I am obsessed with all things Unicorn!
So magical!!
Jacquelyn turned 5 and wanted a birthday party
on her actual birthday. Generally I have helped her
mom with a large combined party for Jacquelyn and
her cousin, but this year she wanted her own party.
Her birthday was Monday and we have our youngest
son getting married on Friday, with guests coming in last
night, so a party on Monday seemed pretty crazy, but
we decided to pull it together, and fulfill her dreams.
I started with the horn and ears, as they would need to harden.
I have always made my own fondant, but I had taken a
cooking class and was introduced to Satin Ice, which
can be purchased on Amazon. It is wonderful for small
projects as my one pound tub has stayed soft and pliable
for almost a year now.
For the horn, I took one of my metal baking cones
and wrapped it with a thin snake of fondant. I
let that dry overnight and then sprayed it with edible
gold spray. That wasn't as gold as I wanted it,
so I used gold lustre and painted it on with lemon extract.
You won't get the bright gold effect without using
some sort of alcohol, and I had lemon extract
with has a high alcohol content.
The ears were just triangles of fondant, which
I again painted with the gold lustre and then brought
the two bottom points together to create a curve.
Sweet gift bags were made from plain paper sacks
with silk flowers glued to the top and golden
horns glued inside the sack, along with golden
ears. Eyes were then drawn on. I glued a little
tissue onto the inside of the front of the sacks
to make them prettier.
Of course one needs Unicorn bark for a Unicorn party,
and for someone like me who has shelves and shelves
of sprinkles, this was a lot of fun.
The bark was broken and bagged for each of the guests.
My daughter found a Unicorn pinata for the party.
Silverware and ice cream cones matched the color scheme
of the cake.
The birthday girl was crowned with a Unicorn headband,
and even had a Unicorn shirt for the day.
It ended up being one of the cutest parties!
Now on to the rest of the celebrations
for the week!
If you follow me on Instagram, you know I have
been crazy busy since the last time I posted, but
I had been saving pictures of ideas and events
we have done. Alas, my phone fell to the bottom of
Lake Powell, and the only photos that were saved on the
cloud were those I had tried to delete last year! Maybe
I can retrieve some from family members that I sent
photos to!
My BAD!!!
