Crafty Welsh Grandma: Fondant Teddy Bear

I wanted to try to make a fondant teddy bear. I had no instructions or how-to and had never made one before, so this was going to be a challenge. There are a few changes I'd make on my next trial, these I will list at the end.

Before I started, I coloured my fondant in an ivory colour, I kept some white back for the eyes, sources a tiny piece of red and a little black.

Step #1: The body

I rolled a large ball of my main colour, ensuring that any creases were rolled out.
Then I shaped a cone
Next, I made an indent about half way up, in the front, to simulate a 'pot belly' of a snugly teddy bear.
Place this one a piece of grease proof paper

Step #2: The legs

Still using your main colour, roll a fat sausage and cut in half. This will now make both legs.
I am unable to give a definitive size and the proportions of your own bear is all personal preference.
Leaving the 'feet' as a larger ball on the end, hand roll your sausage until the leg itself becomes thinner and the size you'd like for your own bear
Once I rolled the legs in proportion to the feet, I stood them upright and tapped them on the surface a little, to make flat bottoms on the feet.
I then cut angles in he leg portion, so each piece would it into the side of the bears body and not bulge out the sides.

Step #4: Affix legs to body

I fixed teddy's legs to the side, using a dab of water as my glue.
Once secured, I turned his little feet inward a little.

Step #5: The arms

Still in main colour, I rolled a skinnier sausage shape to the length I needed then cut it in half to make two arms
I made indents on the uncut end to make a sort of 'thumb'
I then cut angles in the other end so it will not bulge on the body.
Using water as my glue, I stuck them on

Step #6: His head and face

Using my main colour, I rolled a smaller ball
Using some white fondant I rolled out an oval shape and flattened it with a rolling pin.
Fix to the head with a little water
Using a veining tool, I pressed a line down the centre of his 'muzzle'
With a scallop tool, I pressed him in a little smile.
Using a ball tool, I made an indent where I wanted his not to be
I rolled a tiny piece of black fondant into a ball, shaped it into a small oval and fixed it into the indent I have made with the ball tool
Again, using a small ball tool, I made indents where I wanted his eyes to go.
I rolled two smaller balls of black fondant and fixed these into the indents for the eyes
Insert a cocktail stick into his body
Place the head on this stick with a dab of water for glue.

Step #7: Ears, face detail and highlights

For the ears:

I rolled, using main colour, an oval and flattened with a rolling pin
I did the same again with a white piece of fondant, only smaller
Fix the white onto the main colour piece.
Cut in half
Crease the cut end and fold the bottom only, in half
Using a ball tool, I made indents in his head where I wanted his ears to be
Fix on ears

Before I continued, I went around my bear and, using my flattened veining tool, smoothed over each joint to mould the piece to the next so there's no definite seam in the fondant.

I also 'poked' him a little belly button using a small ball tool.

For the eye highlights:

I rolled two minute balls of white and stuck them onto the black eyes
I pressed on gently with a flat tool then poked a tiny little hole through to the black,

For the eyebrows:

These were an absolute nightmare because they're so small.
I rolled such a skinny sausage shape the fondant almost broke.
Cut in half and affix above his eyes.

Soles of his feet and toes:

Roll out two balls of white fondant and flatten
Fix to the soles of his feet
Using a toothpick, make three indents on the top of his feet to simulate toes

Step #8:

Using my comb tool I went around him pressing in some 'stitching' detail in the following places:
Up the middle of the front of his body
Same around he back
Up the middle of the back of his head
Down the outsides of both arms
Down both sides of his legs
I also added a tiny love heart using red fondant

Changes I plan for my next try: