Not a font, but a beautiful alphabet!

With the help of a spouse and a mirror, you can get not only the A-Z letters but also all the possible variations of Kernings and Ligatures.
Do-it-yourself with Flowers

It's all about RAD, but if your not into skating then i guess that doesn't help-ONE

Try CutOut although it is very stylized its pretty fun and includes 0-9 numeral set -ONE

Koppa: nice letters but it's for a kids book so I don't think these would be appropriate

AzizMostafa: Interesting idea for a new project but not for the one I need help with at the moment.

LeeMc: I did see Rad but the skater thing doesn't work for the theme of the project. And I did see Cutout but it might be a little too stylized for what we're after.

John

Check out this older thread: people letters please help

Is there what you need?
http://www.typophile.com/node/30867

All very interesting but this is for a kids exercise book so we were looking for numbers composed of people (kids preferably) posed as numbers.

Thanks again for the pointers but perhaps it's time to give up the quest. Or maybe hire an illustrator.

My favorites, & suitable for children up to "X":
http://home.att.net/~star_child/erte4.html
Cheers!

Before sending my 2 daughters to bed, I have been playing with them the Fingers shadow game. Surprisingly, they formed with their little golden fingers all the Arabic and Latin letters.
Try ?!ing your fingers with Flowers

How about Kiddo Caps?