Grayson loves decorating cookies. She always wants my leftover icing and cookies to decorate herself. So when the time came to pick a theme for her birthday party it was a no-brainer. Even though it was a similar theme to her Cupcake Decorating Party a few years ago....
Here's what her invitation looked like...
To prepare for the party I made a set of six cookies for each child to decorate...with lots of icing and sprinkles and toppings. I set up the party table with parchment paper as the table cover. Each child had a 1/4 baking sheet and a practice sheet to get used to using the icing on. I filled several icing bags full of each color and put them in mason jars for easy reach...and to be cute. I found mini mason jars that are sat/pepper shakes and used those to put the sprinkles in. They were perfect because they kept the flow slow, which is good when kids are shaking them! For their boo-boo sticks I used some cute cocktail toothpicks. I also found some cute colored towels to use as their damp towel. The larger sprinkles/toppings I put in mini mason jars with mini spoons. (trying to encourage the least amount of cross-contamination as possible!)
The paper decorations for the party are all from Wal-Mart believe it or not! I fashioned the cookies I made for party treats after the colors and animal print pattern.
For the food bar I filled several jars with different kinds of cookies (all store bought). I also filled a big jar with cookie cutters. I made the cupcakes from a box and topped with homemade buttercream icing.
Here are the kids getting the feel of piping...
The happy Birthday Girl with her newly pierced ears!
Working on their masterpieces...
Singing to our girl...
We are so lucky to have so many cousins living close to us. Grayson tells me she wants a sister...and I'm quick to remind her that she has 2 little girl cousins that live in the same town. Not to mention LOTS of boys to torment them! So sweet!
Each child took home a bakery box of thier cookies with an initial cookie cutter tied on, as well as their baking sheet. It turned out to be a really fun party. Even some of the moms tried their hand at decorating!
Here are some close ups of the baking themed cookies I made...
