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    Home » Blog » Desserts » Cookies

    The Best Cookie Cutters for Kids

    Published: Oct 29, 2021 by Tiffany Dahle · This post may contain affiliate links.

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    Need the best cookie cutters for kids to give as a gift for your little baker? Forget about those messy metal cookie cutters, once you try these you'll want to start a brand new collection for your kitchen!

    A bin of colorful sugar cookie cutters with a few samples laid out in front.

    In my opinion, one of the more frustrating parts of baking cut out sugar cookies is the cookie cutters themselves.

    Years ago, in a fit of frustration, I tossed out all of our bent and wonky metal cookie cutters during a kitchen purge.

    I hated how they got all tangled up and lost their shapes.

    When my girls expressed interest in learning how to decorate sugar cookies, I knew we needed to get a few cookie cutters to do the job. I dreaded having that clutter in my cabinets again.

    And then I discovered Sweet Sugarbelle cookie cutters at our local Michael’s.

    I seriously stopped dead in my tracks and my jaw hit the floor.

    Y’all. These cutters are the BEST thing to happen to my kitchen in years. I’ve been obsessively snapping up designs for the last year and it is an addiction I just can’t seem to quit.

    Why These Cookie Cutters Are the BEST

    A collection of cookie cutters are on a kitchen counter.

    Sweet Sugarbelle cookie cutters were absolutely game-changing in my kitchen because:

    • Durable: They are made from very durable plastic, they don’t bend or lose their shape and yet they are sturdy enough to cut through thick dough.
    • Flexible: She designs her shapes to be “shape shifting” cookies. Turn it right side up and it is a heart, turn it upside down and it becomes a puppy dog. Each cookie cutter set comes with decorating instructions and tips for shifting your designs. This way you can get more cookies out of less cutters. BRILLIANT!
    • Adorable & EASY: Her sweet and simple shapes still look absolutely adorable as single-color cookies and are perfect for the newest of beginners to cookie baking.

    Cut-Out Cookie Examples

    Want to see some of the cookie cutters in action? Here are just a few of the designs I've baked with my kids over the years:

    • Gingerbread cookie dough is rolled out and has a few letter shapes cut out and put on a baking pan.
      Easy Gingerbread Cookies for Kids
    • Heart-shaped frosted sugar cookies in rainbow colors against a black chalkboard.
      Best Sugar Cookies Ever {For Kids!}
    • A platter of sugar cookies features weather-related shapes. Sunshine, Rain Drops, Cloud and Wind.
      Rainy Day Sugar Cookies
    • Sugar cookie platter with black bat sugar cookies with purple polka dot hearts and spider web shapes.
      Vampirina Sugar Cookies
    • A platter of green Christmas tree sugar cookies have been decorated with royal icing in simple patterns.
      Easy Royal Icing Recipe
    • A tree shaped sugar cookie has a green royal icing border that was piped on. The piping bag rests next to it.
      How to Decorate Cookies with Royal Icing

    The Best Cookie Cutters for Kids

    These colorful and easy-to-use sugar cookie cutters are perfect for baking with kids. The simple shapes and durable designs will provide endless baking fun for your family.

    Sweet Sugarbelle Cookie Cutter Shape Shifter Set

    This is the classic sugar cookie set that kickstarted my obsession with Sweet Sugarbelle cookie cutters. The heart shape is my absolute favorite and is used to bake the rainbow heart cookies on the cover of The Ultimate Kids' Baking Book.

    Mini Shape Shifters

    Mini cookies are so fun to eat and easy to decorate because you don't need to worry as much about details for them to turn out absolutely adorable!

    Sugarbelle Alphabet Set

    Kids can spell out simple messages using this alphabet set. You can see it in use in my gingerbread cookie recipe!

    Cookie Stick Multi-Cookie Cutter

    This cookie stick cutter is perfect for making dunkable gingerbread cookies at Christmastime but would also make simply adorable sugar cookie decorations.

    Nesting Cookie Cutter Sets

    My kids love making a cookie platter of similar shapes in different sizes. The finished cookies can be layered in a stack or scattered for a fun texture on the plate.

    Very Merry Christmas Cookie Cutters

    The simple shapes of this Christmas cookie cutter set is perfect for easy 1 or 2-color decorating with kids. Just add sprinkles for more detail!

    Fairy Tale Cookie Cutters

    Kids will love these whimsical cookie shapes that can be customized to look like their favorite princess or storybook characters just by switching the colors of icing you use.

    Spring Cookie Cutter Set

    These simple flower cookie cutters are perfect for single-color cookie decorating which is so easy to do with kids.

    More Cookie Recipes

    • A plate of festive M&M cookies feature red, pink, green, and white candies for the holidays.
      M&M Cookies with Cornflakes & Oats
    • Baked chocolate chip walnut cookies with chocolate chips sprinkled over the top.
      Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies
    • Easy 4th of July Sugar Cookies Design Ideas
    • A collage shows several Easter cookie designs for sugar cookies.
      Easter Sugar Cookies Design Ideas

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    Hi, I'm Tiffany!
    I believe a great family recipe is one that makes everyone at the table happy, not just the kids. I'm the author of two bestselling cookbooks for kids that are chock full of recipes everyone in your family will love. I'm also the hostess of the best online book club for moms.

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