Bald Eagle and Patriotic Star Cookies

It's been a while since I've posted here. I've taken a break from making and decorating cookies. These are for my oldest daughter's American Symbols and Landmarks assembly at her elementary school. She's in second grade and giving a presentation to class parents on the bald eagle. Her teacher asked for there to be a cookie table for the kids and parents to enjoy after the presentations were finished and I knew of this bald eagle cookie cutter so I couldn't resist getting into the spirit of things.

Graduation Cookies

Graduation Cookies

Super Mario Cookies

I made these for my second youngest daughter's 4th birthday. She loves Super Mario and especially Princess Peach. It was very important to her that I made Princess Peach.

Princess Peach, of course, does not have a readily available cookie cutter as far as I could tell. I drew and cut out my own template for her and used a paring knife to cut her shape from the dough. I found the cookie cutters for Mario and Luigi here at www.cheapcookiecutters.com. I did not have a cookie cutter for the mushrooms either, but I used a large circle cutter. Once these were cut, I trimmed and shaped the bottom of the circles to make area of the stems/faces.

I outlined the characters with the help of my projector. I filled in the spaces with the appropriate colored royal icing, waited for it to dry, and then added the details with royal icing and my food dye markers.

More Assorted Christmas Cookies

Assorted Christmas Cookies