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Cookie Cutter Ornaments

November 22, 2012 By A Spoonful of Sugar - 20 Comments

We are really excited about this year’s French inspired Christmas theme – using white, red, and gingham in our decorating. We try and make most of our ornaments each year to fit our theme and then just add a few of our coloured baubles and generic decorations. We love finding items around the home that we can turn into decorations.

This week we have been making Cookie Cutter Ornaments.

We have been wrapping Christmas cookie cutters with gingham ribbon, and attaching twine to hang them from the tree. If you have a small tree in your kitchen – this would be the perfect decoration for baking lovers! We don’t have our tree set up yet (we always wait for the first weekend in December) so we used our conifer in the back garden to see how they will look.

We raided our tub of Christmas cookie cutters and found some that we won’t be using in our holiday baking this year. Each cutter used approx 1 – 1.5 metres  (1.5 – 2 yards) of ribbon. We wrapped the ribbon around the ornament until it was completely covered and secured it with double sided tape.

The best thing about these decorations is they can be unwrapped after Christmas and re-used again next year.

What everyday items do you use in your decorating?

Cookie Cutter Ornaments

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  1. Craft and Decorate says

    November 22, 2012 at 1:42 am

    OMG what a great idea! Definitely gonna give it a try! Thanks for sharing!

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  2. Gabi says

    November 22, 2012 at 1:46 am

    ..what a absolutely great idea!!!
    Thanks for sharing !
    LOVE
    Gabi

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  3. escargopotte says

    November 22, 2012 at 2:00 am

    very nice ! I love your idea !

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  4. Strickilotti says

    November 22, 2012 at 2:08 am

    oh, what a wonderful idea!!!!

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  5. Ladyfée says

    November 22, 2012 at 2:43 am

    un petit coucou à chacune ! une trés bonne idée ! c’est vrai que l’on utilise pas tous les emporte-pièces ! bravo ! bonne journée, Ladyfée

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  6. Séco says

    November 22, 2012 at 3:01 am

    So simple and yet, soooo cute.
    At first I thought you made them with masking tape, which could be an other option!

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  7. thesnailgarden says

    November 22, 2012 at 4:00 am

    That’s a neat idea! Best wishes, Pj x

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  8. Jos says

    November 22, 2012 at 5:17 am

    what a GREAT idea!

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  9. Anonymous says

    November 22, 2012 at 8:22 am

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  10. Samelias Mum says

    November 22, 2012 at 1:43 pm

    Love this idea. Thanks for sharing x

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  11. Madame Archibald says

    November 23, 2012 at 4:38 pm

    Congrat’s for your blog and your so many good craft & cooking ideas.
    A special thought from France (you seem to like to put a French touch to your crafts ;-).

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  12. Terriaw says

    November 24, 2012 at 7:25 pm

    These are really fun ornaments. I love the pops of red and white on the tree. And cookie cutters offer such great shapes to play with.

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  13. Fiona Carter says

    November 25, 2012 at 5:33 pm

    Very clever Lisa and Sarah. They look gorgeous. Fiona x

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  14. Tina from A Few Pretty Things says

    November 29, 2012 at 2:36 am

    They look so cute!

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  15. Christina at I Gotta Create! says

    November 29, 2012 at 5:04 am

    Simple and oh-so-cute! That gingham is perfect for Christmas.

    <3 Christina at I Gotta Create!
    Wildly Original link party is open.

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  16. Carrie says

    November 29, 2012 at 5:45 am

    Adorable!! I made a cookie cutter wreath last year and love it. These would go right along with that theme.
    http://www.saving4six.com/2011/11/cookie-cutter-christmas-wreath.html

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  17. Trish - Mom On Timeout says

    November 29, 2012 at 10:40 am

    This is such a fun idea and so easy too! New follower and pinning 🙂 I’d love for you to share with my readers if you get the chance: http://www.momontimeout.com/2012/11/your-creative-timeout-party-no-58/ Hope you’re having a wonderful week!

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  18. Desiree @ The 36th AVENUE says

    November 30, 2012 at 10:11 am

    This is simply BRILLIANT! I am featuring it tomorrow on my blog!

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  19. Gabby says

    November 30, 2012 at 2:08 pm

    super cute oranments! especially love the ribbon wrap. 🙂

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  20. Jody says

    November 25, 2019 at 6:58 am

    What width ribbon do you suggest for 3-4″ cookie cutters?

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