This was either my 1st or 2nd attempt at MMF and boy what a hard time I had with it. Whew!. Anyway....the pine trees are upside down sugar cones covered in buttercream and the other trees are grape stems dipped in melted chocolate and tinited crisp rice cereal. For the mud pit I carved a ravine in the middle tier and filled it up with good old fashioned no bake cookies. (A favorite treat of the birthday boy!)