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Build a marshmallow mask

Marshmallow mask was an idea that looked fun on paper, but proved difficult in reality. First off, is it a mask that looks like a marshmallow or a mask made of marshmallows?

Here was my final result:

See, I drew a marshmallow shape on a piece of paper, the I cut it out and… No, I’m kidding. That would have been lame.

I picked up the following supplies:

1 needle

1 spool of thread

1,500 toothpicks

1 bag of small fruity multi-colored marshmallows

4 bags of medium marshmallows

Initially I tried stringing together the mallows like you do at Christmas with cranberries and popcorn. My plan was to then coil them all up into a mask-like shape and reinforce with toothpicks. This proved to be the slowest, stickiest task imaginable.

I abandoned the thread and started using a tremendous quantity of toothpicks. It then became apparent that I would need more marshmallows, so I ran back to the store and purchased three more bags.

Finally, I sharpied on a face and quickly attached the separate hair and face sections. I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves:

This is what the resulting mess looked like:

Not wanting to be wasteful I conducted the following experiment:

What happens when you microwave 280 marshmallows for 10 minutes?

Results:

Next: Have the best day of work ever.