Fabulous Faux Sundaes
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These permanent sundaes make cool favors for a summer birthday party -- and they won't melt, no matter how high the mercury climbs.
| Prep Time: Weekend Project | |
| What you need: | |
| Acrylic paint
Copper wire Foam packing peanuts Modeling paste Plastic dish Plastic spoon Styrofoam ball Tacky glue | |
| Seasons: April fools day, Birthday, Summer | |
| Materials: modeling paste, paints | |
| Instructions: | |
| 1. |  For each one, first protect your work surface, then tint 1
tablespoon of light modeling paste (available at art supply and
craft stores) with a small amount of acrylic paint (we used red
for strawberry and a mix of yellow and brown for vanilla). |
| 2. | Working in a plastic-wrap-lined plastic dish, use a paintbrush to dab the tinted paste onto a 2½-inch Styrofoam ball and several foam packing peanuts, using the paste to fix the peanuts around the ball to resemble a scoop of ice cream. Let the paste dry overnight. |
| 3. | Remove the plastic wrap from the dish, then dribble a tablespoon of hot fudge (tacky glue mixed with a dab of brown acrylic paint) over the scoop (the fudge will darken as it dries). Carefully add a dollop of untinted modeling paste for whipped cream, then press a large red bead into the paste for a cherry. |
| 4. | For the stem, fold over one end of a 2¼-inch piece of thin copper wire and stick the opposite end through the bead and into the paste. Finally, add a plastic spoon, personalized with puffy paint, if you like. |
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