Wedding Cake Ornament to Decorate

Here’s an activity for bridal shower or engagement tea 

suitable for children or adults featuring 

a simple three-tier wedding cake on stand. 

Use “hanging” ornament base shape with 

punch hole at top, or basic base shape where 

a magnet strip can be attached on backside. 

For thickened “chip board” style, cut several base shapes 

to stack and glue together, with plain or printed front 

(and back if desired) attached on top. 

Several options for decorating include 

using “print & cut” process to create line drawing 

to color or adorn with single or connected jewels, 

glitter, or the “sprinkle” cut-outs 

(cut file includes mini-strips, triangles or circles), 

or tier cut shapes to overlay and glue in place. 

Ornament measures approx. 3.44” wide x 4.75” tall. 

ASSEMBLY: 1. Identify and cut the shapes:

A opt. "print & cut" printed ornament front

or or plain, unprinted front for accent decorating

B interior shapes to stack and glue together

for thickness (4-5)

C backside of ornament

D cake base accent (whole shape shown here;

layer accents also included)

E "ribbon" accents for layers

F "bead" icing punch dots for defining layers

G "sprinkles" paper confetti rectangles,

circles and triangles (or substitute gems, etc.)

2. Prepare the ornament shape by layering the interior

cut shapes, stacking with cut edges aligned as precisely

as possible throughout, with . . .

. . . printed front on top, and back "face" shape

onto bottom of stack.

Immediately place the stack on flat surface and press

by placing a flat heavy object such as this thick book

on top, possibly with something else heavy on top,

and allow to dry for several hours or over night

until completely cured. This will help minimize any

curling or warping of the shape due to drying of

liquid adhesive.

3. For the paper decorated version, add the top "plate"

and bottom "foot" shapes to the stand base shape.

Next, position and attach cake and stand shapes

to the thick ornament base, leaving even offset

margin all around,

3. Add the "ribbon" shapes and "bead" punch circles

rows at the bottom of each layer. For this sample,

the beads were cut side by side (touching), then

cello tape was used to carefully lift them in their

three lengths from the cutting mat, and . . .

. . . transferred and attached to the ornament 

under construction.

4. Continue decorating as desired. Here the multi-

colored "sprinkles" are randomly added to the layers

using preferred tools, until desired affect is achieved.

Here is the completed ornament, with soft ribbon

(or twine) hang loop.