I made the King of the Jungle for my niece's baby shower and my neighbor liked it so much I made it for her son's birthday party. I made it looking fabulous by adding the water fountain, which the kids were in awe.

(4)boxes of Duncan Hine Butter Recipe Cake Mix
Baker's Spray or Crisco Spray so cake don't stick to pan.
You will need to make 2 (2 inch layers) using 2 boxes for each layer
(2)14 inch round cake pan
Buttercream frosting:
1/2 cup of solid vegetable shortening
1/2 cup butter
1 tsp vanilla extract
4 cups of confectioner sugar(sifted)
2 tbs of Milk
Wilton's sky blue icing color(you only need a little drop of this to add color to the buttercream frosting)
8 piece roman column separator set
water fountain
white flower ring holder(got at Michael's craft store)
silk flower foam
rainforest moss(can get at Michael's craft store, but the also have it at dollartree)
King of the Jungle theme animals(got at Walmart in toy section)
Brown ribbon ( 1 1/2"/38.1) with sky blue stitches on it)
glue gun and glue sticks.

Two day prior to baking the cake I cut the silk flowers foam into pieces to fit into the white flower holder, place the pieces in the holder. Glue the animals feet to the foam, let dry, then glue moss to the foam making sure there are no bare spots. Poke holes in different parts of the foam to glue the palm trees in, let dry. Insert little pieces of plastic grass throughout.
Bake cake according to box directions. Let cake cool for 2 hours.
Mix ingredients for buttercream frosting(I do this after the cake cools, so the frosting is smooth and creamy and easy to frost the cake)add a drop of coloring to buttercream frosting.
While cake is freshly frosted wrap ribbon around the bottom of the cake. Put in fridge until day of party.
I arrange the cake tier set ,King of the Jungle ring set and water fountain when I get to the party. After all is set up place cake on top of separator plate.