My evil is showing

Ahem.... well, let's just say that the seal Crest did not make the trip to Coronation. I do have pictures of it before it died though, and will be posting those later. But the fact that the seal didn't make it, is not the most interesting story of this project. Let me take you back.....

As I stated earlier, I was wanting to make a Baby Seal crest out of jello and rice crispy treats for Coronation. I wanted the jello to be red, and possibly have spaghetti in it so it'd look like guts when it was hit. So I put it in a bottle since I wanted a basic cylinder of jello. And as of last post, I have not cut the jello out yet.

What I failed to realize was what the jello would look like after removed from the bottle. I literally was cutting the plastic away from the Jello, and it was coming out perfectly, and then I realized what I was holding in my hand, and bust out laughing so hard I almost dropped it. I laughed so hard, Con in the other room had to ask what was so funny. The picture of what came out of the mold is below. I'll let you draw your own conclusions.

Shhh..... evil genius at work

Ok, maybe not genius.

Started experimenting with the components of my Seal Crest for the Coronation tournament this weekend. The Crest needs to be at least 9" tall, so he will have to be sitting up somewhat. So I need something that will keep him from falling over, or breaking.

So I was thinking of cherry jello for the innards. But how to make it be in a tube that would represent the body? While I was shopping for jello yesterday, it came to me. Water bottles! I can empty out the water bottles and fill it with cherry jello. When it forms, I just cut the plastic bottle away, and I should have a solid jiggly mass.

I experimented with this last night and it appears that it's going to work well. I haven't cut the bottle off yet, but it looks like it will work.

Too add some more "flavor", I made up some spaghetti and put it in the jello as it set-up. It has a nice effect, and will probably make it more sturdy, but unfortunately it is not working how I imagined. I made two samples, and added the pasta right away, while the jello was still hot and liquid. The other one I waited an hour and it had set-up a little. The first one, the pasta settled at the bottom. The second one, the pasta floated. If I want to do this right, I need to find a medium where the pasta will just "float" in the jello. But, with everything else, this is a minor glitch, and not important to the whole concept.

Tonight I'm going to make up the "skin" out of rice crispy treats. I'm going to see how easy it is to form the treat and make it look like something. If all goes well, my Seal Crest may come "alive" tomorrow or Thursday night. There will be pictures. Bwah-ha-ha-ha-ha!!!!

Now I have to figure out how to secure it to my helm.....