Christmas Cookie Cutter

cut, bake and decorate!

Other Uses for Cookie Cutters – Gifts and Decor

Display Your Cookie Cutter Collection

Don’t hide your cookie cutters in a drawer. Display them in a shadow box or directly on the wall. Fill a large clear jar and set them on the counter. Or display in a pretty wicker basket.

Decorate a Kid’s Room

Use as stencils to create painting stamps or cut out textured fabrics like felt and carpet pieces to create mobiles and wall treatments. Trace shapes on bare wooden floors and paint.

Hang in Window

Hang the cookie cutters like you would a sun catcher. Or make a sun catcher:
In a saucepan, heat 8-10 Tbs. of water with a few drops of food coloring. Gradually stir in 3 envelopes of unflavored gelatin and stir continuously for about a minute until thickened. Pour the gelatin mixture onto a small cookie sheet or any heat resistant, large flat container. Pop the air bubbles and let cool for about an hour. Use cookie cutters to cut out shapes and a toothpick or small straw to make hanger holes. Let dry for several days before hanging.

Glass Wax Stencil

Cat Grass

Do you grow grass for your cat to nibble? Next time, lay a cookie cutter over the potting soil and sprinkle seeds in the shape. You can use a cat shaped cookie cutter or a bird or mouse and grow “cat grass”.

Tile Magic

Before you go out and buy those expensive accent tiles, try creating your own. Roll out clay to about a ¼ inch. Cut with cookie cutter shape. Let dry or fire. Paint, decoupage or glaze as desired. Crazy glue to plain tiles.
Or crazy glue small cookie cutters directly onto tiles. Copper or stainless steel look especially nice.

Dog Bones

Make your pup his own special treats. Just whip up this recipe and cut with doggie bone cookie cutters.

Sponge Art

Start with a dry sponge. Press a large cookie cutter really hard into the sponge. Then cut around the outline. Let the kids use these to stamp with paint. Or use them yourself to create wall borders. Charming in kid’s rooms, kitchens and baths.

Curtain Tie Backs

Pulls

Use cookie cutters as window shade pulls, ceiling fan and light pulls. Use mini cutters as cabinet door knobs and drawer pulls.

Garden Guardians

Use quick set concrete mix to create cookie cutter shapes tiny pathways for elves in flower beds. Pouring new cement? Decorate a corner with a few cookie cutter imprints. Let the kids pick their favorite shape and sign inside with their name and date.
Or pour quick set into cookie cutters to create one of a kind paper weight gifts.

Wall Hanging

Start with a plain wreath or straw broom. Decorate with seasonal ribbons and cookie cutters. Change these with the changing seasons.

Follow the Leader

Know someone who cuts out wood shapes? Trace and cut a large dog and puppy size shapes out of wood. Wood burn or paint each family member’s name on one of the dogs. Large for the parents, pups for the kids. Mount the shapes standing upright on a slab of wood burned with “The Smiths”. You can also add the shapes like a plaque for hanging on the door or gate. Makes a lovely gift, especially for a house warming. Choose your shapes based on the family’s favorite interest. Sail boats, bowling pins, flowers, the choices are endless.

Tree Ornaments

Hang cookie cutters directly on the tree or let kids stencil heavy construction paper or poster board. Older kids can do their own cutting. You will have to cut for the little ones. Then provide plenty of markers and glue and glitter. Let them string their homemade ornaments in their rooms.

Attach your decorated stenciled creations or the cookie cutters themselves to pretty wide ribbon and hang lengthwise. Or attach to thinner ribbon, twine or raffia and use like garland.

Let the kids cut out clay shapes and decorate. Have them sign and date the back to create future heirlooms you can give them when they are grown. Or let them create gifts for grandparents.

Wrap a cookie cutter with ribbon and glue behind it a photo or cut out Christmas card.

These tips can be adapted for any holiday.

Fridge Magnets

Make a photo frame by sandwiching a picture to a square surface and topping with a matching square that has been cut out in the middle. Attach magnet stripping found in craft stores. Or get that wood cutter friend to cut out shapes, decorate and add magnetic strips to the back. Or buy sheets of magnet material and cut out shapes and decorate. These could sell nicely at a winter fund raising bazaar. Or again make simple gifts, package decorations or party favors.

Cinnamon Ornaments

Take a one pound jar of sweetened apple sauce and drain over night in a sieve lined with cheesecloth over the sink. When drained, mix in 8 oz. of cinnamon. Work together thoroughly between your hands into a ball. Take small amounts, tennis ball size, and press out onto waxed paper to flattened ¼ inch thickness. Cut shapes with cookie cutters and small holes on top for ribbon or raffia. Let dry thoroughly. Hang on tree or windows. Do not store these with the rest of your Christmas paraphernalia as they are still foodstuff and will attract pests. You can keep them in a bowl in the kitchen for a soft, sweet scent all year. Or add magnet strips and stick on your fridge.

Wreath

Bake a batch of cookies. Decorate and wrap individually in plastic wrap. Wash the cookie cutters thoroughly. Tie the cookies and cookie cutters to a wreath. Make a copy of the cookie and icing recipes and roll into a scroll. Attach to the wreath with raffia or ribbon bow. For a new homemaker or more spectacular gift, wrap a rolling pin and non-stick cookie sheets.

Jewelry

For kids cut shapes from poster board laminated after cutting shape, clay or bread dough. Attach jewelry pin backings or punch holes and add a jump ring to make a pendant, earrings or a charm bracelet. Use your imagination to decorate.

More sophisticated pieces can be made using paper mache. Cut out flowers and make retro 60’s brooches and hair barrettes. Be warned once you get started with paper mache, it is hard to stop.

Add a bit of ribbon or tiny flowers to a cookie cutter. Attach a jewelry pin to make a holiday pin for your blouse or coat. Attach to a barrette for an interesting hair accessory.

Souvenirs

Find representative cookie cutters from every trip. Hang them each year on your tree to relive the memories. Way more fun than another tee shirt. And they’re inexpensive enough to buy one for each kid. Give them their cookie cutters on their first Christmas in their own home.

Cookie Kit

Layer all the dry ingredients of a rolled cookie recipe into a jar. A mason jar works well. Print the recipe, roll it and tie it to the jar with raffia or ribbon. Tie on several cookie cutters. The colored plastic cookie cutters look especially nice.

Napkin Rings

Use mini cookie cutters as napkin rings for your holiday table. Or tie wide ribbon onto a cookie cutter and write each guest’s name as a place card.

Parties

Balloon weights
Name tags
Décor either cut something out or use the cookie cutter itself.

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