How To Make Fake Cake Art from a Pringles Can

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Watch the BUILD VIDEO for this and get more Pringles Can Craft Ideas HERE!

Fake food is having a moment and this Pringles can craft idea is playing right into that trend! Whether it’s food-themed decor and furniture at your local home decor store, or food-themed DIY projects on your social media feed - it feels like fake food art and design is everywhere.

You can hop on this trend by making a set of 3 fake mini cakes with a chip can and some household spackle. I mounted mine on an inexpensive frame and hung them on the wall.

Grab a can of chips and let’s make some fun and kitch food art! The video companion to this article is here.

You can also check out my other Pringles container craft ideas. I made an adorable animated bird automata and a spooky Pringles can tree spirit! 

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Step 1: Mark and cut the can

• Stack some books to the height where you want to cut the chip can.
• Place a marker on top of the books and hold it steady.
• Keeping the can flat on the table, rotate the can against the marker to draw a level line.
• Carefully cut along the marked like with a sharp tool
• Cut one cylinder for each cake.

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Step 2: Create the base and top

• Cut out circles from sturdy cardboard to fit the tops and bottoms of the chip can slices.
• Hot glue these cardboard pieces onto the chip can slices to form a solid base and top for each “cake.

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Step 3: Frost with spackle and let dry

• Use household spackle to “frost” your cakes. (My spackle is pink when wet but dries white.)
• With a palette knife, apply spackle to the sides and top of each cake. Don’t worry about perfection—visible strokes add charm!
• Allow the spackle to dry completely.

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Step 4: Paint

• Paint the cakes with a couple coats of craft acrylic paint.

• Pastel colours look the most like real frosting, but you can use whatever colour scheme you’d like!

• Allow the paint to dry completely.

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Step 5: Fill the piping bag

• Fit a cake decorator tip onto a disposable piping bag.

• Fill the bag with spackle, ensuring there are no air bubbles.

• Practice piping on your work surface or a scrap of paper before working on your cakes.

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Step 6: Pipe "Frosting" onto the cake

• Place your fake cake on a piece of waxed paper.

• Pipe small blobs of spackle to create rosettes around the base and top of each cake.

• Add a big swirl of frosting in the center top of your cake.

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Step 7: Finishing touches

• Add fake fruit, sprinkles, or whatever other fun bits you can find to spruce up your cake.

• Allow the piped spackle to dry thoroughly.

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Step 8: Peel of waxed paper

• When the spackle is thoroughly dry, gently peel the waxed paper from the cake.

• If your spackle is really crumbly, applying a clear coat at this stage will help.

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Step 9: Assemble wall art (optional)

• Use adhesive hook-and-loop fasteners to attach the cakes to a frame filled with black poster board.

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And now you have a trio of kick-ass fake cakes make out of a Pringles can! You can check out the tutorial video below or find lots of other budget-friendly art projects on my YouTube Channel.
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