You need cute holiday treats for your kid’s class or a holiday gathering, but baking isn’t exactly your strongest skill.  Think you are going to have to resign yourself to buying those slice-and-bake sugar cookie logs?  Think again!  These snowmen on a stick Based on an idea she saw elsewhere, Randi from Dukes and Dutchessses made a couple of alterations to the materials – and you can likely find all of her substitutions at the dollar store!  Of course, there are lots of different things you could substitute for making the details on this, so don’t be afraid to think outside of the box on this project.  [how to make snowman on a stick treats]

Project estimate:

• Powdered mini donuts, $1 and up
• Mike and Ike candies, $1
• Fruit roll-ups, $1 and up
• Food coloring, on hand or $1 and up
• Toothpick, on hand
• Bamboo skewers, on hand or $1 and up

Total:  $3 and up

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In addition to dollar store crafting, I like to do food crafts! I am a huge fan of fun foods, and I believe that snacks that are fun to look at are more fun to eat! I made this Healthy Christmas Tree Snack a few years ago, and just shared it on our sister site, Dollar Store Mom. This week for my column at the Coffee Talk Community I’ve been collecting my favorite holiday-themed fun food ideas, so I thought I would share my finds with you, too. You can find a lot of the snack foods and candy used in these ideas at the dollar store, too.

Peppermint Bark Trees

A cute twist on a holiday classic – peppermint bark! Make with a dollar store ice cube tray mold. We posted this a couple years ago right here on this site!

Gingerbread Nativity Craft

This nativity craft by Katherine Marie Photography (one of my very favorite blogs of all time)  is such an adorable twist on the traditional gingerbread house. Don’t you just love the little marshmallow “sheep”? You can find these candies at any grocery store or the dollar store.

Gumdrop Pops

I love these adorable gumdrop pops from Martha Stewart, and I am a huge fan of the way they are displayed. They look like they’re in a snowglobe! You can find the gumdrops, sprinkles, and even a glass jar at the dollar store.

Tiny Elf Donuts

You already learned awhile back that my youngest son is a huge fan of donuts. He is going to be so excited when we make these teeny tiny donut snacks found at Unconfidential Cook. These are just one of the adorable tiny foods showcased in this post – all from the American Girl book Tiny Treats – note to self: must get this book and try out these teeny sweeties (and another note to self: get this book for editor Rhonda for Christmas!)

Powdered Donut Snowmen

Speaking of donuts, this powdered donut snowman by Amy from The Idea Room is so cute! Amy is always making the cutest fun treats. Since we rarely get enough snow to build snowmen here in Oregon, I’m sure my boys will appreciate this donut version! Another great snowman fun food craft by Amy is:

Melted Oreo Snowman

This treat is so cute! I just love melted snowman crafts, edible or otherwise! Another great craft by Amy from The Idea Room.

Snowman Sandwich

More fun snowman food! This sandwich by my friend Kellie at Little Nummies is a cute and healthy way to enjoy lunch.

Christmas Gift Sandwich with Tortilla Tree Chips

Another excellent fun food blog is Kitchen Fun with My Three Sons. I love this healthy, yet fun lunch idea!

Snowman Hot Chocolate

I love this hot chocolate, and it is oh so easy with food markers (I am totally buying these as soon as I am done writing this post – I can’t find mine, but they are essential for food crafting). It reminds me of my three sons, and the rhyme I say to them: Rub a dub dub, three men in a tub! Great idea by Meet the Dubiens. Speaking of hot chocolate, Breanna just did a comparison of store bought vs. homemade hot cocoa mixes over at Dollar Store Mom.

Hot Chocolate Marshmallow Pops

Anything on a stick is just ten times cuter. These pops by Dollhouse Bakeshop are so sweet!

Well, I could go on listing fun food crafts for the rest of the day, but I better stop somewhere! I’ll leave you with this:

Bakesta’s Paradise!

My friend Sunita wrote this adorable song and made a sweet video that I wanted to share – Sooo cute, and you will not be able to get this song out of your head (in a very GOOD way). My 3 year-old son said: “Mom, I love that music.”

Disclosure: This post brought to you by my sponsor International Delight and their CoffeeTalk Community. I have also used Amazon affiliate links in this post. If you are shopping on Amazon this holiday season, I appreciate your support!

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Birthday Cake Costume

Even bigger and better than a cupcake! Looks like it was made with hula hoops to add structure.

Sushi Costume:

The creator of this costume said: SUSHI BABY! I made this costume for under $20 and didn’t sew a thing. I used foam padding to make the out line, covered the out side with black fabric and the middle with packing foam then used the left over foam to make the middle and painted it with craft paint. The wasabi hat was made out of a pair of sweat pants my son grew out of and glued on left over chopsticks.

Toddler Gumball Machine Costume:

The creator of this costume said: Our daughter as a gumball machine. I used ball pit balls, cut them in half, hot glued them to a red turtle neck. I then took a child gift garment bag, cut open the top and bottom, sewed up the edges, placed black leggings, silver shoes one her..My mother in law created the top cap from a plastic bottle and red felt, as well as the bottom money slot with cardboard and plastic.

And here’s another version of the gumball machine:

Kid Gumball Machine Costume

There is no info about how this one was made, but if I were going to recreate it, I would use oversized clear plastic bowls for the dome part (with a window cut out for ventilation), with a disposable red party bowl on top (most likely, hot glued together). I’d put the child in a red longsleeved shirt, and make a sleeveless dress for the red body of the machine, with the hem rolled up around something (you could use a pool noodle? looks like the creator used something smaller than that). The lightest-weight gumballs would be ping-pong balls spray-painted in various colors.

S’mores Costume:

The creator of this costume said: The S’more was really easy to do! For the crackers and the top of the hat we used a can of spray texture and tan spray paint. The chocolate bar was a piece of craft foam covered in brown fabric with a hole cut so she could step through it. We used a large, rolled piece of craft foam for the marshmallow shape and covered it with an old white bed sheet and cut holes for the arms. It buttoned up the back.

Chef and Oven Costume:

I like the idea of combining the occupation with one of its accoutrements. He’s a chef and an oven.

Cop & Donut Costume

Or, if you’re gonna be a cop, might as well be a cop with something. Like a box of donuts.

(Katy Perry Candyland) Candy Buttons Costume:

Z. is dressed as the singer Katy Perry from her music video for “California Girls.” The video has a candyland theme.

I love the candy buttons costume. Not so thrilled about the Katy Perry aspect, but that’s just me and my aversion to little girls identifying too closely with big girls. Still, this costume is adorable. If I made it, I would use felt yardage for the tube-like body of the dress, and styrofoam balls cut in half for the candy buttons. I’d put wide ribbon straps on the dress, and then glue actual candy buttons onto them. Accessorize with candy jewelry (and an awesome wig, if you can find one).

Iron Chef Toddler Costume by TrafficChick on Craftster:

My three year old watches way too much Food Network. She insisted that she dress as Iron Chef Michael Symon and that I needed to be Iron Chef Cat Cora. Whose cuisine reigns supreme?

I just love that the three year-old insisted on being a specific Iron Chef!

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