This was for a 1st Birthday party. 3d elmo ended up being 16" tall. Getting the icing red was the most challenging and trying to make all the parts seperate throughout but then fit at the end. Planned on making the head out of rkt so the shape could be more like a football but humidity made it too soft. Ended up using 2-8" and 2-6" cakes for the head and carved a little bit to get that shape.