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**Title:** 3 Ways to Make Fake Sprinkles
**Summary:**
A creator shares three methods to make fake sprinkles for decorative purposes (e.g., squishies, dessert-themed crafts). The methods vary in ease, cost, and realism:
1. **Easy & Quick:** Cut up colorful craft strings, rubber bands, or rainbow loom bands.
2. **Mid-Level:** Paint toothpicks with acrylic paint, let dry, and then chop into sprinkle shapes.
3. **Ultimate (but more involved):** Use a polymer clay extruder to create consistent, customizable sprinkles, then bake and chop.
**Key Takeaway:** Choose a method based on your desired level of effort, cost, and realism, with the polymer clay method offering the most realistic results but requiring more time and resources.
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**Method 1: Craft Strings/Rubber Bands**
1. **Materials needed**: Craft strings, rubber bands, or rainbow loom bands.
2. **Process**: Cut the strings/bands into small pieces.
3. **Result**: Quick and cheap fake sprinkles.
**Method 2: Toothpicks & Acrylic Paint**
4. **Materials needed**: Toothpicks, acrylic paint, and packing foam.
5. **Process**: Paint toothpicks, let dry in foam, then chop into pieces.
6. **Note**: Colored toothpicks can be used, but plain ones are more common.
**Method 3: Polymer Clay**
7. **Materials needed**: Polymer clay (e.g., Sculpey), clay extruder (optional).
8. **Process**: Mix clay colors, roll into thin strings (by hand or using extruder).
9. **Baking**: Bake at 275°F (135°C) until hard but still breakable.
10. **Final step**: Chop baked clay strings into sprinkle pieces.
**General**
11. **Purpose**: Creating fake sprinkles for desserts, crafts, or squishies.
12. **Video content**: Demonstrating three methods to make fake sprinkles.