Peppermint Milk-Carton House in the Woods

Even very young children can get involved in making a snowy tableau like this one. Create the peppermint house and landscape on a thick bed of royal icing spread over a piece of sturdy cardboard or an overturned baking sheet, then gather your new candy friends -- mice, snowmen, and whatever else you dream up -- for a stripy, sugary party of their own.