I never made Cat in the Hat things, but this is a link that can give u ideas:
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&meta=search&type=full&search=dr+seuss
Here are photos that I got off from google,
In this one, you can make the hat all cake and the cat with RKT and cover with fondant.
http://thecakecorner.com/cat_in_the_hat_cake.jpg
Here is something similar,
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3164/2627398064_42ea151c90.jpg?v=0
HTH.
I've never made Cat in the Hat anything before either, but got to looking this moring and really liked the pull-a-part cakes that treatsonthego made. http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-photo_259033.html She said she free handed them. I tried making the cat this morning at work and it turned out pretty good. I used 3 rows of 3 cupcakes across then added one row of 4 for the hat. a row of 2, a row of 3, another row of 2 for the face and then a row of 4 for the bottom for his tie. I just iced the entire thing as smooth as I could with bc and then because I was being lazy I airbrushed the red. I used a grass tip for the fur. It was pretty quick and easy to do. If you need me to draw out where I put each cc let me know.
Sherri
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