How to Make 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.

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Decorate your Christmas tree with these DIY cookie cutter ornaments. They come in all shapes and sizes—transforming your cherished photographs into soon-to-be family heirlooms. Make one, or many, with your kids for a new Christmas Eve crafting tradition.

What You'll Need

Materials

  • Aluminum cookie cutters
  • Patterned paper
  • Color-photocopy pictures
  • Card stock
  • Pencil
  • Scissors
  • White craft glue
  • Needle
  • Ribbon
  • Beads

Instructions

  1. Christmas cookie cutter ornaments

    Choose patterned papers or color-photocopy pictures onto card stock. Trace cookie cutter on top; cut out.

  2. Dab white craft glue along cutter's edge. Press paper in place; let dry.

  3. Christmas cookie cutter ornaments in boxes

    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.

Originally appeared: MARTHA STEWART LIVING, DECEMBER 2005
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