GET READY, GET SET
Before everyone arrives, cover your tabletop with white butcher paper so cleanup is a piece of cake. Then set out a spread of delicious trimmings and colorful icing. Give each child three to six cookies to decorate however he or she chooses. Pack up the extras for them to enjoy later.
THE PROVISIONS
Everything you need for a cookie party.
- Butcher paper: Available at craft stores.
- Cookie cutters: To find both traditional and unique shapes, go to Cincinnati
Cake & Candy Supplies, www.cincicakeandcandy.com; www.coppergifts.com; and H.O. Foose Tinsmith-ing Co., www.foosecookiecutters.com. Most cutters sell for less than $2, except those made of copper, which cost about $13 each.
- Cookies: At least three dozen medium-size gingerbread or sugar cookies (buy them at a bakery).
- Decorations: Stock up on confectioners’ sugar and such favorites as chocolate-covered sunflower seeds, gumdrops, licorice laces, and M&M’s. Order colored sanding sugars, spe-cialty sprinkles, and unusual candies from www.economycandy.com and, www.fancyflours.com.
- Flavored milk.
- Wax paper.
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Words:
Oliver Hugemark
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Photograph:
Heidi Lerkenfeldt
