Amazon.com All over the world， down through history， people have turned "bad weather into great sculpture. Snowmen are hip， they're trendy， you could even say they're cool." But snowmen are the least of what you can build， given snow， time， and a copy of this fantastic how-to book! Build anything--or anyone--from Snowby Dick to PicasSnow to the snow-free delicious Meringue Man; the winter world is your oyster. This delightful little book celebrates the joys of the white stuff， and provides "recipes" for dozens of witty， beautiful， and impressive polar creations. Emphasizing use of natural materials (pine needles and cones， twigs， icicles， pebbles) and everyday household objects (toothpicks， wigs， pot lids， eggplants)， the authors encourage sculptors to seek inspiration and have fun. Hard to imagine how anyone could not have fun creating a real， candlelit arctic hearth. Or an adorable， albeit prickly， porcupine. Has that artistic temperament turned sluggish due to cold and hunger? Try a couple of white chocolate-coated marshmallow "snowmen" in a cup of hot cocoa. Frankie Frankeny's wonderfully helpful photos of all these marvelous creations are interspersed with old black-and-white family shots of kids being kids in the snow. Don't wait for the first blizzard to hit--start planning a snow extravaganza now! (Ages 3 to 103) --Emilie Coulter --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. Product Description Martha Stewart meets Play with Your Food in this nostalgic and playful book about everyone's favorite winter pastime. Illustrated throughout with four-color photographs， Snowmen offers inspiration and easy-to-follow instructions for constructing fantastic winter wonderlands. Using food and other simple props found in every home， anyone can build these delightful snow characters from classics like Frosty and Santa to clever originals like Snowby Dick the Great White Whale and Jackie SnOw (with kerchief and dark glasses). Carve an Arctic Hearth from a snowbank or build a Winter Palace fit for a Snow Queen. A section on "no-snow" men will inspire the snow-deprived with recipes for Marshmallow Snowmen， Macaroon Men， and beautiful Keepsake Cards to commemorate your cool constructions. Spiral bound with laminated pages that make it perfect for use in the field， Snowmen delivers plenty of fun ways to enjoy winter's glitter. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. See all Editorial Reviews