Don’t these sunny cookies just make you smile? =)
I recently made these happy cookies as gifts for my daughter’s Vacation Bible School teachers. As one of the teacher’s myself, I know that VBS week is fun, but also exhausting! I thought these smiling cookies might help get the week off to a nice start.
For these cute cookies all you need is…
A batch of dough using my Sugar Cookie Recipe.
And a batch of Royal Icing.
For this design I used a sunflower shaped cookie cutter.
I prepared just two bags of icing… one medium consistency yellow, and one outline (medium/stiff) consistency orange. I used a #2 tip for the yellow and a PME #1.5 for the orange (closest substitute would be a #2).
~ How to decorate Smiling Sunshine cookies ~
1. Draw a circle outline in orange.
2. Fill in the orange circle with yellow.
3. Add both yellow and orange lines around the circle.
4. Allow the cookie to dry completely, (about 8 hours) then add the smile with a black edible marker (Please be patient and wait for the cookie to be fully dry, or the marker will poke holes in your icing)
Package these fun cookies and share them with someone who needs a smile!
In keeping with the cheerful theme, I used a colorful assortment of twine from The Twinery around clear boxes (available from Garnish).
Happy Decorating and Packaging!
Hi Glory! Cute as always!!! We're doing VBS this coming week. I volunteer too, I do the arts and crafts, and it is rewarding and fun, but very tiring! Love 'ya!
How can you Not smile when these are looking back at you? Adorable!
They look great! 🙂
can you please tell me where you got your cookie cutter? Thanks
I'm in love with these adorable cookies, but I really appreciate your attention to detail when packaging them up too. Thanks for posting the suppliers!
🙂
ButterYum
what a lovely thoughtful gift! and so beautifully decorated 🙂
Super cute. Makes me wish that I taught Vacation Bible School at your church.
Super cute! I love these and I think they'd make a great gift! Love you!
Love, Cecilia
I JUST wrote a post about staying on the BRIGHT side despite lifes troubles..using cupcakes as humor props…THESE are the BRIGHT side of my day for sure! WOW…could not have been a better fit! You are fabulous, fantastic and a bright spot for a lot of people.
love it sooooooo much
will visit you again and again
lovely hugs
molly