Fake Food

This show was cancelled due to Covid, however, I had already built most of the fake food with the help of the prop shop student workers. This resulted in creating a display with the original show in mind. I set the entire display, but I only contributed the fake food seen detailed on this page.

Fake Food Display

Marie Antoinette @ The Theatre School

12 colorful tarts arranged on a tray among gumdrops and two large purple flowers

A flat tray arranged with 6 Mille-feuille and 10 Petite Fours with pink flowers

Many chocolates on a tray and 9 Madeleines with pink frosting in a bowl

Many chocolates on a three tiered tray with pink doilies and blue flowers

I created both the petit-fours and chocolates out of foam covered with caulk. The foam kept the treats light and the caulk allowed them to be paintable. I created the flowers using caulk through cake frosting tips.

Petit-Fours and Chocolates

Marie Antoinette @ The Theatre School

Chocolate shaped bases carved out of white foam

Foam bases covered in white caulk and smoothed with water

Petit-Fours painted colorfully with caulk flowers on them, pre-paint

Finished milk and dark chocolates with sparkle and caulk decoration

The tarts started with a salt dough base and were filled and decorated with caulk, paint, beads, and some select fake fruit that was pulled from stock. I also painted the salt dough to create a golden-brown baked look.

Salt Dough Tarts

Marie Antoinette @ The Theatre School

Painted salt dough, half in the first lighter coat and half in the second finished coat of golden brown

Caulk filling and decoration in brown and white, as if vanilla and chocolate fillings

This treat was built with cardboard, caulk, and paint. I cut up and frayed the edges of the cardboard to create a flakey, layered edge. After these pictures, I also used a gel medium mixed with paint to re-frost the treats for a more realistic look.

Mille-Feuille

Marie Antoinette @ The Theatre School

Cardboard rectangles with fringed edges and a light wash of dark brown paint

The 6 caulk dollops act as filling between the cardboard layers

Set Dressing