We love all our youth workshops, but this one takes the cake! NWFF Cinema Programmer Cris Vázquez de Mercado, a veritable master of madcap DIY decor and architect of last festival’s magnificent mega-cake (see below), will teach a short session on artificial cake-craft. These captivating confections start with a styrofoam base, and are then frosted with acrylic paint mixed with plaster, applied through a piping bag and tip just like edible icing would be. (Please, no matter how delicious they look, do not eat these cakes!)

All materials are provided by NWFF — a range of colors of icing, the styrofoam base you’ll build your cake around, icing-shaping tools, and a few decorative toppers. No cake is complete without a delicate li’l fruit garnish … or plastic monkey, Godzilla, et cetera … depends on the cake.

This experience is fun for any age, but requires some patience and concentration — we recommend confectioners ages 10 and under be accompanied by a guardian. And remember, everything you learn in cake class can be applied to making other props, masks, decorations, photo frames, et cetera — so keep that crafting energy alive at home!

All workshops have a suggested registration fee of $100, however we do offer a sliding scale, pay-what-you-can model for those who need that option.