Quote Originally Posted by gatorsmom View Post
You guys are great! I just watched the Wilton channel and checked out the Wilton lesson plans you ladies linked to and now I have a plan! I’ll definitely buy the girls their own small kits and do that soon so my daughter and I practice before we show others. I didn’t even consider that they could practice with the butter cream frosting on cardboard before doing their cupcakes or cakes (you have a point that cupcakes might be too hard) or maybe cookies like georgiegirl’s daughter’s creation. Practicing on cardboard will make this much easier as they can wipe away their mistakes. I definitely love the idea of working with fondant too. I’ll teach them the basics and let them do the more elaborate stuff on their own.

This is so helpful. Thank you again for these great ideas!

I took a Wilton class at one of the craft stores when DS was a baby. We practiced on non-edible things a little first (paper plates would probably work great for that), and during one class we decorated cookies. Large, round, flat sugar cookies give a good surface to decorate. Or small cakes. When DS took a kids baking class, their last project of the week was baking and decorating a 4 inch cake. It won't take much playing around before you have some good ideas for them