The very next morning after the kids' last day of school before Winter Break, I made sure to have all of our supplies together to make our annual Christmas cookies. This is one of my favorite things to do with the kids and we tend to split it up over two days -- one where we roll, cut out and bake the cookies and the next day is reserved for decorating.
The secret to all of this is that I set everything up ahead of time to keep things organized:
And then, they get right to work:
There is only one rolling pin but they always manage to share.
Sophia has mastered the art of cutting out as many shapes as she can out of her dough:
Sam's designs tend to become more complicated each year and I love seeing what she comes up with; here, she was cutting out antlers to turn an upside down Christmas stocking into a reindeer.
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The next day, I rolled out a disposable tablecloth (critical for easy cleanup!), made the kids each a cup of hot chocolate and let them decorate all of the cooled cookies from the day before.
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