11.   Wrap around the bus and secure on with a dampened paint brush or a little royal icing.

12.   Dilute a little green and pink food colouring with water and use to decorate the front of the bag with a fine paint brush.

13.   Trim the strip so that it is even, and wrap around the base of the postbox, using a dampened paint brush and smoothing over the join.

14.   Using a fine paint brush, decorate the cut-outs in appropriate colours, pink and violet perhaps.

15.   When dry, and using a fine paint brush, paint the eyes and mouth yellow and red.

16.   Brightly paint the towel using blue and green food colourings and a fine paint brush.

17.   Shape a pair of sunglasses from white fondant and secure to the face with a dampened paint brush.

18.   Colour the sunglasses silver with a paint brush.

19.   Also place a small portion of mixed icing on to the tips of the paint brushes.

20.   Stick them with a dampened paint brush all over the top of the cake.