My daughter has been making characters out of her food for years now. As an example, she'll arrange her breakfast plate to look like a face, with bacon lips, eggs for hair, biscuit halves for eyes, and filling in nose, ears and other details with fruit or ketchup. I never really was a fan of kids playing with their food. I'd rather they just eat it. But she enjoys doing it, and it does make her more likely to eat it one her creation is complete.
I thought this one was pretty cute that she made from her ice cream, colored sugar, chocolate chips, and candy button eyes.
Incidentally, can anyone identify the character on the outside of the mug? It's a bit hard to see because of the angle, but there's an SBI share in it for the first correct answer.