Gingerbread Cookie Decorating

This has become a tradition for our family - we spend one FHE in December decorating gingerbread men.  It's an easy project, and not too messy, but with a decent selection of decorative items, it's also fun and keeps our attention for a little while.

I was too stubborn/cheap to buy actual cookie decorating supplies, so we used what we had on hand.  White chocolate chips, mini dark chocolate chips, peppermint baking chips, and Pez, Smarties, fruit roll-ups, and Tootsie Rolls leftover from Halloween.  I made up a small batch of confectioners frosting and divided it among a few baggies to be piped onto cookies as needed.

Jack took the work of piping frosting onto his cookie very seriously.

Eliza got a little help from Daddy.

Still working.

Need more!

E tried her hand at piping the frosting herself.

More!  More!  More!

Taking a little break.

Mom's cookie.

Jack's finished cookie.  The toppings (almost entirely frosting, with a few Pez floating in the sea of white) are about 3 times as high as the cookie itself.

So proud!

And he even took a few bites!

Cat enjoyed her topping-laden cookie as well.


Run, run, as fast as you can.
You can't catch us.
We make Gingerbread Men!