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Christmas Cricut parties/entertaining · Written by Randi Dukes

DIY Awards for a Cookie Decorating Contest

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This cookie decorating contest post contains affiliate links.

Last December, my daughter hosted a cookie decorating party for her soccer team and part of the fun involved a cookie decorating contest.  I used my Cricut machine to make DIY awards and we created all kinds of funny winning categories.  It was the perfect idea for a tween or teen holiday party and the girls had a great time … and lots and lots of laughs!

DIY awards for a cookie decorating contest

Hosting a cookie decorating party is simple.  We invited the team over, made a big pile of shaped sugar cookies {be sure to use a sugar cookie recipe that holds its shape rather than spreading out} …

sugar cookies for decorating

… set out lots of icing, both storebought and homemade, along with piles of sprinkles, glitter, colored sugar, and candy, and let the girls go to town. 

They drank hot cocoa and decorated the cookies for the longest time.

The ravaged table was evidence of the fun {wink}.  But it’s also a party that’s easy to clean up if you use a lot of disposable items.  I lifted all the non-disposable items up then rolled the tablecloth up with everything else inside and had the table cleaned up in five minutes.

cookie decorating party ideas

But, back to the awards {smile}.

Cookie Decorating Contest Award Ideas

We told the girls there would be awards but kept the categories a secret.  That made the final results way more fun because no one was decorating a cookie for a certain category.

You can obviously create any categories you want but we made these awards: least icing, most icing, most festive, most unique, reddest cookie, most colorful, most sprinkles, most creative, most likely to be on pinterest, least likely to be on pinterest.

How to Make Cookie Decorating Awards

I used my Cricut machine to make the cookie decorating awards and you can click on that link to use the same customizable file. 

Duplicate the pieces to create as many ribbons and circles as you need and add text to the circles to create the categories.  Be sure to select a writing linetype rather than cut for the text.

Cut the awards on cardstock with Cricut pens in the machine {your Cricut machine will walk you through the steps}.

cookie decorating awards made with cricut

Once cut, all you have to do is glue the white circle on to the red ribbon and the cookie decorating awards are complete.

Don’t worry if you don’t have a cutting machine.  You can also make these, or a similar version, by hand.

funny cookie decorating awards

We attached each award to a box of candy but you can obviously use any prizes you want.

cookie decorating contest awards

And don’t forget to take pictures!  We took a photo of each girl with their award and the winning cookie and it’s been fun to look back at them a year later!

cookie decorating award ideas

For more ideas for holiday party games, be sure to check out the ugly sweater poll printable I created for an ugly sweater Christmas party …

ugly sweater poll printable

… and the donut bobbing game that works for any holiday or theme and is one of the favorites in the kid and tween crowd!

donut bobbing party game


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About Randi Dukes

I’m Randi, a Dallas-based mom of five kids, ranging from third grade to college and including a set of twins. I love strong coffee, craft and DIY projects, my planner, and my big ol’ family. When I’m not creating something for my blog, I can be found in the car, running kids from one place to another. I’m the one knitting at the red light. Connect with me on google+ | twitter | facebook

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  1. xender apk says

    December 28, 2024 at 12:28 pm

    What a fun idea for a cookie decorating contest! I love the creative award suggestions you shared! Can’t wait to try this with my kids and see what unique designs we come up with. Thanks for the inspiration!

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