Cake Decorating for kids

Cake Decorating for kids.  Yes, it’s messy.

Yes, you need to have about 4 sets of hands (and eyes) to make sure something doesn’t get spilled.

But it’s Summer.

This kids are home and with me 24/7.  It’s hard to take on a major project right now, because life + prep for moving has taken over any other free time possible.

So like we always do, when life gets a little stressful, we bake a cake.

And of course, we had to do a little craft project to decorate the top.  Fuzzy, gold pipe cleaners + a star cookie cutter will help you form the star toppers for your cake.  I of course, handled the glue gun, but she was able to form the stars with just a little help.

On a side note, this gave me a good chance to talk about America to them, and the birthday of our country.  Along with mentioning our personal freedom we have here.  I don’t often talk about this, so it opened up some good conversations between the kids and myself, and of course what’s to come next week being the 4th of  July.

I am by no means super mom, so this is a box cake mix and box icing.  (Don’t judge)  But it’s something fun for them to do, and assemble together on a rainy Summer day.  Mix the cake, spread the icing, add some sprinkles and some gold fuzzy stars and you’ll have your kids Ooooo & Ahhhhing over their latest creation.

The best part of this, is that no perfection is required.  😉  Just lots of memory making.