cake, but can also be placed around on another cake tier. Erasers, a few pencils, scissors, compasses, glue sticks and the like can be stored in it.
If you want to dress up the cake with pens or other things, as in the examples, you still needRubber bandsthat fit around the selected base. Simply insert the pins between the rubber and the base.
Since the rubber bands don't look particularly pretty, you'll want to cover them up well at the end. For this you can use anyDecorative ribbonsuse.
How you can design the pencil cake for the start of school – ideas and instructions
In the video below you can watch the instructions for the pencil cake above and then copy it or modify it as you wish and design it according to your wishes. If you need a few more ideas for practical materials, here they come:
- Sharpener
- pencils
- Books
- colored paper
- Colored pencils
- Paper clips
- felt-tip pens
- Liquid glue
- filler
- Glue sticks
- Lineal
- punch
- Paint box with watercolors
- Erasers
- computer
- Scissors (preferably several with different cutting patterns)
- one or two toys
- Stack of notebooks
- sweets
- Shade Pratrons
- Wax crayons
- Circle
A notice:If you are a guest at the school starting party and would like to give the student this gift, you can discuss the materials with the parents in advance. They've probably already got some things that don't necessarily have to be doubled or tripled. It's best to plan well in advance to support the parents with the gift.
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