I was wanting to do something new for my nephews 1st birthday cake. He love the backyardigans. I mostly do transfers or fondant. I want his cake to be special and different b/c he's the only baby in the family besides my older kids. I need all ideas. Ive looked at all the backyardigan cakes on this site and haven't seen anything I want. If I wanted to do a large cake the shape of one of the characters, how would I do that?

I guess I would find a picture of the character you want to do, make it large enough, and cut your cake around that pic. Then, either do a FBCT or freehand the character on your carved cake.

What about starting with the stand up 3D bear pan - adding and altering so you can do all of them or just 2-3 of them. Seems like a good shape to start with.

Good Luck!