If we talk about mastic, then by its consistency it is very similar to plasticine. It’s very interesting to create figures from mastic with your own hands. It does not cause any inconvenience during operation. Using mastic, you can make the most intricate figures of the desired shape. This mass lends itself well to coloring and practically does not stick to hands. The original figures made of mastic, made with their own hands, just look great on holiday cakes. And they amaze both children and adults with their beauty.
Essential Ingredients
Let's figure out what is needed in order to prepare high-quality mastic at home. It is very simple. We take:
- 100 gram sachet of marshmallows;
- lemon juice or plain water - 1 tbsp. l .;
- multi-colored food colors ;
- powdered sugar (about a glass and a half).
Cooking mastic
Marshmallows are sweets like marshmallows. They will become the main ingredient for the preparation of the “dough”, from which we will make figures of mastic with our own hands. They must be sorted by color. We put pink and white sweets in a separate bowl. Then add lemon juice or water to each plate. Mix and heat in the microwave for no more than 15 seconds. Ideally, the candy mass should add in volume and melt.
To mastic acquired the desired color, connect it with a dye. Dilute the dye in a container of warm water. We send mastic there and carefully knead it with a spoon. To knead the "dough", add the powdered sugar into it a little and think until it stops sticking to the fingers. When the resulting mass will look like plasticine, it must be wrapped in cling film and put in the refrigerator for about half an hour to set. After that, you can proceed to an exciting modeling.
How to sculpt figures from mastic ?
This is completely uncomplicated. We start the work by pouring powdered sugar onto the work surface. Roll it out with a thin layer. If the mass does not roll out very well, it should be warmed for just a few seconds in the microwave.
Now turn on the fantasy and cut out various figures, flowers, letters.
Consider specific examples of how to make figures from mastic.
Squirrel
Color the mastic with an orange dye. After that, we roll a certain amount of mass into a ball, forming something like an elongated carrot. We bend it in half, and form a ring from a thin tip. At the other end is a muzzle. From the next piece of mastic we make a roller that will become the body. We attach paws to it. And we attach ears to the muzzle. Do not forget to put a lump in the paws of a squirrel. It can be made from brown mastic.
Frog
Color the mastic with a blue dye. We roll up two small balls, from one we make a small square - the future little frog body, and from the other a triangle that will become the head. We put them one on the second and attach four legs. The muzzle and folds on the legs are made out with a toothpick. We roll up two tiny balls of white mass and make out the frog's eyes. You can use black chocolate to simulate the pupils.
There are many more different options for the characters, but it would be better to use your imagination and create exclusive figures from mastic with your own hands.
Now just decorate the cake with your artworks and please your friends and relatives!