How to create cute Teddy bear fondant topper

I thought I'd start my tutorial with something pretty simple. Like this cute teddy bear fondant topper. I use them a lot especially in baby cakes and as cupcake toppers. They're very cute and are pretty easy to make!

 The things that you will be needing:

Paint brush, ball tool (or the back of your paintbrush if ball tool is not available), the stick with the pointy end (not sure what it's called) or toothpicks, uncooked spaghetti, light brown fondant, lighter shade of brown fondant, pink fondant. Also some water and black food color (I forgot to include it on the picture!).

Roll the light brown fondant into a ball (head), slightly bigger tear-shaped ball (body), 2 long tear-shape (arms), 2 slightly bigger tear-shape (legs), 3 small balls (ears and tail).

Make an indentation for the two small balls using the ball tool (this will be the ear of the bear). if you do not have a ball tool, you can use your pinkie finger or the back of your paint brush instead.

Flatten a small ball using the lighter shade of fondant for the nose of the bear.

 Attach the nose into the head using water.

 Also attach the ear to the head.

And the arms and legs on the body and don't forget the tail at the back.

Create some stitches using this tool. I bought them as a set but if you do not have them, you can use that back of a toothpick instead. The stitches should be all the way from the front to the back of the head. 

Make two small balls for the eyes using the brown fondant and one ball for the nose with the pink fondant.

Attach them to the head. Take your spaghetti straw and place it at the center of the body. this will attach the head of the bear to it's body. Let it dry a bit for about an hour (you would not want to squash the body of the bear with it's head!).

Dip your paintbrush in black food color and color the eyes. You can also use black fondant for the eyes but I find this easier if I don't have black fondant lying around.

You can recreate your bears in any size and color you want!:)