Edible Leprechaun and Rainbow

St. Patrick’s Day is almost here, so it’s the perfect time to share with you the final project we created in the Edible Art Class I helped to run at Little Crafter’s School. My friend and I thought it would be fun to create edible leprechauns and rainbows, which turned into a whole little scene…and the only parts you can’t eat are the plate and a pipe cleaner! This would be a fun and simple project to do with your kiddos to celebrate tomorrow; here’s how to create your own.

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You’ll need: 

For the rainbow:
Colored O-shaped cereal
Pipe cleaner
Jumbo marshmallows
Chocolate candy melts
Small yellow candies
Frosting

For the Leprechaun:
Ice cream cone
Green food coloring
Green candies
Jumbo marshmallows
Colored mini marshmallows
Chocolate chips
Pretzel sticks
Frosting

For the rest of the scene:
Shredded coconut
Green food coloring
Assorted candies – gummy worms, lollipops, marshmallows, etc.

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Making the rainbow

Step 1: Prepare a jumbo marshmallow by dipping all but the top in melted chocolate.
Allow it to set. This becomes the pot of gold!

Step 2: Thread cereal onto a pipe cleaner.
We used five of each color; red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple.

Step 3: Place one end of the pipe cleaner into a jumbo marshmallow “cloud.” Place the other end in the chocolate dipped marshmallow “pot of gold.” 

Step 4: Attach small yellow candies {ours were mini M&M’s} to the top of the pot of gold with frosting.

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Making the leprechaun

Step 1: Prepare the cone by painting it with green food coloring and allowing it to dry.

Step 2: Use a pretzel stick to stack two jumbo marshmallows.
One will be the body, the other will be the head of the leprechaun.

Step 3: Push pretzel sticks into the marshmallows to represent arms and legs.
You can add mini-marshmallow hands and feet too if you like!

Step 4: Create a face, using frosting to attach chocolate chip eyes and a mini marshmallow nose and beard.

Step 5: Use frosting to attach the cone upside down as a hat. Decorate the hat with three green candies to represent a shamrock.

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Making the rest of the scene

Step 1: Mix shredded coconut with green food coloring ahead of time and let it dry.

Step 2: Use frosting to attach the leprechaun and rainbow to your plate or whatever surface you’re using.

Step 3: Sprinkle the green coconut to represent grass.

Step 4: Create flowers using lollipops {center} and mini marshmallows {petals} and add them to the scene along with gummy worms and other assorted candies.

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Aren’t they totally adorable? Here’s one made by a 7 year old student.

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The kids had a blast putting these together, and many of them declared it to be their favorite project of everything we created throughout the five week class.

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In case you missed the other projects, here are links so you can check them out too!

Lincoln’s Log Cabin

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Edible Ink/Paint/Canvases

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Edible Play Dough

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Edible Mosaics

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Edible Checkers Games

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Edible Winter Scenes

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