I've been trying really hard to teach my 4-year-old that Christmas is more than just about presents. It's hard to understand this, so we have been reading/watching "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas." My kids love the book! I think it has a really valuable lesson to teach about Christmas meaning more than just about stuff. So, for the play date we had the kids decorate graham cracker gingerbread houses and decorate a cookie with frosting and sprinkles. I also made some "Grinch Cookies" that turned out delicious!
*Disclaimer: since it's not Valentine's, it's really hard to find heart sprinkles, so I ordered mine off of eBay.
As a take home party favor, I made "Grinch Dust" out of sugar and food coloring with a poem.
Grinch Cookies
- 1 box white or vanilla cake mix
- 1/3 cup flour
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 2 drop green food coloring
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar
- heart sprinkles
1. Mix cake mix, eggs, flour, oil together.
2. Add your food coloring.
3. Allow dough to firm up in your refrigerator for 10 minutes.
4. Make 1 inch balls with the dough and roll in powdered sugar. Place on a parchment paper lined baking sheet.
5. Place one heart sprinkles in the middle of each dough ball.
6. Bake at 350 degrees for 7 minutes.
Ingredients
Green Dough
My little cookie helper
Grinch Cookies about to go into the oven!
Grinch Cookies
"Grinch Dust"
Palmer and Vaughn decorating gingerbread cookies
Babies in pajamas!
Big kids in pajamas!
Goofy faces!
Enjoy!
Brittney
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