In advance: Make cookies. Prepare and roll out dough. Use patterns to cut one balloon, one arm and two body shapes as follows: Cut one full-size body shape. Cut a second shape following dotted dress line. Bake and cool cookies. Cover balloon with thinned royal icing tinted rose. Let dry overnight.

Also: Prepare and cover base board with 80 oz. fondant tinted blue. Reserve 6 oz. white fondant for name.

Bake and cool Hello Kitty cake. Use tip 3 to outline bow and pipe whiskers. Use tip 3 to outline and fill in eyes, nose and center of bow loops; pat smooth with finger dipped in cornstarch. Cover head and bow with tip 16 stars.

Position cake on prepared board. Stack body cookies with buttercream icing, position on board. Decorate body with tip 3 outline and tip 13 stars. Position arm cookie. Mark stripes and shirt details with toothpick. Outline using tip 3. Cover arm with tip 13 stars.

Position balloon cookie. Position licorice string between balloon and hand. Tint reserved white fondant rose; roll out 1/8 in. thick. Cut name using letters from set. Attach using damp brush.