Super Why Cake

My son is turning three and I am looking for Super WHY! stuff. Invitations, table items, plates, party favors, cake, etc… do you have any ideas?

Thanks, Kassey

Hi Kassey,
I had no luck finding Super Why favors, etc. for my son’s party. What I did do was go to PBS.org and I made copies of the coloring activities for Super Why and set up a table with crayons and markers for the kids to color at the party. Then I also used one of the coloring pages to make the cake picture on the cake. I just bought primary colors in plates, napkins, and tablecloth to match the Super Why theme as best I could. Maybe head to the dollar store and pick up books for party favors? Good luck and let me know what you come up with
Heidi

Andrea Blakemore says:
Hi and Happy Birthday!

I came upon your blog as I am trying to figure out how to throw a SuperWhy party for my about-to-be-5 daughter next weekend. I am going crazy trying to learn how to draw Princess Presto, and that is with a pencil. I am only medium artistically talented, so the thought of then doing this in icing is rather daunting!

I read about your tracing paper method and was trying to figure out what you did. Even though you said it didn’t work, it sounds like you’ve done it successfully in the past. (It also sounds like you have way more experience than I do at this,) but would you possibly consider emailing me and telling me how you did this? I would be really grateful.

Thanks in advance,
Andrea

Posted on: Friday, August 8, 2008 at 3:55 pm

Hi Andrea,
Sorry it has taken me so long to respond- I have been dealing with a sick cat and my computer needed to be updated.
Here is what you can do to get an image of Princess Pesto on a cake:
1. Find an image of her if you don’t have one (pbs.org has great coloring pages).
2. Take a piece of tracing paper and trace the image of what you want to use.
3. Using Piping gel (Wilton sells it in a small tub @ Michael’s, Jo Ann’s, etc.) in a decorator icing bag and Tip #1 or #2, trace the image on the tracing paper. Make sure to stir the piping gel before putting it in a decorator bag to remove bubbles. You use the tracing paper so you can turn the image over and trace on the preferred side of the image.
4. After you have traced the image using the piping gel, carefully lift the paper and place onto the iced cake. Genhtly trace your finger or the tip of a paintbrush several times over the traced image. Peel paper off of cake and the piping gel should remain on the cake with the image you traced. Once the image is on your cake base, you can now decorate as you would like! I think the star tip is the easiest to decorate with and you can fill a space nicely without a lot of expertise needed.

I hope that these instructions are easy to understand. Feel free to write me back if you have any questions at all. I would love to see a pic of your finished cake! Good luck! It is a lot easier and far less intimidating than you would think I wish your little one a very Happy Birthday!
Take care,
Heidi

I just went thru the Super Why cake struggle, my 5 yr old son had to have that for his party. I discovered a site in my research that talked about a frozen buttercream transfer and let me tell you it turned out great!!!! Go to cakecentral.com for the directions for the transfer, fabulous icing recipe that worked very well and you can see my end result. I just posted my pic under the children’s cakes today. As for decorations I printed off the coloring sheets from the pbs site, colored them in(me not the kids) and then took them to my local copy store (don’t wanna give free plugs) blew them up like 178% on cardstock paper, cut those out and taped them around for instant decorations.