Kim, do you have a pic that you can post. If not a little more details.
Stephanie
I did one a while ago and you have to make sure that the cakes are perfectly level. I used three dowels one down the middle and one on each side and i made sure they also went a little bit through the cake board to help keep it sitting up. I hope this helps and good luck
shelly
No, I don't have a pic, I took mine apart already. There are a few pics in the galleries if you do a search for spongebob. It's a 3-d sponge. I just can't keep him standing. I have a thicker dowel straight down through the middle and one on each side also. I think I'm going to try putting cardboard layers every 2 layers. Hopefully this will help.
Thanks for the quick replies! Any more ideas are still welcomed, I have to bake another cake before I can continue anyway. 
Thanks,
Kim
Kim, I've seen at Ace of Cakes that they use a bottom layer of a non edible material to hold shapes.
You could use like a styrofoam base for the shorts, cover with BC and /or fondant. This base board should be big and large enough, this way you can push down the dowels through it.
I hope I was clear on my idea. Sorry...
HTH
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