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TUTORIAL: Fondant John Deere Tractor




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So here's what we're making. Can you tell this little toy has been LOVED?


Start with a basic shape of the body of the tractor:


Roll out 4 black balls for the tires and 4 yellow balls for the centers of the tires:


I have a habit of using my fondant smoother to press balls into circles:




Use an Exacto knife (or whatever you have handy) and make treads:


Use the end of your small rolling pin (or whatever you have handy) to round the inside of the tires:





Time for the 4 yellow balls. Break each ball into 2 parts; a big part and a small part, now you have 8 of them:


The big yellow ball gets flattened and becomes the center of the tire:


The small yellow ball remains somewhat rounded (press it down just a bit) and becomes the hub of the tire:


Use a toothpick (or whatever you have handy) to make lug marks:


The body has to be off the ground, so put a piece of fondant underneath. I used black so it wouldn't be too obvious when it was finished:


Make sure it's about the right height:


Glue on the wheels with a bit of water:


Roll 6 green balls: 4 for the mudflaps over the tires, and 2 for the hitch (one of the hitch balls should be notably smaller than the other):


Using a toothpick (or whatever you have handy) make an indentation for the hitch.


Roll the bigger of the two small balls into a teardrop shape, add a touch of water to the pointed end and insert into hole for hitch. Add a tiny dot of water on the "hitch" and rest the small ball on top:



Now go ahead and shape the 4 bigger balls into your mudflaps. We'll let them sit and firm up a few minutes while we put on our windows.








Roll out black fondant very thin. This is a great time to use left over pieces, as we'll be cutting it down very small:




Use an Exacto knife (or whatever cutting tool you use) and cut the pieces for the window. Watch your edges and keep them neat. Use a bit of water to adhere the windows to the tractor:




Now do the other side:


Our mudflaps are probably firm enough now to glue them into place. Use a bit of water for glue:


Glue the front ones on:


Now the back ones:


Use your ball tool (or whatever you have handy) to make pockets for the eyes:



Roll out white circles for the eyes and adhere with a tiny drop of water:


Roll out blue balls for the eyes and adhere with a tiny drop of water:




Roll out black balls for pupils and adhere with a tiny drop of water:





Roll out a tiny white ball for the "twinkle" in the eye. Cut it in half to be sure they're the same size and glue on with a tiny drop of water:




Roll a piece of thin fondant for the grill and adhere with a bit of water:



Roll a snake of red fondant for the smile, press to flatten and adhere with a bit of water:



Roll a piece of thin white fondant and cut 4 teeth. Also, don't miss a little bit of white in the center of the grill for the tiny tiny tiny John Deere symbol. Adhere with a bit of water:


From that same white fondant that you used for the teeth, cut 2 rectangles for "chome-look" eyebrows and use your Exacto knife (or whatever you have handy) to section them each into 3 parts.


Then bust out the silver airbrush paint (or silver luster dust, etc.) and paint them (full strength with a paint brush is fine) so they look shiny and metallic:



Finish up by rolling a tiny yellow snake of fondant for the stripe down the front fenders. Make a tear drop shape out of one end of the snake and adhere to front fenders using a tiny drop of water:



Finished view from the front:


Tsk Tsk, at the end I realized I had missed a yellow bit under the "smile" - so i went back and added it. Now he's DONE!