Easter Sugar Cookies - Chicks, Speckled Eggs, Blue Birds & Bunnies

Another holiday season means another round of decorated sugar cookies at our house.  As you'll see from the photos, Emma's becoming a pro.  She helped me roll and cut out the dough and I decorated them during nap-time.  She decorated some eggs with sprinkles when she woke up... a lot of sprinkles.  

Here is the link to my favorite sugar cookie recipe... it is the best, using powdered sugar to give the cookies a fine texture.

I love mixing colors... here are my tips for creating really pretty colors.

Decorating is really simple if you practice having a steady hand that can make basic shapes.  It is really just drawing outlines and filling in.



I piped a wing on after the body had dried to create a second layer.

The birds and bunny needed a little extra, too, so I piped a wing in blue and a white breast on the bird.  Mr. Bunny got a white sparkly sprinkle tail.



Here's the blue bird complete with wing and white breast.



I wanted the eggs to resemble real eggs - I love how they turned out.  I think they'll go great when packaged with the brightly colored chicks, birds and bunnies.

Just a look at my kitchen mid-mess... 

Speaking of mid-mess...  Miss Emma loves her sprinkles!

Look at our sweet little collection of spring cookies.



 I'll be packaging these up (and freezing) them for Easter baskets - I'll share them later this week (or early next...)! 

For my tips on Freezing Sugar Cookies, click here!