Building Blocks

Materials/equipment

Gum paste                                                        Vegetable fat

       Rolling pin                                                        Rolling-out board

   Artist pallet knife                                               Edible ink pens

1/2 inch space bars                                           Food coloring

Soften a piece of gum paste to working consistency. Very lightly grease (you need to know its there, but not be able to see it) the rolling-out board and rolling pin. Roll the gum paste out (using the space bars).

Use the same space bars and mark lines on the gum paste to create square (using the artist pallet knife)

Carefully cut the gum paste along the marked lines (keep wiping the blade of the knife with a damp cloth, to stop a build up of sugar on the blade - as this will cause the knife to drag/distort the shape of the paste).

If necessary carefully correct the shape of the blocks. Leave the blocks to dry.

Use an edible ink pen and mark all corner edges.

Use edible ink pens to write the numbers/letters on to the blocks.

There is also instructions for making:
Toy Box

By Christine Flinn the author of the above work