Help re icing please!

[Pootles2010]

Right am in need of help. Stupidly agreed to make fairy/cup cakes for friend's child's birthday. Child is only 1 so more for adults benefit really i think. I've bought piping bag and a little star nozzley thing, do i use royal icing with this? or make a buttercream type thing?

I want to make them really pretty but am massively clumsy so prob no chance. DP bought some blue 'lustre' type stuff, and some of those little silver balls, so will hopefully be able to cobble something together...

Hi

I'd do butter icing.... and i'd just start off on edge of cake, and keep spiralling in, and do a sort of "peak" at top, and then dust some with glitter and sprinkle some balls on other.

Little kids won't be able to eat the balls... and will probably concentrate on licking icing anyhow.

Maybe do several different colours of icing - even if you start of with pale pink, and then get to bright pink - by adding more colouring each time.

Hope that helps! (and makes sense)

Thanks thats really helpful. I hadn't even thought about little ones not having the silver balls! God i shouldn't be a parent.