Thomas Cupcakes

My youngest son just turned two and he absolutely LOVES Thomas.  So, naturally, we celebrated with Thomas cupcakes.  (I made a Thomas cake, too, but forgot to get a picture.  Whoops.)   I used a blue frosting as the background.  Then I used gray, white, and black fondant to make the face, eyes, and mouth.  Black edible food marker came in handy for the eyebrows, nose, and cheeks.

I used a circular cutter to make the face and a smaller cutter to make the eyes.  To shape the mouth, I used the same circular cutter that I used for the eyes and then simply cut it in half.  To make the black part of the eyes, I used a drinking straw to cut very small circles.  A small black rectangle at top was the smoke stack (or whatever it's called : ).

I served them on a standard cupcake tree.

What I would do differently next time:
- make the eyebrows more triangular in shape
- make the nose bigger
- make the cheeks bigger

Good luck!  And if you make any, send me your pics.  I would love to see any of your creations.