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Almonds may be blanched, although it is not necessary. The materials are fastened together with toothpicks or wire, and are sometimes attached to cards, as a base, that they may stand upright.

An automobile can be fashioned with two or three figs for the body and back of the car, four marshmallows for wheels, a raisin on the end of a toothpick for steering wheel, and a man sitting in the car.

A man may be made with a fig for the body, raisins on toothpicks or wire for arms and legs, almonds for hands and feet, a marshmallow with features of melted chocolate for the head, and a fig with stem standing up on top for the cap.

An owl may have a body of one fig, head of another, bits of marshmallow for eyes and nose, and almonds for ears.

Cook sugar and water until it cracks when tied in cold water. Dip kernels of popped corn, one at a time, in syrup, and put them together to make a body, arms, and legs of a boy or girl doll.