Melted Snowmen

This used to be our snowman.  He was made mostly by Dad.  I don't know about your kids, but mine can never wait to build a snowman; when the time comes, however, they help for about two minutes and then Dad does the rest of the building.  Anyway, we have had some mild temperatures and our snowman has melted into a tiny pile of snow with a couple sticks, rocks, and a carrot in the vicinity.

The melted snowman was the inspiration for these snacks.

I placed a cookie on a plate, covered it with melted white chocolate, topped that with a marshmallow that I also covered with melted white chocolate, and then I added chocolate chips, a piece of candy corn, and pretzel sticks.  I purposely made them look messy because the snowman is melting; it's not supposed to look pretty.

R does not like marshmallows, so I just left out the marshmallow.

One of our favorite snowman books is The Snowman by Raymond Briggs.  This is a beautiful, wordless book about a little boy who makes a snowman (all by himself, no less) and at night the snowman comes to life.  The boy shows the snowman all of the wonders of human life (television, a lamp, ice cubes, etc.) and then the snowman takes the boy on a magical, wintry adventure.  The boy is returned to his bed before his parents wake up, but the next morning he runs outside to find only his new friend's melted remains and a few lumps of coal.