Marshmallow Crafts and Ideas

Marshmallows are inexpensive, sweet, snowy white and an easy thing to use to have fun with during this holiday season.  Let me count the ways that marshmallows can be used:

1. Pop mini-marshmallows into your hot cocoa for a sweet topping!
2. Give the kids a paper plate, colorful frosting, and a bag of marshmallows.  (Several bags of marshmallows that offer different sizes would be ideal). The kids can create an artsy design using the marshmallows and frosting! 
3. Using different-sized marshmallows, kids can build a snowman using toothpicks to hold their creation together.  They can either make it edible and add chocolate chips and mini-M&Ms for eyes and buttons or can use a marker to draw these designs on to their snowman.
4. Make a Marshmallow Star.  Push six miniature marshmallows onto one toothpick, leaving one pointed end sticking out. Do the same for five others, so that there are six altogether. Push the pointed ends of these toothpicks into a large marshmallow to form a star. 
5. Make a Marshmallow Rabbit.
6. Make a Marshmallow Snowman on Skis. 
7. How about a Marshmallow Candle Holder?  Be careful, however, with candles!!
8. Use  marshmallows for cupcake frosting.  Pop a large marshmallow on top of your cupcakes about a minute before they come out of the oven.  An instant gooey frosting that the kids will love!
9. Make a batch of Marshmallow Treats, of course!
10. Make a batch of Apple Smiles. Spread peanut butter onto one side of an apple wedge. Using miniature marshmallows, position the “teeth” in place onto one of the apple wedges. Top with other apple wedge so that the peanut butter acts as a cement for the marshmallow dentures.