Sugarcraft - Bee Cupcakes-Mansfield Central Library-Adult Learning

Mansfield Central Library, Mansfield

Date	20 May 2024
Time	10am - 12pm
Venue	Mansfield Central Library, Mansfield View venue details
For ages	19+
Group size	5 - 15
Cost	FREE - £6

About this course

This course is a beginner guide to decorating cupcakes with a bee and flower topper.

You will learn skills and techniques using modelling paste to create a beautiful bee with flowers to celebrate World Bee Day.

World Bee Day helps educate people about the importance of bees and what they do for the environment, which includes how they help grow wildflower plants and crops. Some previous experience will be required to attend the course.

By attending this course, you will learn:

• How to make a bee from modelling paste

• How to make flowers to add to the cupcake

You will produce a bee with flowers to decorate and enhance any celebration cake or cupcake.

Resources required by attendees

Modelling paste or equal quantities of squire florist paste mixed with ready to roll icing. Ratio 50g-50g
Bee: Colours black, yellow, white
Flowers: any colour of choice.
Corn flour
Rolling pin and board
Craft knife
Piping nozzle small to use the base for a circle shape
Cocktail stick
Dresden tool
Edible glue
Paintbrushes
Shimmer dusting powder for the wings
Note pad and pen

Booking your place and fee information

If you are in receipt of certain benefits you will be offered the course for free, however if you have a financial barrier which may prevent you from enrolling on the course please visit our webpage for further information https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/funding-your-courses/

To secure your place on the course BOTH the following must be done:

Complete the EVENTBRITE BOOKING.
Complete our INSPIRE ONLINE ENROLMENT FORM for each person attending the course.

You should be redirected to the Inspire Online Enrolment Form after completing the Eventbrite booking. If you are not redirected, please use the link supplied in the Eventbrite booking confirmation email.

To book and enrol on one of our courses, you must have been living in England and have been resident in the UK for the past 3 years.

Some exceptions may apply if you are living in England with evidence of the right to remain and are from an EEU/EEAU country (completion of a questionnaire will be required).

As we no longer receive funding for our ESFA-funded courses for learners living in the devolved areas listed below, full cost fees would apply to these courses if you live in these areas: