Birthday cake HELP needed...quick!! (Please!)

[lucysmam]

I'm trying to stick these icing images to lolly sticks to be the back & side stage screens on dd's birthday cake BUT...

The royal icing will not stick!!

Help? How can I make them stand up (even just long enough for dd to see it will do!)

Tia!

Can you put it in the freezer for half an hour ? Or try melted chocolate and freeze that ? Hope it works out !

I'll hunt for some chocolate. Surprisingly, I don't think we have any 🤔

Do they need to be edible? Can you use glue if not?

Erm, they are edible, but I suppose they don't have to be eaten! I'll rummage and see what glue I have.

I normally have everything, today I don't seem to have the randomness I could do with <sigh>

Use a bit of sellotape on them.

If the images are flimsy, glue them onto card, cut out then use a lolly stick of the back to stand them up.

Is the icing not sticking to the lolly sticks, or the sheets?
You can use a hairdryer on the cold setting to help dry it faster.

Sandwich them between the icing and a thin layer of fondant icing (stuck on with water), then use an icing smoother to disguise the edge?

Sugar syrup is very sticky, but may melt fondant if hot?

Cornflour and a bit of water or if you've got time go and get cake glue from any big supermarket

You could mix some honey in with the icing to make it stickier?

Would a thick paste of flour & water work? (Clearly I'm not Mary Berry)

I would personally sacrifice edibility for stability and use glue or tape. Anything food-based which is strong enough to stick is going to taste disgusting.

I think the lolly sticks are too heavy.
Could you use cocktail sticks instead?

I do have cocktail sticks! And card/Pritt stick as a last resort.

Please share a photograph when it's finished!

@BaronessBomburst I ended up erecting scaffolding & just propping the images against it 🤣.

Lucy Fest 18, including mini All Points East Ethel Cain, with as accurate as I could get them facial tattoos, and the tall people right at the front, in front of the tiny people (we're always behind someone taller 🙄🤣).

Amazing, OP! Well done 👏🏻

That's great, I love it!

Fabulous!

Well done OP and happy birthday DD!

Oh what a fabulous cake!

That's great! And congratulations! 😊