I have had many people ask what are some of my favorite cake decorating tools, when I first got started I had no idea what I was doing but I loved working with fondant, however I did not have all those fancy tools that are on the market for fondant. So I would go to the grocery store and everything I looked at, I would ask myself is there anything I can do with that as far as in cake decorating. I bought straws which have turned out to be one of the things I use regularly, they are great for cutting the end in half and using it to make a mouth on my figurines. Another cool thing I came across was the play doh factory, omg how cool is that I thought to myself. I bought one which only cost me $4.99 and it has been the best $5.00 I have ever spent. I use it to make rope, borders and many other things. My mom bought me a cool kids backpack that was full of different pay doh tools, I was like a kid on christmas day, now your not going to catch me running around town with that little back pack on but I have put those little tools to good use. It had little cutters shaped like fish, flowers and other animals as well as cutters, and little extruders. People see all the play doh toys I have and think that I have regressed back to my childhood. I can remember making fake hamburgers and fries out of play doh as a child and loving it, who would have thought that one day I would have the opportunity to play with fondant which in my opinion is an adults play doh. I guess that may be the reason I love fondant and all the great things that can be made with it. There are soo many things that can be used as a cake decorating tool you just have to use your imagination many of the things in life can be used for other purposes than for which it was created for.
