Giant Walk Through Key Hole

So since May I've been wanting to have an amazing entrance to my party where you have to go through a key hole. At first I wanted the actual Door Knob from the Original movie that you went through but that wouldn't have worked because of dimensions. I'd either need a REALLY tall board or you'd have to go through a 1 foot tall key hole. So my next idea was just a key hole. And this one stuck. I got an 8ft by 4ft particle board (plywood would work too) and drew out the scale. I knew a ket hole was made out of a circle and a triangle. I figured out sizes and such like my circles diameter would be 3 ft and my entire key hole would be 6 ft tall. After I worked with my dad to cut out the pieces I had drawn and got this:

Yay! I was so excited to see this fantasy come to life! Next up, paint! I went to Home Depot where some awesomely helpful employees helped me find a great shade of black. They asked if it was for interior or exterior (i just said the cheapest). They then asked if I was going to paint one side or 2. (I was only going to paint the one you see). Finally they asked me if I wanted it glossy or flat. I went with flat. I bought cheap supplies to paint it with. Right across the way, there's a lovely store called Michaels  I LOVE IT! (Small tip, go online and print out the 40% off any regular priced item coupon). I got a great gold color for $5.00 and I got ALOT for it. I decided after painting a base of black, to paint a 3in gold edging around the entrance. This is what I came up with!

Ta da! There's my beautiful key hole! I have a successful entrance to a wonderful party!

FONDANT!

I've found out why buying a cake like this:

Costs me $500 if I order it from a bakery. Fondant is a pain! But for artsy people like me it's fun after you make the fondant. The fondant recipe I used was for each color needed for the cake, I needed one bag of powdered sugar and one bag of mini marshmallows. (I used 5 colors, pink, purple, blue, green, and white).

Recipe:

In a big bowl, place a bag of marshmallows in. Microwave for 30 seconds then stir, then 30 seconds again. Next, you add in food coloring. Make sure the coloring you use are gel kinds. Wilton brand is the best. Mix in the color until you like what you've got then put in about 1 cup of powdered sugar. Mix with a Kitchen Maid mixer on low. When the powder has been mixed in, add more. Half the bag should be in the bowl. On a solid surface, place down some powdered sugar. Scoop up all of your fondant on top of your powder sugar mess and start kneading. Knead until the fondant is no longer sticky. (Mine took 10-20 minutes). When the fondant is done, make a ball and wrap it in saran or plastic wrap. Then place inside a ziplock bag and place inside the freezer. Keep in overnight. Fondant will last like this for a week before it goes bad.

When my fondant was done, the next day I made objects. I made 2 types. I decided one layer of my cake would be a cheshire cat. So I needed to make the face. I found an amazing tutorial on how to make 2D characters (and found doing this to be harder than she does it, so props!). For the video click here! This was my character before and after I outlined it:

I then made fondant roses following this tutorial here. I used my white fondant and mixed in some red gel food coloring to get a perfect red shade.