shallow grave

Alyssa’s birthday party this year was a CSI themed birthday party. I made some CSI technician badges with people’s pictures on them and gave them titles such as “CSI Level 3” and “DNA Technician”. The badges were pretty cute, I thought. I used mostly silly pictures for the photos.

I also made a shallow grave cake for the occasion. I got a box of glow in the dark bones from Archie McPhee. It was actually a puzzle. I didn’t need or want to use all the parts. The rib cage was too large for the cake, so I cut it in half and used the front portion. I also only used the top portion of the skull. For the cake, I used a white cake mix which I dyed red (to make it really red you have to use a ton of food coloring – I used a whole jar of powdered red coloring). I covered it in chocolate frosting and used crushed oreos on top for the dirt. I put the skeleton down first and then sprinkled the “dirt” on.

Mmm, tasty.