How to Make a Cake From Play-Doh

Make a realistic-looking cake to celebrate a doll's birthday

Play-Doh is a modeling dough that can keep children entertained for hours with creative shape-making fun. Make a decorative Play-Doh cake for a "make-believe" tea party, a special doll's birthday party or just for fun. Use the pretend cake-making activity for a group of children on a rainy day or turn the project into a party activity and let each child take home her special creation.

Things You'll Need

• Play-Doh (5 containers)
• 6-inch round cake pan (or flat-bottomed bowl)
• Small cake tray or plate
• Play-Doh press
• Play-Doh press attachments
• Play-Doh flower mold

Instructions

1. Knead three containers of Play-Doh in your hands to make the dough more pliable. Fill a 6-inch cake pan with the dough to make the cake shape. Use a small, flat-bottomed bowl to mold the shape for a smaller cake.

2. Turn the pan upside down and tap lightly to loosen the Play-Doh. Place the cake on a small cake tray or pretty plate.

3. Fill a Play-Doh press with another color. Press down on the press to make a long log of Play-Doh "icing." Use a round attachment on the press or make decorative icing by adding a star-shaped attachment to the press.

4. Wrap the Play-Doh icing around the cake. Cut off any extra and press the ends together to keep it in place.

5. Make another strip of icing to decorate the top, outer edge of the cake.

6. Press another color of Play-Doh into a flower mold. Make three or four flowers and arrange them on top of the cake.

References

• "Arts & Crafts Busy Book: 365 Activities"; Trish Kuffner and Bruce Lansky; 2003
• "Create Anything with Clay"; Sherri Haab and Laura Torres; 1999