Fall is such a fun time of the year. It’s time for sweaters, booties, pretty much every possible food and drink in pumpkin flavor, and baked goods! Personally, I love to make treats for my family and friends. It’s such a warm, comforting and delicious way to say I love you. I’m also a total sucker for a fun Fall activity. To combine the two, I’ve come up with a semi-homemade cookie activity that is easy, fun, and delicious.

What You Need:

• Pumpkin shaped cookies – yay! I found fantastic ones in the bakery section of my grocery store that were fresh, not decorated, and only $5 for the whole container. Yes, you can make your own, but you don’t have to. This is a simple and fun decorating activity – so it’s nice to have a short cut! 🙂
• 1 – 12oz container of cream cheese frosting (vanilla works as well)
• Orange food coloring (mix red and yellow if you have those on hand)
• A variety of sprinkles – My grocery store had candy eyes, little candy skulls and bones, and tiny candy pumpkins that were super fun for the kids to use
• Black and green gel frosting in a small tube for the details
• Parchment paper
• Tape

What To Do:

• Put 1/2 of the frosting into a small tupperware container. Mix in your food coloring to your favorite shade of orange. Start slow and add more as you go. The bonus of mixing the orange frosting in the tupperware is that you can easily store it if you have any left over.
• Cut a large piece of parchment and tape it to the table. This will be your workstation with thekids – to help control the mess.
• Depending on the age of your kids, you may want to spread the frosting yourself. My kids are 2 and 4, so I spread the frosting for my 2 year old and let my 4 year old give it a go.
• Spread a couple cookies with white frosting and a couple with orange. Orange sprinkles work well on the white frosting. The orange frosting doesn’t need sprinkles (don’t let that stop you) – but are great for the other decorations.
• Let your kids have fun decorating their pumpkin cookies! It should be fun, silly and messy!
• Eat and enjoy!