For the fudge-stripe turkey, I "glued" a personal-size Almond Joy (it's smaller than the mini size given out at Halloween -- I found mine at a drug store candy aisle) using brown tube frosting, to a fudge strip cookie, bottom of candy to the bottom of the center vertical stripe. Between each stripe I "glued" mini M&Ms using several different colors. For a face at the top of the Almond Joy, I used tiny white dots of tube frosting (use a toothpick), a little yellow tube frosting for a beak, and a short "squiggle" line of red tube frosting for the wattle (use your tiniest nozzle(I have a Wilton set), or a pin-pricked corner of a frosting-filled plastic bag. Holding the turkey upright, "glue" it to a flat-on-the-table cookie. It forms a stand, and makes transportation easier.
Another really cute idea I got from a magazine:
Using a very large, flat cookie (mine had a lacy edge), frost it in pale yellow almost to the edge. Place two or three very thin slices of maple candies (I found mine at a gas station!) to one side to look like sliced turkey. For peas, I used tiny, green, round non-pariels used to decorate cookies. For "mashed potatoes", I used a blob of white tube frosting, made an indent in the center, and put a small dollop of yellow gel frosting for "butter". For "cranberry sauce", use red sugar cookie sprinkles. To make neater piles of peas and cranberries, instead of pushing them off the tip of a spoon, I placed a small funnel just over where I wanted them, sent them down the funnel, and slightly pressed them into the frosting afterwards to keep them in place. The whole thing resembled a turkey dinner platter, and were a huge hit!
Another idea: Cut fingers from a plastic glove, fill the fingers with harvest-colored M&Ms, tie closed tightly with string, leaving a tail. Cut five or six pieces of brown/tan raffia to resemble leaves almost twice the length of the fingers. Overlap the leaves slightly, place the M&M finger in the center, twist tightly at the bottom, catching the tail, and tie securely with another piece of raffia. Looks like Indian corn.
A small, pointed sugar cone makes a great cornucopia. Fill with Trix cereal or Runts candies.
Bugles Corn Chips are also cornucopia-shaped. They hold just a few Runts.
Make popcorn balls, wrap in clear plastic, and using toothpicks, poke in tail feathers made from colored construction paper. Tape on a face made from construction paper, and place the whole thing on two small pretzels for "feet".
For teepees, my kids used to decorate a tortilla about three-fourths around with Indian designs using markers, folded it into fourths, cut one fold to the center, then rolled it into a cone shape, securing it with two toothpicks. Three toothpicks positioned in the top with a dot of glue completes the look.
For treat baskets, cut the bottom from a small paper or plastic cup, spread with glue and cover completely with black yarn round and round until solid. Let dry completely. Cut a circle ("brim")from cardboard, cover with a same-sized circle of felt, and glue the larger edge of the cup in the center. Add a band of yellow felt or construction, and a gold square "buckle" (center removed) close to the brim, and you have a holder for whatever snack you want to fill it with.
I'm sorry I saw this posting after the holidays. There's always next year!! Enjoy!! Gale
) craft paint to paint the pine cones.
