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Dinosaur cake decorations - help finding items pls!

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Netmumnet · 21/01/2025 20:52

Hi, sorry this boring but I'm trying to recreate this cake that I saw in an Etsy review (for the name and age piece which I've already bought), I'm just wondering how I can find the plastic leaf branches just like that? Struggling to find them or similar on Google.

Would also love to find out where these dinosaurs are from? Has anyone got this pterodactyl at home? Would use dinos we already have but they aren't quite the right size.

Shout out to whoever made this cake! Looks great, sorry I'm not very original

Find it so hard to look things up now without getting hit with loads of Temu sponsored ads, would prefer not to buy from there.

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Netmumnet · 21/01/2025 20:52

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octoegg · 21/01/2025 22:18

If you're near an Ikea, they have artificial plants that look similar, search Fejka, £5. You could chop some appropriate sized pieces off one of those maybe?!

headache · 21/01/2025 22:25

EBay I get all my cake decorations from there

justasking111 · 21/01/2025 22:29

The Range have a good choice of artificial plants.

Model train fans, and architecture modelling use them too

"Amazon.co.uk : model train accessories" https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=model+train+accessories&crid=1UW3EV9A3LQYO&sprefix=model+train+%2Caps%2C161&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_1_12

Bubbles1001 · 21/01/2025 22:30

I made one very similar a few years ago. Dino's we're from Tiger I think... I remember they came in round tub with a few different dinosaurs in it and it wasn't very expensive - maybe £5. the trees came in the tub of plastic dinosaurs but you could buy some fake plants and snip the leaves off. The rocks were Ferrero Rocher, malteasers, maybe chocolate covered raisins or something similar and the Dino eggs were mini eggs. The soil is smashed up Oreo's - looked pretty effective! Good luck with your cake!!

Dinosaur cake decorations - help finding items pls!
InfoSecInTheCity · 21/01/2025 22:31

Not identical but these from Dunelm would give a Jurassic/jungle type feel

www.dunelm.com/product/artificial-green-fern-stem-1000138694?defaultSkuId=30627521

www.dunelm.com/product/artificial-philodendron-stem-1000195328?defaultSkuId=30749058

justasking111 · 21/01/2025 22:35

Bubbles1001 · 21/01/2025 22:30

I made one very similar a few years ago. Dino's we're from Tiger I think... I remember they came in round tub with a few different dinosaurs in it and it wasn't very expensive - maybe £5. the trees came in the tub of plastic dinosaurs but you could buy some fake plants and snip the leaves off. The rocks were Ferrero Rocher, malteasers, maybe chocolate covered raisins or something similar and the Dino eggs were mini eggs. The soil is smashed up Oreo's - looked pretty effective! Good luck with your cake!!

That's fabulous.

We'll want a picture @Netmumnet when it's done 😁

Bubbles1001 · 21/01/2025 22:43

@justasking111 thank you!! 😊 & agreed - @Netmumnet, defo want a photo of the finished cake!! 👍 x

TinkerTailorSoldier · 23/01/2025 19:50

If they are not edible dinosaurs etc, Smyths does a tin of dinos with plants and eggs

Netmumnet · 26/01/2025 16:21

octoegg · 21/01/2025 22:18

If you're near an Ikea, they have artificial plants that look similar, search Fejka, £5. You could chop some appropriate sized pieces off one of those maybe?!

I did this! Thank you so much for the recommendation x

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