Cake! magazine by Australian Cake Decorating Network August 2017 | Page 91

Step 3:
To make a cutout that you can't get to as easily from the outside edge, you'll need to make yourself an
opening near the lines that you want to cut. You can see in the photos above that I drilled holes a bit
bigger than the width of my jigsaw blade near the lines that were hard to get to so that way I could start
the saw from those holes and go in either direction I needed to from there.
Step 4: Step 5:
Once your snowflake is cut, you can take a piece
of fine sandpaper and smooth any rough edges. DRILL. To make your light holes, use a drill bit or
a paddle bit that makes a hole big enough to fit
your lights through (my bit was 1/2"). A regular drill
bit will work just fine for either wood or foam core,
but paddle bits tend to give the cleanest holes in
wood if you have access to one. Just drill with the
paddle bit until the tip just goes through the other
side, and then flip the wood and finish drilling the
hole from the back.