Standing Graduate Cookies
It’s graduation time again and as usual I’m up to my eyeballs in cookies. To keep things a interesting I try to come up with ways to change the cookies up each year.
This year I used a teensie tiny squished square from this set to turn my Karen’s Cookies boy and girl into graduates {and a diploma, but I forgot to take pics before they left me} .
If you don’t have the exact cutters I do, no worries. With a little imagination you can make several cutters work!
Since I usually try to avoid highly detailed cookie tutorials, here’s a quick breakdown of the decorating process.
The details took the longest. Different strokes for different folks but here’s the route I took:
- Use 20-second icing to make a diploma
- Use 20-second icing for hands
- White piping icing and a #44 tip makes a nice collar {a #3 works fine if you don’t have a #44}
- Use a #13 tip and stiff-ish brown icing for hair
- Use black 20-second icing for eyes
- Add tassel strings with a #1.5 tip
- Add gown and hat details with a #2 tip
- Use a #13 tip to make tassels
My graduates are speechless but you could add a smile if you like…or a frown. These little guys might not be so happy if they knew that their destiny is to be eaten!
This year I have a little graduate of my own. I think he outshines the cookies. But then again, I’m a little biased.
Graduate cookies for the graduate. What a wonderful treat!
You can use a “smooshed” square cutter to add graduation caps to any of these cookie designs:
For more graduation cookie ideas check out these posts:
- Easy Confetti Graduation Cookies
- Graduate Face Cookies
- Wise Old Owl Cookies
- “2013” Cookies {these are actually “2012” cookies, but who’s counting, right?}
- Graduation Cap and Diploma Cookies Simplified
I hope everyone can find a little peace this week. My thoughts and prayers go out to those affected by the Oklahoma tornadoes.
Oh gosh these are CUTE!!! I love the hair on the girls! So fun!
I love the idea of adding the cap to the diploma too! I’ll have to remember that one in the next few weeks!
Thanks Callye!
All I have is a bad phone pic…but if you need it, I will send it!
It’s okay, I can picture it! Mine would never look like your anyway, so it’s better that I don’t see how good it looks ahead of time 😉
LOL…today I tried to make Ali-bee bows. They ended up being Callye-bee bows. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Ha! I am sure they are adorable! Ali just has some magic with cookies though! I appreciate them more and more 😉
P.S. I meant to say how cute your little guy is! He’s growing up!!
I know! They all three will be in school full time next year #onesadandlonelymomma
You are genius!!!! I’m amazed at every single thing you come up with! Love your creativity!!
Great idea again. A feature that I like in your post is when you explain how you make the colors you use.I really like the color mixing chart you have prepared a while ago. Many of the color post you did after like the one for brown and the different color for skin are not on that chart. If yo feel like it you could make another mixing chart with all your other colors.
Thank you for all your post. I read them all the time and you are posting regularly which is very nice too.
+A-dorable! Your Sun (shining so bright)!
Oh, and the cookies are cute too (but not as cute as your boy!).
Congratulations to your handsome big guy!!! I still can’t get over how quickly mine got big. My oldest boy is 12 and my youngest is 10. Where did all their little-boyhood go?!
Yes, yes, the cookies are darling as always. But that boy!! Man, when you make sweet stuff, you really MAKE sweet stuff!!
Calleye
Your son has really growed. He is so adorable. Those cookies are adorable also.
You are the QUEEN of cookies. I follow you every day. most of the time 4 or 5 times a day.
I am going to make the girl for favors for my little grand daughter birthday party.
Your cookies are adorable…but not as adorable as your own little graduate!! 🙂
What an adorable graduate – you must be one proud mama! And he must be one proud graduate to have cookies from YOU! They are simply cuter than cute!
Absolutely adorable cookies. Great job!
I love this new design for graduation cookies Callye. Congratulations to your own little graduate and yes, he does outshine your cookies, hard as that may be to do 🙂
So cute! And what a sweet little graduate of your own!
Your little guy is a cutie, hope he got to eat some of these adorable cookies!
These are great, perfect re-purpose project, especially when your graduation cap cutter is starting to feel a bit worn out this time of year!
You surprise me all the time! What awesome talent! Love your cute graduates, a your special one too 🙂
R
Another great cookie idea!! I’m not sure why, but I’m really drawn to the hair detail. You really added great dimension and volume to it. Congrats to your own little graduate!
I am in love with these!!
Love them.
Callye, these are so cute!!! And your little one, congrats to him!! Counting down until I get to see you!!! 🙂
Hi Caylee,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoh26pC2RT8
God bless!!!
Milena 🙂
Your baby is so cute. Such a great picture. I think graduation cookies are so boring but you always make them look great. I have one cake and one set of cookies to make this year and believe me I will be referencing your sets of cookies.
These are darling! I have a graduate myself in 2 weeks! I can remember when he looked like yours. Aww. So cute! I might have to have you make some for me. 😉
I’m going to try these this week! Thanks again for such a GREAT tutorial! You really are THE source for cookie decorating. I come back here over and over again. You have such a way of demystifying things and breaking down overwhelming concepts into doable projects. Thank you for sharing all your talent and cookie knowledge! 🙂
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