Indian Cupcake

What would Thanksgiving be without Pilgrims and Indians?? The pilgrim didn't turn out for me, but the Indian did! Here's what I came up with:

Take your plain, very smooth, white iced cupcake. I airbrushed the whole thing with a light peach/flesh tone. Then I airbrushed a small amount of black at the top (kind of for the hair).

Then with the basketweave tip and chocolate icing, pipe a strip at the top of the hairline.

Then, with a #5 round tip and white icing, pipe the rounds for the eyes.

Next, with a #4 round tip and pink icing, pipe the round for the nose.

Next, with a #3 round and black icing, pipe the pupils of the eyes and the mouth.

Next, with a leaf tip and red icing - start at the top of the brown rim and go up. Pipe on 3 red leaves (feathers).

Next, with the same leaf tip and orange icing, pipe an orange leaf next to all the red ones.

Then, with another leaf tip and yellow icing, fill in all the remaining spaces.

Lastly, take a #3 round tip and yellow icing and pipe some X's across the brown band.

Too cute, right??