In preparation for my recent Pink and Purple Penguin Party, I spent a day making some cute penguin cookies. I wanted them to be simple, playful and girly, and I love how they came together! Once I had the base design I had lots of fun adding hats, scarfs and ear muffs to give each penguin a little personality. This general design could be done in any number of color schemes to create cookies for boys or girls. Swapping the purple or pink background for light blue, then adding details in red and green would make adorable traditional Christmas cookies!
Let's decorate cookies!
First, bake a batch of cookies using my Sugar Cookie recipe (this can be done 1-3 days before you decorate them).
Then, the day you plan to decorate, prepare one (or more) batches of Royal Icing.
For the cookies below I made icing in...
black (1 bag of medium consistency)
white (1 bag of medium consistency, one thick/detail consistency)
purple (1 bag of medium/flood, one thick/detail)
pink (1 bag of medium/flood, one thick/detail)
orange (1 small bag- thick/detail)
~How to decorate simple penguin cookies ~
1. Outline and fill in your cookie with the background color (in this case purple), allow to set a minimum of 2 hours, longer in humid climates.
2. When the base layer is set, use black icing to create the outline of the penguin, as shown. Allow to set 1-2 hours.
3. Fill in the body of the penguin with white icing (as shown). Allow to fully dry (6-8 hours). When the body is dry, add eyes, and a beak. If desired add a little "blush" to the cheeks (shown below), by lightly applying pink luster dust with a small, dry paint brush.
Now it's time to dress your penguins!
You can have fun with any combination of bows, scarfs, hats or ear muffs, and I'm sure you can think of even more ideas! Add white "snow" to the background by either adding simple dots, piping simple snowflakes, or adding snowflake shaped sprinkles.
Here are a few of my little penguin friends...
For beautiful winter assortment, add snowflake cookies, and some simple snowball cookies.
Happy penguin decorating!
For more penguin fun, be sure to check out the full Pink and Purple Penguin Party!
(Top photo by Gene Chutka, for Glorious Treats)
Wow! They are ADORABLE!!!
ReplyDeleteOMG! I love it! Really cute!
ReplyDeletewow,i love your cookies,they are adorable.
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness these are SO cute!!! I will definitely be sharing on FB.
ReplyDeleteAnna
www.askannamoseley.com
You are so creative!! Love these!
ReplyDeleteThese cookies are just the cutest!
ReplyDeleteCutest cookies ever!
ReplyDeleteHow super cute!!!
ReplyDeleteThese are soooo sooooo cute!!! Penguins are my favvv !!
ReplyDeleteSo cute! I love them all, but the girly penguin with the bow is my favorite, Glory!
ReplyDeleteOMG, they are so cute. I absolutely love the cookies and the Pink & Purple Penguin theme. Nice! I have to try something like this. Of course, they won't as fabulous as yours but it's so worth a try. Thanks for sharing. Happy Baking! :-)
ReplyDeletethese are on my top five list! LOVE! You hae such an amazing eye!
ReplyDeleteSo cute and adorable...I can't get over how cute!
ReplyDeleteBetween what you do and what Callye does, my brain can't keep up! The penguins are absolutely adorable!
ReplyDeleteI love them:-)
ReplyDeleteSuper adorable cookies!
ReplyDeleteThese are just gorgeous! I don't think I could eat them.
ReplyDeletethese are great! i want to make them this weekend, but i'm never able to get a great shade of black like you did. any advice? thanks!
ReplyDeleteAwwwww, they're so cute!!
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you stopped by my blog and left a comment - I'd never seen your blog and I love it! These are SO adorable. You're a great decorator (and photographer)!
ReplyDeleteOh, my god this is too cute and funny. Those cookies are match my Christmas wrapping paper this year.
ReplyDeleteLeana
These are not only "cute," they are delicious! Thanks for sharing your precious little penguins with us...they were so yummy & it made me feel special that you would share them. LOVE!
ReplyDeleteThese are such adorable little cookies!
ReplyDeleteamazing! goodness, you are so talented!
ReplyDeleteEeeeeaaaap! they are so cute. Just perfect, I love them
ReplyDeleteOmg adorable!!!
ReplyDeleteThese cookies look so adorable and remind me of Happy Feet. I love how you outlined each step of the decoration with pictures. It makes it really easy to follow. They look so hard to make. Thanks for sharing. I'll try my best :)
ReplyDeleteHappy Holidays!
These are really cute and very girly! Perfect for a festive party with little girls
ReplyDeletePretty treats for a kid's party! Thanks for the step by step instructions. I will have a blast decorating with my little girl. Although I am pretty sure without the yellow beaks our version of a penguin will look like obese Monalisa paintings. LOL! Nevertheless, the beaks will transform them into penguins...Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI have no words... These penguins are suuuupeeer cute!!!!
ReplyDeleteLOVE THEM! :)
Really, really sweet. Love these!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely adorable. My daughter would go nuts for these little guys.
ReplyDeleteThe products I need the most would be the "quality ingredients" list! Although ANY would be great to have. Your cookies are little works of art and are so inspirational!! My grandson and I are going to try our hands at some of your Christmas cookie ideas! I have lots of cutters but am really in need of more tips and couplers for the detailed decorating! Maybe should add that to my Christmas list to Santa!
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Thanks,
Susan
a/k/a Susan1961
Ok then!! If you can make these cookies, you can certainly make a tag!! Try it and see, and thanks for visiting!!
ReplyDeleteSo cute~~~~~~~~
ReplyDeleteThese are adorable! Thanks for the tutorial.
ReplyDeleteI just finished making these for my daughters Winter One Derland birthday. Once you do 1 or 2 it's a breeze. Thanks for sharing your ideas.
ReplyDeleteYou just gave me a great winter party idea! I LOVE this theme and what a BEAUTIFUL job you did!
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
Mel
Please feel free to stop by: Trailing After God
Do you have recipes for the different icings? I'd love the links to them if you do.
ReplyDeleteI just found these/this post and had to comment because I am IN LOVE with these!!! I <3 penguins anyway, but pink and purple penguins, on COOKIES?! Since winter doesn't seem to want to leave anytime soon, I'm still going to make them :) Or I might save them for a cheeky Christmas/winter in July party. Thank you for sharing-you've made my whole month :)
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