Cookie Decorating Tips for Kids

Kids love cookie decorating for all seasons and holidays. When you are making cookies with kids, recipes that feature sturdy, easy-to-roll cookie dough work best. Peanut butter cookie dough can be molded like clay; be sure to flour your hands when shaping the dough. Make sure you keep a roll of paper towels for spills and hand wiping. Let the kids press small edible items like raisins, currants, chocolate chips or red-hot cinnamon candies into the cookie dough to make designs or features on gingerbread people or animals. Let the kids draw designs by squeezing the icing through the tips onto the cookies.