A SAVVY mum transformed a boring £10.99 cake into a dinosaur spectacle for her son’s birthday using bargains from B&M and IKEA.
Eilidh Wells, from Glasgow, regularly shares her parenting tips and family trips on social media (@eilidhwells).
In one video, she revealed how parents can save cash when it comes to their children’s birthday cakes.
Rather than paying a bakery to create a dinosaur-themed treat for her little boy, Eilidh decided to give it a go for herself.
The mum of two picked up a £10.99 chocolate fudge cake from Costco which she then decorated with biscuits and cookies.
She also bought toy dinosaurs from B&M to sit on top of the cake, before cutting some branches off an artificial IKEA plant to complete the look.
Showing off the results, she said: “The EASIEST birthday cake to throw together.
“This is the £10.99 Costco cake with some wafer rolls stuck into the edges from Home Bargains, some dinosaurs from B&M, some artificial leaves and crushed cookies.”
She added: “This took 10 mins max to put together and he was so happy with it.
“Plus then they get some new dinosaurs to play with.”
Social media users were loving Eilidh’s cake hack, with the clip racking up almost 60,000 views.
One said: “This is my kind of creativity. I love what you’ve done.”
A second wrote: “Why work hard when you can work smarter, that looks amazing.”
“This is a smarter choice to cutting costs and achieving brilliance”, a third gushed.
A fourth echoed: “Thank you… will be doing this myself going forward instead of spending £100 on a cake.”
Meanwhile, a fifth added: “Just wow my kind of glow up.”
