fondant/plastic icing/gumpaste/modelling chocolate, whichever you like to use
food coloring, preferably gel, of blue and pink
template
Rolling Pin
working mat
pizza/pastry cutter
round tip nozzle, for punching holes – for shoe lace holes
Cake decorating tools
cake brush (food graded paint brush)
a small bowl of water, for gluing pieces – brush a little water on pieces to attach one to another