How-to Hello Kitty Backpack Cake-MIxing-It-Up

Next week we are back to school in my house so I made a backpack cake! We are Mixing-It-Up in the kitchen this week with cake and candy. Check out my BLOG:
(confetticakes.blogspot.com/201...)
for everything you need and some more great photos or LOOK DOWN BELOW for all the materials.
One cake will feed about 10-15 people
WHAT YOU NEED
One 9" x 13" sheet cake (one box of cake mix or half of my cake recipes)
Buttercream/Filling (about 8 cups)
MATERIALS
Vegetable shortening
*Pink Pre-dyed Fondant (2 pounds)
*Red Pre-dyed Fondant (1 pound)
White Gum paste (size of a large marble)
Yellow and black gum paste (small amounts)
*(Fondarific brand is suggested)
EQUIPMENT
X-acto Knife
One 5 x 3.5-inch rectangular cardboard or foam core
Tape measure
Ruler
Pastry bag and large pastry tip (#806)
Small brush
Rolling pin
Scissors
Small serrated knife
Small off-set spatula
Hello Kitty (or any Logo) template
Tracing wheel (stitching tool)
Toothpicks
Clay gun
Paring knife
Dog bone tool (optional)
Scalpel (optional)
Turntable (good to have)
Heart cutters: 1.5 and 2.5-inches
Air Heads-Xtremes sweetly sour candy (rainbow berry flavor)
More info:
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