Christmas Cookie Decorating Board – inspire an epic Christmas cookie decorating party with this fun cookie decorating board!
Cookie Decorating Board
I love creating beautiful charcuterie and dessert boards and I thought it would be fun to create a Christmas Cookie decorating board to go along with one of our favorite holiday traditions, decorating Christmas cookies! This is a perfect idea of you are hosting a cookie decorating party. It was a huge hit with my family and it makes an amazing centerpiece!
Link to the board I used: Charcuterie Board
How to Make a Cookie Decorating Board
- I wanted to keep this super easy and fun. I collected the decorating supplies from my local Michael’s store and Target.
- I used refrigerated Pillsbury sugar cookie dough to bake the cookies. You could definitely make homemade, but these were so quick and delicious and the perfect size. I made 6 dozen so the kids would have plenty to decorate!
- I made homemade buttercream frosting to frost the cookies for a special touch.
- After decorating the cookies with my family, the one change I would make to the board is that everyone wanted to use piping bags. I ended up transferring a bunch of the frosting to piping bags during the party to everyone could be more creative.
- It’s really fun to see what everyone comes up with. I decorated a couple cookies before to give the kids some ideas, but their ideas were even better than mine! They were so creative, it was really fun to see.
Decorating Supplies Needed
- Variety of Sprinkles
- Mini M&M’s and regular M&M’s
- Food Coloring
- Piping bags and frosting tips. I did not use frosting tips in all the bags, I just snipped the very ends off.
- Pillsbury Holiday Pastry Bag – this was so great, I wish it came in more colors!
- Wilton Christmas Tree Decorating Kit – I found mine at Target in the holiday baking area, but I don’t see it online.
- Candy Eyes
- Sugar Santa and Mrs. Claus are also from the Target Wondershop area but are not online. Aren’t they the cutest?
Party Supplies
- Paper plates
- Napkins
- Spoons and butter knives for spreading frosting.
- Waterproof table cover to prevent food coloring from staining table.
- Black paper and chalk markers.
- Platters to take cookies home. I used oversizes paper plate platters I found at Target.
Christmas Cookie Decorating Board – inspire a creative Christmas cookie decorating party with this fun decorating board!
- 6 dozen Sugar cookies
- Sprinkles
- Mini M&M'S and regular M&M'S
- Candy Eyes
- Green and Red Food Coloring
- 4 sticks salted butter softened
- 2 pounds powdered sugar
- 2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup whipping cream more as needed
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Bake cookies and let cool.
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In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat together butter and powdered sugar until fluffy. Add vanilla followed by whipping cream. Add more cream if needed. Divide frosting and mix in food coloring.
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Assemble board with a variety of frostings, piping bags and cookie decorations.
More Creative Board Ideas
- Christmas Wreath Charcuterie Board
- Christmas Charcuterie Board
- Hot Chocolate Dessert Board
- S’mores Dessert Board
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Love it all on the board! Sometimes, it’s just all spread out & doesn’t look nice, but this is a great way to keep it nice!
So cute! Love setting up something similar for the kids 🙂
Such a cute idea! I put this together over the weekend for a cookie decorating sesh with my kids and it worked out perfectly!
This was such a fun idea. We had fun doing this and then having all the cousins over to decorate. Thanks for the great idea for family holiday fun.