Block Cookies
[25 Minutes]
You don't need expensive equipment to create edible works of art--most of the stuff is already in your kitchen pantry!
You'll need:
your favorite sugar cookies recipe or refrigerator cookie dough square cookie cutter tubes of decorator icing in colors cookie sheet rolling pin
What to do:
- Prepare the sugar cookie recipe.
- Roll the dough out flat with a rolling pin. Invite your child to help.
- Challenge him to cut blocks using cookie cutters.
- Bake cookies as directed in the recipe.
- Encourage your child to help you pipe the frosting along the edges of the square cookie shape to make them resemble blocks.
- Invite your child to choose an alphabet letter or number to place inside with the frosting.
- On a large plate challenge your child to arrange several block cookies to create a building or how about spelling his name with the alphabet letters?
Let's Talk: Ideas to Explore Together.
- Do square cookies look like blocks?
- How did you decorate the cookies?
- Would you like to build with them before eating this treat? What would you make?
Useful information:
While you are having fun together, this activity helps your child develop small muscle skills, eye/hand coordination and an introduction to cooking.
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