pirate treasure map cookies

I recently hosted a pirate party for my youngest son’s fifth birthday. It was so much fun and I have tons of DIY, along with a new pirate party printables collection (available in the shoppe soon), that I can’t wait to share with you over the next few weeks. To start off I thought I would share a super simple cookie idea.

I baked round gingerbread cookies (if you’re in a hurry pick up a bag of Kellogg’s Shortbread Cookies or sugar cookies from the bakery), and flooded them with white icing. It’s actually much easier than it sounds. Here are some tips on flooding from my contributor at Sweet Sugar Belle.

I just let the icing dry overnight and then took a black food coloring pen (I picked mine up in a pack of five colors at JoAnn Fabric and Craft Stores) and drew on an X and dash marks. Just make sure you don’t press down too hard on the icing and remember to make each one a bit different. Oh, and if you want them to be dairy free, and I did of course, use Pillsbury white icing and Pillsbury gingerbread cookie dough.

I have to tell you, these were the first things to disappear off my dessert table! As always, I hope you’re inspired!

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DIY pirate ship cookie

Kim and team just designed and photographed additions to their pirate collections (lots of details to come!) and Kim even hosted a swashbuckling pirate bash for her little guy, which she’s sharing soon, so we thought there’s no better time to teach you how to decorate pirate ship cookies

You can choose many different variations on this theme, but this time I went with red and white stripes to match the shoppe’s Pirate Ship collection.

To decorate pirate ship cookies you will need:

  • Black outlining icing with a #2 tip
  • Red, white, brown, and yellow flood icing
  • Black food color marker
  • Tips for outlining & flooding cookies

First, outline the cookie.

Then, fill in the red stripes and the top of the sail with yellow.

Next, fill in the boat with brown icing and quickly drop white dots into it to create windows.

Let this dry for about an hour, then come back and fill in the white stripes

Add the mast, and let dry overnight.

The next day, use the food color marker to separate any stripes that may have run together in the sail, and to add wood grain to the boat.

With just a little time, and a few supplies, you will have the cutest cookies on the block.

For more cookie ideas, head on over to my blog, The Sweet Adventures of SugarBelle. It’s pirate week over on my blog and I am full of fun pirate cookie ideas including 3-D pirate ships (a new favorite of Kim’s!), girl pirate faces and boy pirate faces!

See you back soon for another fun how-to! And as always, we hope you’re inspired!

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off to a shoot this morning

Good morning everyone! The team is off to a beautiful farm this morning to shoot two new fall collections. And although I can’t share the details just yet, I thought I would leave you with a shot of my youngest son’s recent pirate birthday.

He loves Disney’s Jake and the Never Land Pirates and insisted that his photo prop say “Yo Ho, Let’s Go!” (Sorry moms. This one won’t be in the shoppe with the other photo props since this phrase is TM by Disney. But there will be several other fun ones!) And I thought it very appropriate for us this morning as we pack up the studio and head out.

Much more to come on his pirate party, the recent Splash Bash & Deep Blue Sea shoot I shared a peek of yesterday and everything we’re doing today.

Happy Tuesday!

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customer: argh matey!

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Jessy, a super talented mom of six, threw her little guy a bash that any pirate would want to loot! She picked up the plates, napkins and balloons from our pirate collection (pirate skull and pirate ship) and worked with Kristy, the head “glitter girl” behind The Purple Pug, to make a custom banner and other goodies.  Hop over to Kristy’s blog to see more pictures and some adorable Captain Crunch favor ideas!

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{new!} skull & crossbones

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We recently purchased a new series of cookie cutters and this super fun skull & crossbone cookie cutter was in the mix. You can find him with our pirate ship and pirate skull birthday party collections.

Happy baking!

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