So, let's start by sculpting a small Christmas tree. To create it, we need a small piece of green mastic. I usually use marshmallow-based mastic; I like the taste the best and it’s convenient to work with.
Having kneaded the mastic well, roll it into a ball and form a cone from it, the height of which corresponds to the height of the future Christmas tree. It often happens that when the cone is placed in a vertical position, the mastic begins to settle under the weight, so I usually put it in the refrigerator for a few minutes, where it hardens a little and begins to hold its shape.
Now we take nail scissors and make cuts on the surface of the cone, cutting each new row in a checkerboard pattern. I have separate nail scissors for these purposes, especially for use in cooking, I bought the cheapest ones, they will do just fine.
The result is such a cute Christmas tree, all that remains is to liven it up a little and decorate it with New Year’s toys.
Using food coloring diluted in a small amount of water, we brush over the tree. I dip the brush into the dye, then squeeze it a little on the napkin, and only then on the Christmas tree. For the toys, I used regular children's candies, which are sold in every store. I glued the candies under the branches; when you lift them, the mastic inside is sticky and the candies stick to it without much difficulty. That's it, the Christmas tree for the cake is ready.
Now you can start sculpting a snowman. We will need a piece of white mastic and a piece of mastic of a different color, mine was pink.
Let's start sculpting a snowman with the body. Let's make a small cone, just don't make the top sharp. After rolling small balls, we make legs for the snowman.
We make the handles from mastic, rolled into a sausage (a very small piece). Let's flatten the sausage a little, and make a mitten on the edge by simply making an incision and adjusting it a little.
Glue the arms to the body, smearing the edges with water.
Let's start shaping the head. Place a ball of mastic under the eyes and nose.
We make the nose from a tiny piece of red mastic. We just give it the shape of a carrot, make small cuts and the carrot-snout is ready.
Having made a depression on the head under the spout, lubricate it with some water and simply insert our spout into place. We simply paint the eyes with black paint. And we form the mouth with the help of a toothpick, making the snowman smile.
The head is connected to the body using a toothpick.
Now we will make our snowman a scarf and a hat. I wanted the scarf to be striped, so I put strands of white fondant on a rolled out piece of pink mastic and rolled it a little more with a rolling pin.
Cut a piece long enough to wrap around the snowman’s neck in a circle. We mask the connection with a second piece of scarf on the edge, which we will make cuts as in the photo.
For the hat we will make a small candy in the form of a cone, which we also attach to the head with a toothpick, and to hide the junction we will make a headband.
To do this, I twisted flagella of white and pink mastic.
We wrap it around the hat and that’s it, the New Year’s snowman is ready. Let's brown his cheeks with dry food coloring and he can put it on the cake.
