I love all sorts of Monster Crafts with the kids, because young children can just go wild and have fun and not worry about whether their monster “looks right or wrong”. Perfect. Lots of eyes and spots and mouths and happy children. So we decided make some fun Monster Cookies, these are in time for Halloween, but I don’t see why you cannot make them any time of year of for a Monster Party. These are part of our Halloween Crafts for Toddlers series! This also make a great Edible Craft for Boys!
This post was first shared in October 2012 and has been updated and reshared for you convenience
No Egg Sugar Cookies – Ingredients
Basic Cookie Ingredients:
- 300g flour,
- 200g butter,
- 100g sugar
This is our favourite recipe for baking with young kids, but any biscuit recipe/ plain store bought cookie you have will do!
Monster Cookie Decoration:
- Icing sugar,
- food colouring,
- sweets,
- white chocolate buttons – or edible googly eyes like these US/ UK (affiliate link)
- black confectioners piping
How to make your MONSTER COOKIES!
1) Mix all your ingredients into a smooth dough. It helps if you use butter at room temperature. Bake in oven at 180C for 10-15min until golden (spot check). Let cool fully.
2) Mix a small bowl full of icing sugar with a few drops of food colouring and water. Try not to make it too runny (we always make it far too runny)
3) Then let the children go wild: Icing first, followed by chocolate button eyes (add a black pupil for them as the go along), sweets for spots and noses and mouths.
Let dry.
Enjoy.
More monster crafts on Red Ted Art (click on the image):
And check out our Frankensteins and Zombies over at Life At The Zoo:
What are your favourite monster crafts? Do you like Halloween Baking?
More Brilliant Halloween Crafts for Preschoolers here:
Pinkoddy says
Oh how brilliant and great for Halloween
Sian says
Love the ones with lots of eyes : )
I don’t know how you find the time!
Red Ted Art says
Awe thanks. The kids love to bake… so it’s easy for us!!
In Lieu of Preschool says
Too cute!!
Red Ted Art says
And we had so much fun!
Sarah Marks says
Love it what jelly sweets have you used and is that giant and small white buttons???? Its national baking week the 15th Oct and I’d love to make these!!!
Red Ted Art says
By coincidence I bought both.. and we ued the large buttons for these cookies and the small ones for the Frankenstein ones!
Jackie says
My boys are going to crazy for these! I can’t wait to see their creativity. Your kids did great! (I always make the icing too runny too and then I usually have run out of sugar and can’t add more so I just have to live with runny icing. ha)
Frances Hunt says
I know that these aren’t the healthiest of treats but they are awesomely fun to make and reminds me of my primary school days when we used to decorate biscuits.
The next time I have my little cousins visit I will definitely crack the biscuit decoration kit out to do this with them.
laura@howtocookgoodfood says
I love this idea and will be making some along with my children as we have decided to hold a cake/garage sale at our house in the half term and it will have a Halloween theme!
Red Ted Art says
Jackie – what is it with runny icing?! I just never get it right! Sigh.
Frances – definitely.. kids do like all things unhealthy! Like a magnet to them.
Laura – PERFECT for a Halloween cake sale!!!
Cerys @ Rainy Day Mum says
These are adorable. J, T and I will have a go at making some for our halloween party this year. Thank you
Jenny says
The toilet paper roll monsters are really cute, too. My son is always obsessed with monster crafts/stuff.
Red Ted Art says
I think Monsters are such fun for kids (as long as they don’t scare them!)
Roopa says
These cookies are adorable! I will be making some next week for my girl’s school halloween party:)
Judy says
Those are super cute! My boys would have a blast making those.
Red Ted Art says
Roopa – brilliant! Hope you have lots of fun making AND at the party too!
Judy – fab, hope you do have a go!
Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas says
love these! Featuring them on this week’s Sunday Showcase – my girls would love making them.
Cerys @ Rainy Day Mum says
Still loving these and just popping back to say Thank you for Linking up to Tuesday Tots this week and to let you know that they will be featured this week.
Red Ted Art says
Oooh thank you both for the features. You guys are FAB!! 🙂
Debs- Learn with Play says
These are unreal! Would be perfect for an activity at a kids monster party. (and if i ever have a monster party (hopefully lol) I’ll be doing them for sure!). I’m featuring this idea on Tuesday Tots this week (tues 16th)
Debs- Learn with Play says
eeep, just seen that cereys is already featuring this in Tuesday Tots so will have to change I’m afraid 🙁 boo, sorry! Still love them though and will share on my fb page at some time 🙂
Red Ted Art says
Debs – no problem!! It is the thought that counts!! And yay to one feature…
Cat (Yellow Days) says
These look brilliant fun and your point about monsters freeing up the kids from trying to make them look ‘right’ is something I hadn’t thought of before but really true.
Red Ted Art says
Thank you and yes, it is one our more “carefree” activities as they definitely just have fun and stop worrying!! 🙂