Winter holidays bring much joy and a lot of to-dos! Have the kids help (and keep them busy) with decorations by giving them ideas for fun food crafts. These decorations perfectly adorn a holiday table – and are completely edible for easy and tasty disposal!
Donut Friends
Supplies:
Powdered sugar mini donuts
Chocolate mini donuts
Pretzels
Coasted chocolate candies or gum drops
Mini chocolate chips
Small tube of decorating or cookie icing
Assembly:
Reindeer:
Break pretzels in half and insert into top of chocolate donut gem for “antlers.” Add mini chocolate chips and chocolate candies or gumdrops with icing as the glue to make a reindeer face.
Snowmen:
- Add mini chocolate chips, chocolate candies or gumdrops with icing as the glue to make a happy snowman face.
Snowman Cheese Cubes
Supplies:
Block of white cheese
Black writing gel
Pretzel sticks
Grapes
Toothpicks
Assembly:
Cut the cheese into three different sizes of cubes. Cut grapes in half.
Take a middle-sized cube of cheese, push a toothpick through the center until it sticks out both sides. Add a larger and smaller cube to each side of the toothpick.
Push 2 pretzels into opposite sides of the middle cube.
Draw a face on the small cube with the writing gel.
Place grape on top of the smallest cheese cube. Use writing gel, if necessary, to help glue the grape in place.
Santa Kabobs
Supplies:
Banana
Jumbo marshmallow
Mini marshmallow
Strawberry
Chocolate coated candy
Chocolate sprinkles
Peanut butter
Bamboo skewers
Assembly:
Cut strawberry top off. Cut jumbo marshmallow in thirds.
Peel and but banana in half. Cut off the top ½ inch of banana for a smooth surface. If desired, dip banana in a fruit juice or club soda to prevent browning.
Place banana half on skewer until you have approximately 2 ½ inches of skewer coming through at the top. Thread on jumbo marshmallow third, strawberry, and a mini marshmallow.
Press two chocolate sprinkles into the banana as eyes. Stick a chocolate candy onto the banana with a small dab of peanut butter.
