Trina's Trinketts: Duck and Easter Egg polymer clay cake topper

Saturday, October 15, 2011

Where the Wild Things Are

I recently had a custom order for a birthday cake topper for a child's first birthday. The theme of the party is 'Where the Wild Things Are' ~ That was a favorite book in our house when my kids were little, so I was very familiar with the characters. 'The book tells the story of Max, who one evening plays around his home making "mischief" in a wolf costume. As punishment, his mother sends him to bed without supper. In his room, a mysterious, wild forest and sea grows out of his imagination, and Max sails to the land of the Wild Things. The Wild Things are fearsome-looking monsters and Max is made "the king of all wild things", dancing with the monsters in a "wild rumpus". However, he soon finds himself lonely and homesick and returns home to his bedroom where he finds his supper waiting for him still hot.'

My customer sent me a picture of her little boy and a picture of their two dogs, which she also wanted to somehow incorporate in the topper, going along with the theme. I thought it would be cute to put claws on one dog and horns on the other. 'Max' is in his jammies and barefoot, his cute little toes peeking out. I created 'old fashioned' one piece jammies, with a little buttoned flap in the back. He is King, wearing his crown and holding his wand... He is so cute, standing approximately 4" tall, on a 3" base, with his little "dog-monsters" beside him. I added some leaves and sticks around the edge of the base to give the topper the feel of the forest.