Fun With Cookie Cutters

My daughter loves my mom’s Chocolate Bar Cookies. The giant sweet treats are filled with coarsely chopped Hershey bars instead of traditional chocolate chips. While they may not taste exactly like an ordinary chocolate chip cookie, they look just like the popular snack. At least they did before my daughter came up with the brilliant idea to use her favorite dinosaur cookie cutter on mounds of dough. Truth be told, the cookie cutters work better on sugar cookie dough, but my daughter was determined to make a chocolate chunk dino and didn’t seem to mind that her T-Rex came out … Continue reading

Cookie Cutters: Not Just for Cookies

Cookie cutters are available in many shapes and sizes and they are made from different materials. While the plastic ones work fine for making cookies, the metal ones are much nicer for making crafts. Mobiles Use cookie cutters to make a simple mobile. Choose stars, hearts, or any shape you like. Cut a dowel rod down and reserve a length about 12” long. Wrap it in ribbon or paint it. Tie 12” lengths of ribbon to each end, then pull upward toward the center and tie in a bow. This is how you will hang your mobile. Next, cut ribbon … Continue reading