Jungle Animal Baby Shower

Yellow and Chocolate cake with strawberry cream filling and buttercream frosting. Animals (although I am not fond of the colors) were made to match the invitations and all of the party goods. Lion, cobra, blocks, bibs, bottles and rattle were all made from fondant. Zebra and giraffe were made from modeling chocolate, and the elephant was made from marzipan, & wasn't too happy with how he looked. First time using marzipan....good textured look for the elephant, but didn't seem that easy to use (very sticky)----what did I do wrong, any suggestions?? Anyways, this was a fun one, wierd animal colors, but fun! TFL!!