Marshmallow Snowman on a Stick

It's treat week here on Make Life Lovely!  All week I'll be teaching you how to make lots of yummy and easy holiday treats to share (or keep all for yourself).  Make sure to check back every day to see the new delicious treat!

I wanted to do a fun holiday activity with the kids this weekend, and I have the cutest red and white striped straws that were just begging to be used, left over from this Very Hungry Caterpillar baby shower.  I decided we would make some snowmen on a stick, since I had just bought tons of marshmallows and lots of chocolate candy for Christmas that I couldn't wait to open and sneak a few ;)

These little cuties were so fun and easy to make, and the kids had a great time getting creative and making their own little snowmen.  These snowmen would be cute favors for a Christmas party, or for your kids to give to friends.  I'm keeping ours for when we have people stop by, I'll be giving them each one (if I can keep the kids away for that long!).

Supplies:

* Large marshmallows

* Lollipop sticks, striped straws, or wooden skewers

* Sprinkles (we used black and orange)

* Chocolate candy (we used York peppermint patties and Rolos)

* Any other candy or chocolate you want to use!

* Toothpicks (not pictured)

Directions:

Faces:  We used long skinny black sprinkles for the eyes and mouths, and long orange sprinkles for the carrot noses (our Halloween sprinkles!).  We stuck them in carefully and pushed, until there was just a tiny dot exposed.  For the hats we used the Rolos and York chocolates, as well as the Wilton chocolate wafers for berets. Toothpicks worked well to stick the hat pieces into the marshmallow head. 

Bodies:  Poke the straw through two large marshmallows for the body, and then carefully stick on the head.  Use sprinkles or other small candies to make buttons or any other decorations for the bodies.

Made by me...

Here are a few of the snowmen that I made.  Love those little faces!  I even made a reindeer one with pretzel antlers.

Made by my kiddos...

My kids made these snowmen.  They turned out soooooo cute, I almost didn't let them eat them!  The kids were so proud of their snowmen, too, and even named them and made up little stories about them.  In the top picture, the first snowman, made by my four-year-old, has on "headband warmers," aka earmuffs (can you tell we don't live near snow?).  The second snowman has little pretzel glasses on, and the fourth snowman is Abraham Lincoln with his chocolate stovepipe hat and marshmallow beard... love it!! And the last little animal is a marshmallow hippo of course, straight from the son "I want a hippopotamus for Christmas..."  

All packaged up and ready to give away.  I packaged them up long plastic pretzel bags.

I hope you give these easy treats a try!  You can use whatever you have on hand and let your kids (and yourself) get creative and have fun making these marshmallow snowmen on a stick.

What are your favorite holiday or Christmas treats to make with your kids?

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XO, Laura