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Hi KirstenLS:

Welcome to the boards! We have a few fun ideas for you.

Pretty to look at and one yummy treat! These Cookie Pops are easy for them to hold:

http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/christmas-cookie-pops/91d48dd5-904b-4aee-b11c-64e71a096acd

These Snow People would be fun for them to play with!

http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/snow-people/7ce996d3-40e4-4fa7-8b2a-f46b276e7f34

Also, we have plenty of adorable reindeer ideas that are easy to make:

http://www.bettycrocker.com/search/searchresults?sr=2&term=reindeer

Finally, our sister site, Pillsbury has this cute recipe for Sweet Penguins:

http://www.pillsbury.com/recipes/sweet-penguins/46e365c9-36ff-4d6a-aec2-b2f54099f98a/

Hope this helps or inspires!

Sincerely, Cate

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 I just made Reindeer cookies with my six year old grand niece.  The recipe is super easy to do.  I actually just used the Peanut Butter Cookie mix since I was very very short on time.  It was a very fun recipe for her to do too since she was able to read the directions herself. 

I used two packages.  I substituted the 30 pieces of Red-hot candies with M&M's.

http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/Reindeer-Cookies-2

• 1 package (17-1/2 ounces) peanut butter cookie mix


• 1/3 cup canola oil


• 1 egg


• 60 miniature pretzels


• 60 Nestlé® Tollhouse® Semi-Sweet Morsels

• 30 red-hot candies

Directions

• In a large bowl, beat the cookie mix, oil and egg until well combined. Shape into a 7-1/2-in. roll; wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for 1 hour. Unwrap and cut into 1/4-in. slices.


• Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Using thumb and forefinger, make a slight indentation one-third of the way down the sides of each slice. Press in pretzels for antlers, chocolate chips for eyes and a red-hot for the nose.


• Bake at 350° for 9-11 minutes or until light brown. Remove to wire racks to cool. Yield: 2-1/2 dozen.
  
  Editor's Note: You may substitute any peanut butter cookie recipe for the cookie mix, oil and egg.

marshmallow mice

large marshmallows, either white or colored

licorice whips the shoestring ones

almond slivers

tubes of  jel decorating stuff - black, red, blue

hershey kisses - any flavor, the striped ones are really cute

glue unwrapped hershey kiss to one end of marshmallow with icing

stick 4 inch licorice shoestring into other end for tail

glue 2 almond slivers between the hershey kiss and the marshmallow

paint face on hershey kiss with decorating jel

use 1/2 inch licorice strings for whiskers

Hi Kristin, Christmas eve mice. i make them every holiday and they are easy to make and the kids love them. everything is edibile except the tail which is the stem of marschino cherry. you can look at them on the www.tasteofhome.com website. very cute. Happy Holidays. Carol Radtke

My son has food allergies and so do about 3 other children in his class.  So this is the recipe I use (of course it's only free from nut and egg, not milk or gluten)

Take 2 boxes of vanilla cake mix, add 20 oz of sprite, mix well.

Take 3 bowls and divide the batter into each bowl, then dye the batter in each bowl with a different color food dye.

Line cupcake pan with liners (should make about 24 cupcakes).

Spoon a little from the first bowl into each cupcake liner, then add the second on top, and then the thrid.  You can either mix it a little with a toothpick or just leave it, they look cool either way.

Bake according to the directions on the box (usually mine are done sooner, so check about 5 to 10 minutes earlier than normal)

Cool & Ice. The kids love eating tie dyed cupcakes.  This recipe is on the web, just look up tye dye cupcakes on google or some other search engine. Good Luck!

Take a Betty Crocker cake mix of your choice.  Prepare it as if for cupcakes, only use flat bottomed ice cream cones instead of cupcake holders.  You can then buy different frostings and toppings and let the children decorate their own cones.  I made these one Christmas and the adults had as much fun as the children decorating their "ice cream cone". Hope this helps.

Kristen, make cupcakes, frosted to resemble reindeer, pretzel antlers, red cherry nose, choc. chip eyes, or some choc.