This is all made from sugar modelling paste, I did big birds in the modelling paste and then covered it with little circles of yellow royal icing. It was very time consuming but worth it in the end. I did Elmo in the same way and covered it with red royal icing and dabbed it a damp paint brush to get that effect. The colour in the royal icing then matured over night and ended up a little too dark, so I am not too happy with Elmo's colour. Overall the birthday girl was happy and that is all that matters.