As Santa is a rather old dude, I gave him some bags under his eyes by using the curve of my Dresden leaf and flower tool and dragging a sliver of fondant from the top of the eye socket. If this doesn’ t make sense to you, don’ t worry, this is just me being lazy. You can simply roll tiny fondant sausages and stick them on the bottom of the eye sockets.
Roll 2 tiny balls of white fondant and stick them in the eye sockets, then make 2 tiny dot indents to mark out where the pupils will go. I always use this method when making eyes, then take a step back( and I mean this figuratively, please don’ t physically take a step back especially when you’ re making this standing at the edge of a cliff coz that’ s just how you roll) and check if the eyes look okay. If they’ re looking cross-eyed or alien-like, simply remove the eyeballs and roll new ones. This is much easier than trying to correct the stare after you’ ve added the pupils.
Stick 2 black nonpareils in the pupil indents. If you don’ t have nonpareils just roll very very tiny black balls. Again, this is just me being lazy.
Attach ears. I simply made a small fondant disc, sliced it in half and attached each half on either side, then made indents with my Dresden tool. That Dresden tool is priceless. If you can’ t afford any other tools, get the Dresden, even if you have to beg, borrow or steal from your fellow caked friend.
Wrap the body. It doesn’ t matter at this stage if the foil shows through, you’ ll be building up the body soon and you don’ t even need to go to the gym.
Cover the legs.