STAINED GLASS COOKIES
You will need a package of fruit flavored lifesavers and a package of refrigerator cookie dough for these cookies.

• Unwrap a package of refrigerator cookie dough, slice ½ “ cookie rounds and place them on a cookie sheet that has been lined with parchment paper.
• Let your children help you cut mini circles out of the center of each cookie. (This could be done with a small circle shaped cookie cutter or a clean 1” plastic jar lid.)
• Make additional cookies with the cut out sections.
• Place cookies on the cookie sheet so that they have room to spread out.
• Let your children place one lifesaver into each cookie hole.
• Bake the cookies at 350 degrees for 7-9 minutes or until golden at the edges.
• Let cool before transferring the cookies to a plate or storage container.

COCONUT SNOWBALLS

• Make your child’s favorite round cookies.
• Then have your child spread white frosting on top of a cookie.
• Finally, let him sprinkle on some grated coconut.

 
HEART COOKIES

• Make your favorite sugar cookies and let cool.
• Let your children frost the cookies with white or pink frosting.
• Let your children sprinkle on some heart sprinkles or just red sprinkles.

EGG SHAPED COOKIES

• Cut out cookie dough in the shape of eggs.  (An egg shaped cookie cutter can be made by bending and shaping the open end of a metal juice can.)
• Let your children paint their cookies before you bake them.
• You can make cookie paint by mixing 1 egg yolk with ¼ tsp. water and desired food coloring.
• Child can use new small paint brushes or they can paint using Q-tips.

HALLOWEEN COOKIES

• Make your favorite sugar cookies for this activity.
• When cool, let your children spread orange frosting on top of the cookies.
• Then have your children use black frosting and plastic coffee stirrers  to draw jack-o’-lantern faces or spider webs on the cookies.