Homemade Cookie Cutter Christmas Ornaments

This ornament was one that I made about two years ago for Buddha. My roommate and I went a little cray cray that year and baked nearly 100 of these ornaments, decorated them and then handed them out to coworkers, friends and as stocking stuffers for the fams. Oh, and we baked a ridiculous amount of cookies and brownies as well. You were lucky to be our friend back in the day ;) 

This year Deidra and I made these ornaments the night we made our delicious Melted Snowman cookies. Amber helped decorate some, and  Dylan and I are mailing them out "fashionably late". Hey, it's me and Dylan. We're late to most things, so that's no shocker here. 

Here's what you'll need to make these great and cheap gift: 
cookie cutters, a straw, ribbon, applesauce, glue, cinnamon, and glitter glue/puffy paint to decorate. 

Directions: Make sure you follow the portions. Deidra and I didn't aaaand a pound of cinnamon + four hours of our life later, we finally could start baking the cutouts. 

1.  Mix 1 cup ground cinnamon, 2 tablespoons of glue, and 3/4 cup of applesauce in a large bowl. 
2. Roll out the dough and use the cookie cutters to cut out our shapes. If you want fancy ornaments, you could also place a piece of decorative lace on the top, and using the rolling pin go over it until it has left an impression of the lace, then cut out using the cookie cutters. o.O
3. Place the cutouts on a baking sheet and let sit for 3-4 days to dry before decorating. If you don't feeling like waiting, or don't have the time to, bake them at about 200 degrees until they're dry and hard. You know, like a cookie. 
4. Then decorate, and enjoy the wonderful aroma they bring to your house. Even if you don't, it'll last for at least 3 weeks. 

Hope you have a very merry Christmas!!! :]

'Glitterpress' Ornaments

I got this idea from a facebook page called "Christmas in Killarney". It's got TONS of cute christmas arts and crafts. This one is called "GLITTERPRESS 'baubles'". I'm using deductive thinking and simply assuming "baubles" is ornaments. I could be wrong, though. 

Materials: newspaper, pva glue, a paintbrush, white paint, glitter, silver string, and a black marker
Directions: 
1. Cut the black and white newspaper sections (good news only) into strips approx 1cm x 2cm depending on how big the "bauble" is.
2. Use the pva blue to stick on the strips and when covered, firmly brush the bauble with glue to achieve a rounded shape.
3. Leave to dry completely, preferably overnight. Paint a white Christmas motif on the "bauble" and leave to dry.
4. Use a marker to outline the shape or write text. Decorate with glitter!

Enjoy! And Merry Christmas!! 

Pinterest CopyCats: Melted Snowmen Cookies

So last night was a Christmas themed night. Baked some ornaments, made some christmas cookies, put up the tree and stockings and watched The Muppets Christmas Carol. 

Deidra was pinteresting and came across these little cuties. On a genius whim, we thought we could naturally make the cookies and have them turn out as perfect as this "miracle baker" that must do everything you see on Pinterest. (Think about it, you never see anything looking even remotely crappy as if an average person baked it. It just doesn't happen!) This is what the Pinterest baker's looked like. 

Our's turned out a bit more special. The one to the right is Asian. Perhaps, even a ninja snowman.




All you need to create them is: 

Marshmallows 
Frosting pens, 
Vanilla Frosting, and 
Sugar cookie mix (or 

1 1/2 cups powdered sugar

1

cup butter or margarine, softened

1

teaspoon vanilla

1/2

teaspoon almond extract

1

egg

2 1/2

cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour

1

teaspoon baking soda

1

teaspoon cream of tartar

Granulated sugar or colored sugar)

Bake the cookies at 375 for about 10 minutes, and let the cookies cool for about 20 minutes. 

Frost the cookies and decorate the marshmallow and stick on the icing while it's still wet. 

Once the frosting hardens, draw on the buttons and arms. 

Enjoy with some hot coco and a christmas movie :)