marshmallow art
Did you know you can make super-easy, adorable marshmallow art with just marshmallows and food coloring pens?
I’ve made a loooooot of marshmallow art. Like a LOT of marshmallow art. For more information all about food writers, check out this post here.
Marshmallow art is a super easy fun project for kids or grown-ups who love to draw. Personalize your marshmallows to match a party theme and serve or have marshmallow art as a party activity.
to make marshmallow art you will need:*
- marshmallows
- gourmet writers
- skewers and/or lollipop sticks
*If you can’t find Americolor gourmet writers, as shown, most craft stores carry subsitutes (but I just adore Americolor products). I found a pack of 100 bamboo skewers for about 2 bucks at the drug store. Lollipop sticks are available at the craft store.
how to make marshmallow art:
Step 1. Skewer 1, 2, or 3 marshmallows.
Step 2. Open package of gourmet writers.
Step 3. Draw.
kid tip: 
Kids should use caution with the bamboo skewers, as they are sharp. I advise using lollipop sticks for kids.
marshmallow tip:
The stiffer the outside of your marshmallows, the easier to draw on them. If your marshmallows are very soft, you might want to let them sit at room temperature for several hours (or even overnight).
Below is my attempt to recreate Monet’s Water Lilies Painting 1:
Picasso, le reve
Mondrian, composition with yellow, blue and red
Dali, the persistence of memory
How clever. My kids would be all over this idea.
great idea.Wonderfull.
These are adorable !
What a GREAT idea, I will be doing this with my daughter! I love your blog and am your newest follower!!
So cute! Love the bird!
Wow! What a lovely art! Love it..
SHUT UP!!!! THIS IS SO FABULOUS!!!! THANKS FOR THIS!
This looks fun!
I love decorating cookies – I have been doing it for about a year and it is so much fun!
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Awww, thank you all for your great comments and support! It really is such a fun and super-easy project. I'm sure I'll have lots more marshmallows to come…
Adorably and cute 🙂
What a fabulous, ingenious idea! Definitely a clever cookie you are!
Though cookies or candies are not always my favors, I'm attracted by your pictures and joyfully read the posts here. Just about to share this post, but did I miss those buttons?
We are having a luau for my little girls 2nd Bday – do you have any ideas that you can share? I just want to do something really cute to go with the theme.
For her 1st bday I did 5 inch "1" tea cake cookies and decorated them pink and green. I wanted to do something cute to go with her theme this year.
What a fun idea, I love this! I'll be linking.
This is pretty much the awesomest thing EVER!
That is soooo cool! What a great idea!
Thank you new folks, too! Great feedback. TasteHongKong–thanks for the reminder! I need to make/figure out how to add a button. I'll get on it. Rachel–thank you for linking! You have the best roundups.
South Family–fun idea! I also did "1"s for my daughter's 1st. you can do tropical-fruit kabobs, candy/marshmallow kabobs, palm tree cookies (you can find a 3" palm cutter almost anywhere), have kids make their own leis, hawaiian shirt cookies, cupcakes with tropical flower sticker toppers (see my post on this from June, this is the easiest decor/dessert), have grass skirts and other dress-up stuff for kids… now I want to have a luau for my daughter's 2nd, too. Also, if you don't already know of it, orientaltrading.com has lots of cheap party finds. You have to dig a bit, and it isn't of stunning quality, but perfect for inexpensive, temporary wares.
That is an awesome idea. Even for a party for children to sit at a table and do and then take their pictures with their art work and make a scrap book for the birthday child. lol See I see marshmallows and now I have planned a party and everything lol
Cutest! Idea! Ever!
SO cute! What a fun idea.
this is awesome. I shared it on kirtsy, on my blog, twitter, and TasteSpotting.
What a simple and creative idea! I know my son would absolutely love this project!
what a cute idea! easy, pretty, AND delicious… i'm linking for sure 🙂 thanks for sharing your creativity!
Hello blog friend! Do you mind if I repost this? I so love your water lillies!
So creative and unique! I love it1
what a fantastic idea!!! 🙂 absolutely love it!
This is adorable!
I might decorate some marshmallow monsters for a birthday thats close to halloween!
So neat!
These are amazingly beautiful. I have a daughter that will draw on anything blank, she would have a field day!!!
I LOVE this! I am going to do this with the neighborhood kids at our Halloween street carnival! Thanks so much for sharing!
Great idea and really cute, but I'm not sure anybody would want to eat anything decorated by 11yo boys. All of them around here seem to be in a gross out phase. On the other hand, decorated marshmallows would make great bug or monster bodies. I'll just have to fugue out heads and legs.