Creative food craft ideas
I so fell in love with these fondant Christmas trees and swirly lollies from Better Homes and Gardens posted by Gordon Gossip, that I quickly made the lollies and an accompanying fondant tutorial. (See that post here.) 
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Find a recipe to make your own finger paints HERE at Martha. As the paints are made with sugar and corn starch, I think the term “recipe” can apply, though how appetizing they’d be is questionable. Certainly non toxic, though.
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Bake an abstract painting right in your cookie. These cookies are made by squirting food coloring on cut-out cookies, blowing it around with a straw and then baked. The genius is from Martha, as found via the kitchn.
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Find Gingerbread House inspiration from the always-inspirational Sweetopia. Find closeups of this gorgeous house as well as tips to making some of the details.
When I was a kid, I made Christmas wreaths with foam rings and tons of hard candies for all of my relatives one year, so this gorgeous gumdrop wreath brought me right back to childhood. Find the how-tos HERE at A Pretty Cool Life.
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This pretty cake struck me because I deemed it as a classic, sugar beauty with the basket weave frosting and bright flowers. Then I learned it’s a vegan barley flour chocolate cake and was even more intrigued. Find the recipe HERE from Eggless Cooking, as well as links to Wilton for the decorating instructions.
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I absolutely adore these delicate, icing ornaments from Na Miotle, and I’m thinking of all the bags of icing I have in the other room waiting for me to try them. Find tips on making them HERE.
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Use the best osmosis has to offer to make these gorgeous candied fruits. Learn more about the process HERE at All Our Fingers in the Pie.
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Can I count acorn crafts that aren’t edible as edible crafts? When I was a kid, I never ever ate an acorn, but I distinctly recall finding them so fascinating and beautiful and at least appetizing in appearance, that I always wanted to eat one. Hence, my justification. Plus, these are super cute. Find ideas HERE at Make and Takes… Read More ...
This beautiful “sushi” is actually pasta made with squid ink and a smoked ocean trout or salmon and cream cheese filling. Find the recipe HERE at Trissalicious.
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What a cute idea for getting kids or grownups to eat healthier: skewer up a stoplight from fruit. Find the idea HERE at Test with Skewer.
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So these squash and peanut butter doggy biscuits sound really, really good. If I had a dog and if I made these, I’m pretty sure I’d taste the batter. Find the recipe HERE at My Kitchen Addiction.
Check out our Dog Bone Cookie cutters and molds in our Cooking and Baking Store
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I love this twist on the buche de noel from the ever-clever CakeSpy: buche de Thanksgiving. Find the recipe HERE at Serious Eats, as well as these marzipan turkeys to rest on the log.
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I tout the importance of good and interesting food photography all the time… and this image from Almost Bourdain is a prime example of what draws me. Turns out these beautiful coconut wreaths are easy to make, too. Find the recipe HERE.
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