Story Time Snack: Stanley’s Marshmallow Buildings

 

Every night before Stanley (You know Stanley, don’t you? Adorable hat-wearing hamster? Great with colors and machines?) goes to bed, he has supper and a bath.

But what is Stanley the Builder’s favorite food? William Bee hasn’t personally confirmed, but I’m pretty sure it’s…

 

Photo via Parents.com

Grab your favorite early reader and head to the kitchen for this Storytime Snack!

via joyfulabode.com

  
Ingredients:

• 1 bag of pretzel sticks
• 1 bag of large marshmallows
• 1 can of colorful frosting (optional)
• 1 bag of M&M’s or other small candies (optional)

Directions:

1. Decide what you’re going to build. Will it be a house, like Stanley built for Myrtle? Or, will you make a spaceship? A skyscraper? Something completely new?
2. Insert each pretzel stick into a marshmallow.
3. Go on connecting until your masterpiece is finished!
4. If you’re feeling fancy, use frosting to attach M&M’s, gumdrops, or other small candies for decoration!