Craft A Piggy - free to enter competition

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Just for a bit of variety and fun, here are my edible craft vanilla and chocolate piggies!

The cutters are some unsold Christmas cutters that I have found in a hardware shop; I have shaped them into guinea pigs with some pliers.

I also had to work out how to make a chocolate dough with exactly the same consistency as the vanilla one. Cocoa and drinking chocolate powder suck up moisture, so you have to compensate for that. It took a couple of tries to find the right amount of chocolate so it is not too strong for children but still tastes chocolatey!
You have to place the cutters judiciously and also roll out the dough patches carefully each time in order to create interesting patterns. The longer you do it, the more mottled the piggies become - but you still want to avoid the two doughs getting too badly mixed up into just one colour!

But it is always fun to allow the children to choose their own piggy when I sell the biscuits/cookies at guinea pig rescue fundraising events!

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Wiebke said:
Just for a bit of variety and fun, here are my edible craft vanilla and chocolate piggies!

The cutters are some unsold Christmas cutters that I found in a hardware shop; I have shaped them into guinea pigs with some pliers.

I also had to work out how to make a chocolate dough with exactly the same consistency as the vanilla one. Cocoa and drinking chocolate powder suck up moisture, so you have to compensate for that and it is not quite as easy to find the right amount of chocolate so it is not too strong for children but still tastes chocolatey!
You have to place the cutters judiciously and also roll out the dough patches carefully each time in order to create interesting patterns. The longer you do it, the more mottled the piggies become.

But it is always fun to allow the children to choose their own piggy!

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So unique and creative! Looks tasty!
 
My daughter would love gingerbread piggies! She doesnt like cake so I’ve been doing gingerbread biscuits for her last two birthdays. One day I’ll be organised enough to build a gingerbread house 😁🧐
 
Wiebke said:
Just for a bit of variety and fun, here are my edible craft vanilla and chocolate piggies!

The cutters are some unsold Christmas cutters that I have found in a hardware shop; I have shaped them into guinea pigs with some pliers.

I also had to work out how to make a chocolate dough with exactly the same consistency as the vanilla one. Cocoa and drinking chocolate powder suck up moisture, so you have to compensate for that, and it took a couple of tries to find the right amount of chocolate so it is not too strong for children but still tastes chocolatey!
You have to place the cutters judiciously and also roll out the dough patches carefully each time in order to create interesting patterns. The longer you do it, the more mottled the piggies become - but you still want to avoid with the two doughs getting too badly mixed up into just one colour!

But it is always fun to allow the children to choose their own piggy when I sell the biscuits/cookies at guinea pig rescue fundraising events!

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Love these! Amazing handmade cutters.
 
Wiebke said:
Just for a bit of variety and fun, here are my edible craft vanilla and chocolate piggies!

The cutters are some unsold Christmas cutters that I have found in a hardware shop; I have shaped them into guinea pigs with some pliers.

I also had to work out how to make a chocolate dough with exactly the same consistency as the vanilla one. Cocoa and drinking chocolate powder suck up moisture, so you have to compensate for that, and it took a couple of tries to find the right amount of chocolate so it is not too strong for children but still tastes chocolatey!
You have to place the cutters judiciously and also roll out the dough patches carefully each time in order to create interesting patterns. The longer you do it, the more mottled the piggies become - but you still want to avoid with the two doughs getting too badly mixed up into just one colour!

But it is always fun to allow the children to choose their own piggy when I sell the biscuits/cookies at guinea pig rescue fundraising events!

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The piggy biscuits bought at Kidsgrove we’re very well received when I took a tub full into the office.
 
Same here! So amazing you creative people! 😍I’m not even attempting, did GCSE art and I’m still terrible!
Ajkoiv said:
Here's my 2nd entry. I shared this in the photos thread and someone recommended I enter it here! Archer Archie, crystal warrior, ready for action and to make some treats!
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Absolutely love this @Ajkoiv! I wish I was so talented, would love a Pedro the much missed chin pic in this amazing style! 😍😍
 
VickiA said:
Wow, so much talent here on the forum. I am just LOVING this thread. :luv:
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I agree, I knew we had some talented members but I wasn't aware how many and how deep that talent went. Really enjoying seeing everyone's makes, need to crack on with mine this weekend
 
Amazing talented artists in this forum! I'm not very artistic, apart from singing. I can draw but it's more of an engineering type of drawing (i.e. geometric shapes and such).
 
I wish I could join right now, but I have not gotten my Wacom Intuos yet. I might post my entry on Tuesday, the day after I get it. Lovely artwork though!
 
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