What do people use to make pies with and toppings? Whats good for good coverage?

There a few companies which sell synthethic foam and all sorts of colours which you can easily buy over the internet and have delivered. Messy Supplies is one such company which springs to mind. Then there is good old shaving cream. You could add some custard or pudding to the mixture if you wanted a good, creamy finish. However, NEVER, consider using dairy products! Lots of people who have tried will tell you the odour of sour milk or cream will stay with you for days.even after a number of long, hot showers! It feels gorgeous, but you will bitterly regret you decision to usw it!

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Thanks for the reply and options @aunite Liz, will give it a try in my next messy session - any recomendation of what youve used for other items for a good coverage? Iv mainly used custard, yoghurt, cornflower- water mix. Found them relativly easy to clean up which is also a consideration.

I've found clay to be a manageable indoor mud experience - extremely smooth and good coverage. I've used it countless times in the bath and on the kitchen floor. It's easy to scape off with a squeegee then wash away what is left, but clean up does take hours if you want to make it look like nothing ever happened.

Thank you this, i do like getting covered in mud tend to go out places for that find a nice mud patch in a somewhat quiet spot then can go to town - plus no clean up other than myself.. hehe

No the sacred WAMers knowledge of bath puffs and lemon shower gel has been lost!

The truth is so long as you start off with moisturised skin and you use one of those netting scrubber things you can get most smells out. A lemon based shower gel such as lemon original source is good at cutting through greasy/oily deposited on your skin. Custard can really sent your skin and it will form dead skin look alike layer that flakes off especially from the little crannies around your lug holes.

Pie wise pre-made cake type flan bases, pre-made pastry bases or to save money cheap sheets of uncooked pastry. For fillings that depends if it's for me or someone else. At one point I used to make identical look nice and nasty pies for one of my playmates. Extra thick strawberry whip maybe with custard and squirt cream to decorate in one the same but with the strawberry whip replaced by taramasalata in another.

I wasn't that big a fan of pies until I got messy with a platonic WAM friend who showed me just how much variety of texture they offer not to mention how many different ways there are to apply them. It's been years since I put that kind of effort in though. It's so easy with instant slime in the bath and a quick shower afterwards.

Also, first wash/shower with cool water as it stops the cream from curdling into the pores. Heat is not your friend.

I'm not sure if they cool whip over the pond, some some sort of oil based whipped cream and u mix some cornstarch in to stabalize it, then if u spray a tiny bit of shaving cream it and mix it up it leaves good coverage and good shoulder boulders with being to excessive!

One thing with pies, I prefer them to be edible. Don't get me wrong I'm not going to eat them but there's a whole lot you can do with edible mess that doesn't sting eyes. That reminded me of another great thing for creamy pies. Greek yoghurt especially good if the pies are going to be going into holes. Well not ear holes obviously no one wants messy lug holes.

Greek yogurt? Just as it is or you whip or add anything to it?

Just as it is. It feels a lot like heavy great but sent wise it's better even though it's dairy. It's also really good for sensitive skin. When I've had sensitivity issues I've used it as a base layer smeared over sensitive areas. On a pie it can be used to decorate the top like cream.

Thwnks for all the comments and suggestions, didnt really think about greek yogert - iv used the natural stuff poured over, down an in but didnt think about its greek partner for pie.. thanks will give ut a try