Artificial Icing Trees

I hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday weekend!

Today I'm sharing how I put together my faux icing trees, take a look:

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For this project I used light weigh spackle as my icing that I put in a sandwich bag with a Wilton open star tip. The foam cones were a yard sale find - can you believe they were only a dollar?!? The cherries, glitter and cake turning stand were things that I already had on hand.

Starting at the bottom I began adding swirls of spackle that looked like tiny rosettes.

Having the turning stand made things sooo much easier!

You can find this one at Walmart.

*Even though the turning stand is plastic, I'll still sometimes add a bit of parchment to the surface. That way I can move the item that I'm working on before it's completely dry without ruining the project.

When each layer was complete I started another, just building on top of what was already there. I found it helpful to place a new layer of rosettes offset from the previous layer, rather than lining them directly above one another. That way all of the foam space was filled in - kind of like how a brick wall is laid.

No matter how careful you are it won't always be perfect, but don't stress! You can use a toothpick or small knife to smooth out any rough spots. Any empty spots can be filled in with a small squeeze from the 'icing' bag.

With the entire foam cone covered and the spackle still wet, I popped a faux cherry on top.

You can find these cherries here on Amazon, though I did find a smaller but similar version in Dollar Tree's holiday section. You can click here to browse the Dollar Tree webpage.

Though it doesn't show up well in the photo, I did give each cone a sprinkling of glitter as well.

It's really pretty in the lights from the holiday trees 😊

And here are my faux icing trees all complete. I loved how they turned out and...

...couldn't wait to combine them with the artificial gumdrop and sprinkle trees that I had already made. These are going to look great with the dollhouse turned gingerbread decor that I'm sharing next week!

Want to see more sweet themed holiday decor?

Check out the following links:

Faux Holiday Chocolates

Faux Caramel Apples

Faux Christmas Cookies

Faux Hot Chocolate

I hope you enjoyed this holiday decor post, thanks for stopping by!

-Jennifer

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