Let kids in on the cookie fun with this creative puppet cookie project just for them!
You guys.
This was one of the best cookie projects I've done with my kids yet! Let me break it down for you --
Sketching puppet designs -- 1 hour
Choosing their favorite TWO designs -- 20 minutes
Sorting through cookie cutters to find shapes that were close to the sketches -- 1 hour
Washing hands to make cookie dough --5 minutes
Putting gloves on because I don't completely trust their hand washing skills -- 15 minutes
Making cookie dough -- 15 minutes
Rolling out dough -- 5 minutes
Cutting out puppet shapes -- 15 minutes
(I did the hand cutting for the shapes that didn't have similar enough cutters.)
Baking cookies -- 15 minutes
Decorating puppet cookies -- 3 1/2 hours
Endless puppet shows -- 4-6 hours. (We had lunch in the middle somewhere.)
Eating puppet cookies. -- 30 minutes.
All together -- it adds up to roughly -- A LOT OF TIME spent creating and playing and eating sugar. That's a pretty good project in my book.
How to make decorated sugar cookie puppets:
Step 1.
Draw puppet shapes on paper. Or trace cutter shapes on paper and draw puppet designs inside the outline.Step 2.
Before baking, slide a paper straw (or candy stick) into the side of the cut-out cookie dough shape. Bake cookies according to recipe directions. (Grab some straws here.)Step 2 1/2:
Sometimes the cookie will puff around the straw creating something that looks vaguely like a cookie butt. It's not ideal. Use the bottom of a pancake turner to flatten the top of the cookie as soon as you take the baking sheet out of the oven to make it all the same height.Step 3:
Outline and flood the top of the cookies if desired. This step is not necessary if you are using a light colored cookie recipe. (Like this vanilla sugar cookie recipe.)
Step 4:
Use food color markers to color design on cookie.
My kids liked having their sketches nearby while coloring their puppets.
It works great on white iced cookie as well as light colored cookies without any icing.
I baked additional shapes and even my oldest child enjoyed creating cookie puppets!
NEED MORE??
Try using colored cookie dough to sculpt your decorated cookies!
Make Paint-Your-Own Cookies with your kids!!
Or check out my favorite way to decorate with my kids here!
