Dog Set (Dog + Doghouse + Bowl) — Tutorial + Templates

This dog topper with a little doghouse is such a sweet, feel-good design — perfect for birthday cakes, ‘welcome home’ puppies, or any dog-lover celebration. It has a calm, clean look, but still feels full of character.

In the tutorial, I’ll show you how to create the dog, the doghouse, and the little bowl, with templates included to guide sizing, shaping, and proportions — so everything fits together neatly. You’ll learn how to build the house with straight, clean sides and assemble it so it’s stable and all the parts join properly. The same technique can easily be adapted to create house-style toppers for other themes too.

It’s also easy to personalise — change the colours and markings to match a specific breed, adjust the ear shape or collar tag, and you’ve got a design you can reuse for so many different clients and occasions.

You will learn how to:

• create a sweet dog-and-doghouse scene topper with a smooth, polished finish
• build the dog so it holds its shape neatly as you work and as it dries
• build the doghouse with straight, clean sides and tidy joins so it stands stable and looks crisp (a great base technique to reuse for other house-style toppers)
• add the small details and gentle shading for a complete, professional result