Reindeer – Christmas Cupcake Topper

Reindeer – Christmas Cupcake Topper

This ‘Reindeer Cupcake Topper Tutorial’ is a basic stepping stone to get you started on working with fondant. Make this simple reindeer cupcake topper and add Christmassy feel to your cupcakes. Aarti got the inspiration from her 3 years old nephew who is fascinated with reindeers.

Meet the Artist

Tools Required

• Fondant in white, red, black and brown colours
• Rolling pin
• Tylose/CMC
• Circle cutter of different sizes
• Leaf shaping tool
• Art brush for sticking fondant pieces together and some glue
• Sugarcraft knife

White Fondant- Base of the topper

Take some white fondant and condition it by stretching and mixing some (a pinch or two) tylose/CMC powder till it is of a soft consistency. Roll it between your palms to make a small ball.

Step 2

Using the rolling pin, flatten the white fondant ball into approximately 1 mm thickness.

Step 3

Take circle cutter (Mine had a diameter of 6.5 cm).

Step 4

Cut a neat circle and clean the edges, if frayed, using fondant leaf shaping tool.

Brown Fondant- Face of the Reindeer

Step 5

Take some brown fondant and condition it by stretching and mixing some (a pinch or two) tylose/CMC powder till it is of a soft consistency. Roll it between your palms to make a small ball.

Step 6

Using the rolling pin, flatten the white fondant ball into approximately 1 mm thickness.

Step 7

Take circle cutter (Mine had a diameter of 4.5 cm).

Step 8

Cut a neat circle and clean the edges, if frayed, using fondant leaf shaping tool.

Red Fondant- Nose of the Reindeer

Step 9

Take some red fondant and condition it by stretching and mixing some (a pinch or two) tylose/CMC powder till it is of a soft consistency. Roll it between your palms to make a small ball.

Step 10

Using the rolling pin, flatten the white fondant ball into approximately 1 mm thickness.

Step 11

Take circle cutter (Mine had a diameter of 3 cm).

Step 12

Cut a neat circle and clean the edges, if frayed, using fondant leaf shaping tool.

Ears

Step 13

Make 2 pea sized balls of brown fondant.

Step 14

Shape them into teardrop shape.

Step 15

Press each of the drops flat using your thumb. Using the curved side of leaf shaping tool press a little along the centre line. Using pointed edge of the same tool, make markings on the ear. Pinch the top of the ears.

Horns

Step 16

Roll some black fondant thin. Using sugarcraft knife mark the antennae as per the markings given in the picture above.

Step 17

Cut along the markings and smoothen the frayed if any, using leaf shaping tool.

Eyes and Accessories

Step 18

Make 3 balls of red fondant ½ the size of a pea. Make 2 balls of black fondant for the eyes. They need to be smaller than the red balls.

Assemble

Step 19

Keep white fondant circle. Using some glue, stick the brown circle over white- aligning them at the base. Now stick the red circle over the brown circle- aligning it at the base too.

Step 20

Take small black balls made for eyes and press a little to flatten them. Then, stick them on the brown fondant circle almost touching the red circle as shown in the photo.

Step 21

Now, stick the brown ears on the edge of brown circle as shown in the photo. Then in between the ears, stick the antennae pieces touching the brown circle. Make sure to leave some space between the two antennae.

Step 22

Stick the 3 red balls partly on the base of the right antenna and party on the brown circle. Also, cut a ‘D’ shape small piece from white fondant and stick it on the red circle.

And your reindeer cupcake topper is ready!

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Buy our Christmas special edition for many more Christmas tutorials from famous artists December 2020 Volume 2 Issue 4.

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