Snowman Army

(Okay, so in case no one's caught on, I'm catching up from months, and in some cases years, of prior creations, but since I have the pictures I thought I may as well)

Anyone remember the Calvin and Hobbes strips where they made the snowman army and house of snowman horrors?

Well, last Christmas, we decided to make our own snowman army (sans the macabre posing) out of rice krispy treats. Aren't they cute??



We just used standard rice krispy treat...stuff (mix? batter? edible modeling material?), which we found would tend to sink if stacked while warm, so we made the individual balls and "glued" them together with royal icing. We used the same royal icing for the eyes and mouth, and sculpted dyed marzipan into the little top hats and carrot noses. Fruit by the Foot was then cut into scarves. We definitely should have let them harden fully before assembling (and kept them away from the heater overnight), but we managed to keep them standing long enough for the party!