Monsters

Party monsters

• 10 ice-cream cones
• variety of small sweets
• blue butter icing (page 8)
• 10 Marie biscuits
• small ring-shaped sweets
• different coloured fondant
• non-toxic marker pen

1. Fill the ice-cream cones with an assortment of small sweets.
2. Fill a piping bag with blue butter icing. Using a star nozzle, pipe icing around the edge of the Marie biscuit and press the biscuit over the end of the ice-cream cone to seal the sweets inside. Press small ring-shaped sweets into the butter icing. Set aside until the icing hardens.
3. Shape the heads and hats out of different coloured fondant (use the photo to get ideas). Press the head onto the end of the ice-cream cone, place the hat on the head and add a small fondant ball to the tip of the hat.
4. Roll out some white fondant and cut out small circles. Stick these to the head, for the eyes.
5. Use a non-toxic marker pen to add the rest of the facial features.
6. Set the cones aside until the fondant has hardened.

MAKES 10

Make-your-own monster

• butter icing in different colours (page 8)
• variety of small sweets for decoration
• 20 small bowls
• 10 un-iced cupcakes (either bought or homemade, see page 9)
• 10 plastic knives

1. Divide the butter icing and sweets equally between the small bowls.
2. Give each child an un-iced cupcake, a plastic knife, a bowl of icing and a bowl of sweets, and let each child create his or her own cupcake monster!

MAKES 10

Monster faces

• coloured chocolate (page 8)
• 5 Marie biscuits
• 5 Tennis biscuits
• white, black, blue and red fondant
• non-toxic marker pen

1. Melt the chocolate in the microwave. Place the biscuits on a wire rack and pour the melted chocolate over the top. Place small bowls beneath the rack so that you can re-use the chocolate that drips off the biscuits. Set aside until the chocolate has set.
2. Roll out the white fondant and cut different sizes of circles to make the whites of the eyes. Also cut small triangles to make the teeth. Roll out the red, blue and black fondant and cut smaller circles to complete the eyes.
3. Make faces by sticking the eyes on the biscuits using melted chocolate. Use a non-toxic marker pen to add dots to the eyes and to draw different mouth shapes. Add the teeth using a little melted chocolate.

MAKES 10

Marshmallow monsters

• 30 marshmallows
• 10 wooden skewers
• coloured chocolate (page 8)
• white, orange and black fondant
• non-toxic marker pen

1. Thread three marshmallows onto each wooden skewer.
2. Melt the chocolate in a deep bowl in the microwave. Dip each skewer in the melted chocolate so that all three marshmallows are covered as one unit. Hold the skewer upside down and allow the excess chocolate to drip off. Set aside until the chocolate has set.
3. Roll out the white fondant and cut out circles. Using a little melted chocolate, stick the circles to the front of the top marshmallow, to form the eyes. Shape the arms from orange fondant and the mouths from black fondant. Attach to the marshmallow using a little melted chocolate.
4. Use a non-toxic marker pen to add dots to the eyes.

MAKES 10

One-eyed monster lollipops

• red, yellow and white fondant
• 10 flat lollipops
• water
• non-toxic marker pen

1. Roll out the red and yellow fondant and cut out 10 red and 10 yellow circles the same size as the lollipops. Stick one circle on each side of the lollipop, pressing the edges together so the fondant completely encloses the lollipop.
2. Roll out the white fondant and cut 10 small circles for the eyes. Using a little water, stick a single eye onto each lollipop.
3. Use the non-toxic marker pen to add a cross for the other eye, as well as a mouth.

MAKES 10

Monster eyes

• green, blue and black fondant
• 10 jawbreakers
• water

1. Roll out the green and blue fondant and cut out circles. Press a circle onto each jawbreaker, using a little water to get it to stick, if necessary.
2. Roll out the black fondant and cut out smaller circles. Use a little water to stick these in the centre of the green or blue fondant.
3. Set aside until the fondant hardens.

MAKES 10

Quicky sticky monsters

• white fondant
• 10 lollipops in different colours
• water
• non-toxic marker pen

1. Roll out the fondant. Cut out a variety of small circles and stick them onto the lollipops. Lollipops are usually sticky, so the fondant should stick but if not, use a little water.
2. Use a non-toxic marker pen to add the other facial features.

MAKES 10

Crazy monsters

• coloured chocolate (page 8)
• 10 marshmallows
• white and black fondant
• non-toxic marker pen

1. Melt the chocolate in the microwave. Dip the marshmallows halfway into the melted chocolate and hold them upside down to allow any excess chocolate to drip off. Set aside until the chocolate has set completely.
2. Roll out the white fondant and cut small circles. Using a little melted chocolate, stick the circles onto the chocolate-covered marshmallow to make the eyes. Roll out the black fondant, cut mouth shapes and stick to the marshmallows with melted chocolate.
3. Use a non-toxic marker pen to add dots to the eyes.

MAKES 10

Monster apples

• 10 small apples
• 10 wooden skewers
• coloured chocolate (page 8)
• white and black fondant
• water
• non-toxic marker pen

1. Wash the apples and dry them completely. Remove the stalks and insert a wooden skewer in each apple.
2. Melt the chocolate in the microwave. Dip the apples in the melted chocolate until completely coated. Hold upside down until the excess chocolate has dripped off. Place on wax paper until the chocolate has set.
3. Roll out the white fondant and cut out circles. Using a little melted chocolate, stick the circles onto the dipped apples to form eyes. Roll out the black fondant, cut out mouth shapes and stick them onto the apples using a little melted chocolate.
4. Use a non-toxic marker pen to add dots to the eyes.

MAKES 10

Finger monsters

• coloured chocolate (page 8)
• 10 finger biscuits
• rainbow vermicelli
• white and black fondant
• non-toxic marker pen

1. Melt the chocolate in the microwave. Dip the finger biscuits in the melted chocolate so three-quarters of the biscuit is coated. Hold the biscuits upside down to allow any excess chocolate to drip off. Before the chocolate sets, press the biscuit into the vermicelli, for the hair. Place on wax paper until the chocolate has set completely.
2. Roll out the white fondant and cut out small circles. Using a little melted chocolate, stick circles to the biscuits to make eyes. Roll out the black fondant, cut out mouth shapes and stick them to the biscuits with melted chocolate.
3. Use a non-toxic marker pen to add dots to the eyes.

MAKES 10

Rice Krispies monsters

• ¹⁄₂ quantity green Rice Krispies squares mixture (page 8)
• ¹⁄₂ quantity blue Rice Krispies squares mixture (page 8)
• butter (for greasing your hands)
• blue-coloured chocolate (page 8)
• liquorice strips of different lengths
• variety of round liquorice allsorts
• dome-shaped sugared jelly sweets
• sour worms
• vampire teeth sweets

1. Prepare the coloured Rice Krispies squares mixtures. Grease your hands with butter to prevent the mixture sticking to them. Roll the mixture into oval-shaped monster heads. Refrigerate until set.
2. Melt the blue chocolate in the microwave. Spoon a little onto each head and press lengths of liquorice strips into the chocolate before it sets, to make the hair. Set aside until the chocolate has set completely.
3. Using melted chocolate and a variety of sweets, create the monsters’ faces. Set aside until the chocolate has set completely.

MAKES 10