Dont limit your cookie cutters to baking only!

They can be used for awesome decorative purposes as well as unique hanging decor like wool mitten ornaments! Check these out!

Cookie cutters can go beyond baking to upgrade holiday decor! From setting the scene for a winter wonderland to wool mittens, these cookie cutters are taking the winter season to a new level.

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Peppermint Melt!

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You can easily create classic red and white ornaments by taking a metal cookie cutter and adding in a bunch of peppermints. Now place on a cookie sheet and its 350 degrees for 3 to 9 minutes. Finally, let cool and remove from the cookie cutter.

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For The Birds!

The birds will enjoy these outdoor edibles! Use this birdseed recipe where you will need flour and gelatin so it stays intact. Put it into cookie cutters, put a straw on top for a ribbon hole, then let dry for about 3 plus hours. Slide the ribbon through the hole and hang!

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Rustic WoodOrnaments

Take some rustic looking wood and use cookie cutters to trace patterns with. Now with a wood burning pen, you have a rustic wood ornament!

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Simple & Stylish

You can use an actual cookie cutter as an ornament itself, simply by decorating it however you like!

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Miniature Felt Mittens

Just put some wool inside a mitten shaped cookie cutter, and then use a felting needle to hold the shape!

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Melted Bead Ornaments

Take some beads and put them into cookie cutters. Bake them on wax paper then allow them to cool before removing. Heres how to do it:
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Frame It!

Take your cookie cutter and put decorative paper inside it and frame! Very cool, and each year you can re-decorate with different paper.

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Twine Rope Ornaments

Wrap around twine to give a texturized look to these ornaments.

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Trace Your Favorite Paper

Take you cookie cutter and use it to trace decorative paper. Do the same with some card stock to make it sturdy. Glue both sides with the traced paper. Now you can decorate it with glitter, bows, and even bells!

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These Are Great Gifts!

Heres more ways to use decorative paper with cookie cutters. See howhere.

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Make A Scene!

Take a cookie cutter and card stock as backing. You can use a Mason jar lid as well. Trace your card stock, decorate your scene then glue to the back of your ornament while adding little holiday accessories to complete your scene!

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Don’t Eat These Cookies

Using a salt dough mix, you can make these very festive ornaments. However, they are not edible!

Amazing Holiday Ornaments

As you see, there are so many ways to make holiday ornaments using simple cookie cutters. And just like snowflakes, no two cookie cutter ornaments are alike!

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