Superbowl / Mermaid party anyone?

I made this cake for a friend's 3 yo's birthday that they celebrated this past Sunday. The cake didn't turn out exactly as I had planned. We had the "brilliant" idea to let the little ones help with the decorating and the final product is a little more chaotic than I would have liked but at least it was fun 😊. I also really really wish I would have trimmed the cake pieces at an angle for the "stadium" so that the "sprinkle spectators" looked better.

The cake is vanilla with a vanilla custard filling and ermine frosting. In addition to the sheet cake, I made mini cakes in the shape of footballs and clam shells using Madeline onas tahgi sliced and filled with frosting like little whoopie pies. Those were where the little ones provided the most artistic help 😁. The football whoopie pies are just chocolate cake with ermine frosting (delicious combo). And the clam shells are strawberry cake with cream cheese frosting (also great combo).