Day 20~An Edible Craft For Kids
This has got to be the cutest thing I have ever seen! The other day, I was visiting the Disney Family Fun Website and they had this adorable video on making Pilgrim Hats. I was intrigued so I watched the video. I was hooked instantly! The reason I got so excited is because I am always looking for things the kids can make without my supervision. . .you know, things that do not involve the stove or oven. Well I found it!
Look how adorable these little hats turned out! 
And to top it off, they were very frugal to make! I went to Aldi’s and purchased a bag of large marshmallows for .79, one bag of semi-sweet chocolate chips for $1.29, and a bag of chocolate striped cookies for .99. The icing I made from scratch. So, for a total of $3.07, my kids were able to make this very adorable craft. And the best part is, after making them, we get to eat them! Our batch wound up making 24 cookies. That comes out to around .13 a cookie! Now where in the world are you going to find that deal anywhere else??
Here are the directions for making your own pilgrim hats!
Take the cookies from the package and turn them upside down on a baking sheet so that the stripes are face down. Take the chocolate chips mentioned above and melt them. Once melted, take a toothpick and stick in the marshmallow and dip them in the chocolate. You can use another toothpick to push the marshmallow off onto the top of the cookie.
Once you have done that for all the cookies, stick the baking sheet in the refrigerator so that the chocolate can harden. Make your icing and tint it yellow. Spoon into a small ziplock bag and snip off the corner to make a piping bag. Make your buckles for the hats.
If you prefer, you can watch the video on how easy these come together.
you will have to check out the snowman that I believe are on family fun as well and they use the marshmellows for the face and a top hat on them ! we made them a year ago and were a big hit but more time consumming then the pilgrims hats but just as fun and cute!
We made something similar to this this year. Instead of marshmallows we used miniature peanut butter cups. Unwrap them, turn them upside down, and “glue” them to the cookie with chocolate frosting. Very easy, no cooking.