Project

Cookie Cutter Ornaments

Use inexpensive aluminum cutters to turn out ornaments faster than you can bake a batch of cookies. Choose patterned papers or color-photocopy pictures onto card stock.

Source: Martha Stewart Living, December 2005

Introduction

materials

Aluminum cookie cutters (Williams Sonoma Holiday Basic Cookie Cutter Set, $10 for 8, williams-sonoma.com.)

Patterned paper (Martha Stewart Multicolor Paper Pad, in Red/White/Green, 6" by 6", $3, amazon.com.)

Color-photocopy pictures

Card stock

Pencil

Scissors

White craft glue

Needle

Ribbon

Beads

steps

Choose patterned papers or color-photocopy pictures onto card stock. Trace cutter on top; cut out. Dab white craft glue along cutter's edge. Press paper in place; let dry.
Thread narrow ribbon through needle; poke between paper and cutter, and wrap ribbon around top of cutter. Slip a bead over ribbon's ends; knot.