instructions
**Combine Violet and a little Rose for violet shown. Combine Leaf Green with a little Lemon Yellow for light green shown.
In advance: Mold candy ice cream cones using painting method. Refrigerate until firm; unmold.
Cut, bake and cool gingerbread boys; ice smooth with royal icing.
Pipe tip 2 sunglass lenses; outline frames
with tip 3. Outline and pipe in bathing suits and sandals with tip 3 (smooth with finger dipped in cornstarch).
For man's suit, add tip 3 dots.
Add tip 3 outline straps on sandals and lady's swimsuit.
Pipe tip 124 ruffle hat brim;
pipe in top of hat with tip 12.
Add tip 2 hat band. Pipe tip 1 outline mouth for lady, tip 3 outline mouth for man.
Add tip 3 dot cheeks and tip 2 pipe in lips. For noses, cut tip off candy corn; attach with icing.
For Sun Block bottle,
roll out gum drops on waxed paper sprinkled with sugar. Cut a 1 in. rectangle bottle and a 1/4 in. square for top.
Pipe tip 1s message.
Attach candy cones and bottle to cookies with melted candy.