Zoe ate one of the gingerbread men one limb at a time. I noticed one day he was missing a leg, next day another, then an arm. Finally it was just a head and then a lonely string hanging on the tree. Fortunately I thought to take a daily picture of the "amazing disappearing gingerbread man". Made a great scrapbook page. Valis has a good idea. Make them now and hide them in your closet or something. Your dad won't touch them in two months!
One year I bought a bag of starlight mints (the kind you find in restaurants). Take a cookie sheet and spray it with Pam, then arrange the mints in a small circle with each mint touching the next. Put it in a low oven (I can check the temp, 200 or 250) and watch them. They will melt together and form a pretty wreath. Hang them on the tree with a pretty ribbon.
I was at the craft store today and they had the clear glass ornaments spray painted to look marbled. They were hung with a wired ribbon. Really pretty.
One more. This is great for kids. Take half cup cinnamon (MUST buy at Costco for this!) and half cup applesauce and put in a ziplock bag and knead until it forms a dough. Roll or pat it to 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick and use cookie cutters to cut shapes. (bell, tree, snowman etc). Poke a hole in the top, let dry, put a ribbon through the hole and they make cute and great smelling ornaments or package tie ons. The craft book said to let them dry for a few hours but we found that it took a few days.
Rachel
