Christmas is all about fun and unleashing our inner child, right? From novelty Christmas jumpers to silly party games, it’s the time of year when we can all enjoy playing and laughs with friends! So why not have a little fun with your Christmas cocktails, too?

These cute little drink garnishes - for a Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer and a Frosty the Snowman - are so easy to make at home with store cupboard ingredients, and will definitely have your friends laughing in delight when you serve up your Christmas cocktails! So go on - have a go!

Oh, and don’t forget to tag us in your pics of your creations to be in with a chance of winning free gin in our Sip and Snap! competition!

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Frosty the Snowman

What you need:

• White marshmallows

• Cocktail sticks

• Cloves

• Black peppercorns

• Orange jelly beans

• Pretzel sticks

• Rosemary

• Sweets

How to make your Frosty the Snowman:

• Thread three marshmallow onto a cocktail stick

• We put the top marshmallow on it’s side, so the bottom of the marshmallow gave us a wide, flat ‘face’ for our snowman, but you don’t have to!

• Cut off a little bit of cocktail stick and push one end into an orange jelly bean and the other end into the marshmallow ‘face’, to be Frosty’s nose

• Add peppercorns or cloves as eyes, a mouth if you want to add one, and the buttons on his coat

• Push little bits of pretzel into the ‘body’ as arms

• We used a cocktail stick to attach a sweet as his bobble hat, and a rosemary sprig to look like a scarf, but feel free to get creative with your own snowman’s outfit!

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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

What you need:

• White marshmallows

• Rosemary sprigs

• Wooden cocktail sticks

• Red jelly beans

• Cloves

How to make your Rudolph:

• Strip a few leaves off the bottom of two sprigs of rosemary, then push them into a white marshmallow to look like antlers

• Using the wider bottom side of the marshmallow as the face, push two cloves into the sweet to be the eyes

• Carefully cut off a little piece of cocktail stick and push it into a red jelly bean with the other half sticking out (see pic) - push the other end into the marshmallow as Rudolph’s nose

• Use a wooden cocktail stick to prop Rudolph up in your cocktail glass - you might need to shorten it so he sits nicely!

We served our Frosty the Snowman and Rudolph garnishes in a Cranberry Martini. Check out the recipe here, or try one of these other fabulously festive Christmas cocktails!