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Food Ideas for Costumer's Parties

I had an art exhibit opening in September 2005 that I needed to make food for.  I spent months planning costume themed food, and this page shows the ideas I began with, and photos of how these ideas were developed and carried out. 

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Edible punk wig 0005.jpg (144612 bytes) 

edible buttons 0006.jpg (120869 bytes)   

Amazon.com: Tools & Hardware: top hat ice bucket
Ice Carving Made Easy (Hospitality, Travel & Tourism)
Ice Sculpture: Secrets of a Japanese Master
Face Mask Candy Molds
6 Petal Daisy Cutter Set
3-D High Heel Shoe Candy Molds Part-A
3-D High Heel Shoe Candy Molds Part-B
Flower With Scrolls Lace Mold Set
Daisy Lace Border Silicone Mold
Glorious Garnishes: Crafting Easy & Spectacular Food Decorations
The Book of Garnishes (Book of...)

 

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Light up ice sculpture hat: 0014.jpg (147303 bytes) PICT0105.JPG (443293 bytes) PICT0106.JPG (101658 bytes) PICT0107.JPG (106214 bytes) ice sculpture similar to this idea that I made using instructions found at Greg and Keegan Courtney's Emerald City Ice Sculptures

The plan for the hat-trays: 0012.jpg (131086 bytes)

Building the hat-trays:

 PICT0101.JPG (163197 bytes) PICT0103.JPG (703600 bytes) shaving off the tops of the wig heads 

PICT0102.JPG (123612 bytes) the original plastic trays

PICT0104.JPG (127441 bytes) testing out the configuration before drilling

PICT0105.JPG (119258 bytes) a drilled set.

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 PICT0136.JPG (896739 bytes) PICT0137.JPG (140461 bytes) PICT0055.JPG (149360 bytes) bolted together and painted with Kryolan plastic paint.

PICT0053.JPG (223071 bytes) PICT0054.JPG (200326 bytes) Masking tape covers for bolts.

 PICT0056.JPG (161745 bytes) PICT0057.JPG (167985 bytes)   PICT0058.JPG (148831 bytes) PICT0059.JPG (153706 bytes) Lining with bulk doilies 

PICT0060.JPG (165996 bytes) PICT0061.JPG (158473 bytes) PICT0062.JPG (183241 bytes) PICT0063.JPG (124269 bytes) Styrofoam forms speared onto the bolts, then covered with cling wrap.

 
Food Art: Garnishing Made Easy
Garnishing for the Beginner (Packaged with Tools)
Great Garnishes
The Art of Food Sculpture: Designs & Techniques
Art of Garnishing
How to Garnish
Debbie Brown's Enchanted Cakes for Children
: Naughty Cakes : Step-by-Step Recipes for 19 Fabulous, Fun Cakes
50 Easy Party Cakes
Colette's Cakes : The Art of Cake Decorating
Cakes to Dream On : A Master Class in Decorating
Entertaining Edibles : 50 Fun Food Sculptures for All Occasions

 

"Dress Rehearsal" to test out the food ideas at the Theatre UAF Drama Banquet: 

 Meat & cheese "wig" by Tara: PICT0001.JPG (1294103 bytes) PICT0002.JPG (1429481 bytes) PICT0003.JPG (1408864 bytes) PICT0004.JPG (1431113 bytes) PICT0005.JPG (1579021 bytes) 

Floral fruit "hat" by Tara PICT0006.JPG (1470658 bytes) PICT0007.JPG (1325274 bytes) PICT0008.JPG (1249010 bytes) PICT0009.JPG (1287279 bytes) 

Vegetable "hat" by Lorraine Pettit PICT0010.JPG (1373586 bytes) PICT0011.JPG (1421656 bytes) PICT0012.JPG (1409777 bytes) PICT0013.JPG (842509 bytes) PICT0014.JPG (853486 bytes) PICT0015.JPG (859297 bytes) PICT0016.JPG (1237981 bytes) PICT0017.JPG (1303443 bytes) PICT0025.JPG (1316446 bytes)

Strawberry and cream puff "Wizard hat" by Lorraine and Tara: PICT0018.JPG (1204663 bytes) PICT0019.JPG (1432813 bytes) PICT0020.JPG (1403912 bytes) 

Bread Bowl "hat" by Lorraine Pettit: PICT0021.JPG (1386013 bytes) PICT0022.JPG (1349414 bytes) PICT0023.JPG (836295 bytes) PICT0024.JPG (803524 bytes) 

Served at the Drama Banquet, 2005:

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Food hats that are actually WEARABLE?  Go on to see what we made for the 2DCostumes exhibit reception.

Below are a set of chocolate shoes made for the same reception (filled with raspberry sauce, and served in a shoebox lined with whipped cream). These shoes were then smashed and served as pieces of dessert.

A chocolate shoe made using the mold shown below.  The surface of the shoe has been textured with a hot knife to make it more interesting:

3-D High Heel Shoe Candy Molds Part-A
3-D High Heel Shoe Candy Molds Part-B

 

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This page last edited on 06/19/2010