How to make Pie Ornaments

 

I think these diy pie ornaments are some of my favorite things I have made in a very long time. Not only are they really cute, but they are pretty easy to make, and the items to make them are inexpensive.  

I had a lot of positive feedback at our recent holiday market, which made me happy.  

The main items you need to make the pies are styrofoam circles from the Dollar Tree, and cubes of polymer clay. I got mine from Walmart for 96 cents each. I found each cube is enough to make the crust of three pie pieces.  I also used about a half of cube to make several pecan pieces. 

I cut each styrofoam circle into six pie pieces.  I then rolled out the clay and cut it to fit each of the pie pieces. You will need clay for the bottom crust and the outside crust.   One thing that I did not do this time, but will next time is to prop the outside crust with foil to keep it upright. A few of the outside crusts came apart with out it.   Before baking the clay you MUST remove the styrofoam before putting it in the oven.  (see the first picture)  Bake at 275 degrees for 15 minutes. 

I used lightweight spackling to give each of the pie pieces some texture, and make them look more realistic.   Dollar Tree will sometimes have spackle for $1.25, but if you can't find it, I found this brand at Walmart.  It is a little bit bigger than the DT container and ready to use.  

Once I glued the cut styrofoam to the clay crusts and covered the pie pieces with spackle.  I painted each of the pie pieces with acrylic paint. I also painted the crusts to look more crust color. Since I was at my friends house, and had limited colors with me, I blended several colors I had on hand to look like pumpkin pie. 

When the paint was dry, I placed a little bit of spackle in a plastic bag, and added whip cream to each piece of pie.  

I only had enough clay to make cherries for one piece of pie. They next time I make cherry pie, I will add some clay pieces on top of the cherries to make it look a little more realistic.

I had enough clay to make three pecan pieces I added the pecans on top of the spackle and once it was dry, I painted it a caramel brown. 

I used screw hooks and ribbon to hang each of the ornaments on a mini Christmas tree. 

In addition to the pie ornaments, I sold pie shaped cookies, and gingerbread faces. My friend sold flavored bread which was well received as well.