Cookie
Cutters
Holiday Uses
- Use to holiday
cookie cutters to cut figures out of sculptors clay, let
dry and paint (great addition to baskets, as gifts, decorate
wreaths and trees).
- Hang holiday
cookie cutters decorated with ribbon on the tree, wreaths
or walls.
- Tie cookie
cutters together with velvet, grosgrain, or other ribbon
leaving a length of ribbon between each cutter and use as
a Christmas tree garland.
- Paint holiday
cookie cutters for special effects for a wreath or tree.
- Add holiday
cookie cutter to ribbon on a wrapped package.
- Wrap a Christmas
Tree cookie cutter filled with homemade fudge or Rice Krispies/Marshmallows
with cellophane and tie with a curly ribbon.
- Make paper
ornaments or wall cut-outs for any holiday.
- Use cookie
cutters to spray artificial snow on windows to make holiday
decorations.
- Make cinnamon
ornaments for an appreciated Christmas gift that will be
used all year round. Cut out dough using an apple-shaped
cookie cutters, use a straw to punch hole in the top of
each ornament before baking them so you can tie some homespun
fabric or ribbon in each after they are baked. Kids love
them in their rooms because they smell so good, so make
theirs in teddy bear or heart shapes! Recipe: 1 lb jar sweetened
applesauce and 8 oz cinnamon. Directions: Drain 1# jar of
SWEETENED applesauce overnight (you will be amazed at how
much water seeps out!!) Add 8 ounces of cinnamon to this
and mix together well. Pat into a ball, press hard to solidify
and mix. Then pat out in 1 cup units onto wax paper, push
to 1/4" thickness and cut with cookie cutters. Let dry.
- Trace onto
construction paper or on felt to make holiday wreaths (glue
to round Styrofoam form or create your own wreath shape
base from construction paper or cardboard. Not just for
Christmas, but good for any holiday, including Easter and
Thanksgiving.
- Buy two sets
of holiday cookie cutters, using one set to make, then decorate
a batch of cookies. Wrap each of the cookies individually
in plastic wrap. Tie them AND the second set of cookie cutters
to a wreath. Add the recipes for the cookies AND the icing.
An edible, usable, reusable gift. (Our reader wrote: "Better
than a puppy or a kitten because this is really the kind
of gift that can keep on giving!"
- Let children
make clay holiday ornaments (use straw to make hole in top
before drying or baking for ribbon), glue tissue to the
back and decorate, signing their name and date. Great gifts
for grandparents, aunts and uncles!
- Christmas
Parties: Attach a small tag with a red/green ribbon with
party details and one of your tried and true cookie recipes
to holiday cookie cutters. Arrange them all in a large wooden
bowl as a centerpiece, adding some touches of pine branches
and red glass balls. As each guest leaves the party, they
can select one as a party favor.
- Hostess a
Cookie Baking Party for your friends that want to give cookies
as holiday presents or just for their family. Everyone comes
with the ingredients for a batch of cookies (amount to be
determined by Hostess on invitation) and each guest is responsible
for making/baking/decorating these cookies. At end of party,
all guests trade cookies and everyone goes home with different
kinds and shapes. There is a family where all the ladies
get together for a week to make 7,000 cookies between them!
- Tint pancake
batter to match the holiday (orange for Halloween, green
for St. Patrick's Day, red for Valentine's Day, etc., and
pour into greased cookie cutters on a hot griddle. Use tongs
and caution! Decorate with mini candies, chocolate chips
or raisins before turning pancake over.
- Valentine's
Day: Wrap a heart-shaped cookie cutter filled with homemade
white fudge and decorated with heart-shape confetti candies
in cellophane and tie with a curly ribbon.
- Any Holiday:
String several (same or different designs) on twine or colored
Raffia - knot after the addition of each cookie cutter.
(Voila! A festive garland).
- Dye bread
to match holiday season and cut with appropriate holiday
cookie cutter.
- Let children
decorate the outside of the cookie cutter with by wrapping
it with ribbon then, place their photo on the inside and
a ribbon loop on the top for grandparents to hang it on
their Christmas tree.
- Easter: Make
Stained Glass Easter cookies by cutting cookies from a tube
of refrigerated sugar cookie dough which has been rolled
out slightly. With a butter knife, have children cut the
shape of a cross out of the middle of the cookie. You can
also use smaller cookie cutters to cut out a variety of
shapes. Place on a cookie sheet and fill the cutout with
any type of finely crushed clear hard candy (i.e. butterscotch,
root beer etc.) and bake. The results really do look like
stained glass!
- Mother's Day:
Make pins using jewelry pin backings. Use any cookie cutter
shape and trace pattern onto cardstock; let your child decorate;
laminate. Add the jewelry pin back to backside. (makes a
great gift for grandparents, family, friends and teachers).
Variation: Attach to the bottom of the pin little metal
rings or mini charms. The charms can be made using the same
idea above with cut-out clipart; old greeting cards, etc.
-- laminate; punch hole with small device like nail; attach
to ring. Add pretend birthstones for each child's birthday
to Mom's pin.
- Father's Day:
Children can make sturdy paperweights for Dad's desk by
a filling cookie cutter with a quick setting concrete mix
(available at hardware stores) - use an alphabet cookie
cutter with the first initial of Dad's name - or make three
letters to spell out "D-A-D". Write a message to Dad or
just sign your name. This definitely requires adult supervision.
- Use as forms
to make paper machie flowers for Mother's Day (or any other
holiday gift or craft).
- 4th of July:
Shred a bar of soap into a bowl; add enough warm water to
make it a thick mixture like Oatmeal cereal. Press this
mixture into a star-shaped cookie cutter, letting it dry
for several days before pushing it out of the cookie cutter.
Also, try adding food coloring for a variety of colors.
- On St. Patrick's
Day, use a Shamrock cookie cutter and sprinkle with edible
green glitter for the luck of the Irish.
- Make a cookie cutter part of a Halloween costume, i.e. pastry chef, baker, gourmet chef, short-order cook.
