St. Patrick's Day cookies are so fun to decorate and only need 2 colors of icing for these stunning design ideas.
If you want to celebrate St. Patrick's Day with a custom cookie platter, it is easier than you think to do yourself!
These easy design ideas are perfect for cookie decorating with kids or all on your own. They only require two colors of icing and a handful of sprinkle or candy accents to add depth to your design.
Green shamrock cookies are probably the first thing that comes to mind but I love that these sugar cookies don't require complicated cutters. There are ideas included that simply use a circle or square-shaped cookie cutter.
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St. Patrick's Day Cookies
These easy and adorable St. Patrick's Day sugar cookie decorating ideas are perfect even for beginner cookie decorators.
Use a simple 2-color icing palette to create a fun variety of lucky cookies to celebrate this Irish day of fun!
Classic shamrock cookies are the easiest sugar cookies to decorate for St. Patrick's Day.
There are countless ways to decorate them in patterns of white and green or light green and dark green. Polka dots, stripes, plaid, or swirly patterns, your imagination is the only limit.
Green and gold is such a festive color palette for a 2-color St. Patrick's Day cookie. Add these fun gold sprinkles to a pot of gold cookie for extra texture and sparkle.
How ADORABLE are these Lucky Charms cereal bowl sugar cookies??
Simple decorate with green or white icing and then "glue" the real Lucky Charms marshmallows and cereal pieces in the "bowl" of the cookie.
It adds such a fun texture and additional flavor to the treat.
You can check out more adorable cookie ideas at Sweet Tooth Treats.
Simple solid-green shamrocks make up the bulk of this cookie platter but the sweet all-white blossoms add the perfect delicate detail!
Add a yellow candy for the center of the blossom if you don't want to add a third color of icing.
Green and orange icing are all that would truly be needed to make these simple Irish gnome cookies.
Use a candy for the gnome nose and adorable heart accent.
Not all St. Patrick's day cookies need to be shamprock shaped.
Add a green scalloped border around a simple circle-shaped sugar cookie and decorate it with a wet-on-wet clover pattern.
Mix things up with a fun green and white St. Patrick Day cupcake-themed cookie.
You could skip the cute little face or add it with candy accents if you don't want to introduce a third color icing.
Use green and white icing to spell out a lucky message on a simple square-shaped cookie.
Or, use alphabet shaped cookie cutters to spell out an entire festive greeting!
Letters can be super fun to decorate with royal icing because you can do them in solid colors or simple patterns. The shape says it all.
These simple green leprechaun hats are a fun twist on the lucky theme for St. Patrick's Day.
You can look for a candy accent for the buckle and just do green and black icing.
More St. Patrick's Day Desserts for Kids
Not in the mood for sugar cookies?
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