Tips on Hosting a Christmas Cookie-Decorating Party

Christmas cookies are a delicious treat. Children will enjoy the cookies even more if you allow them to decorate their own. Decorating Christmas cookies can be made even more fun when done with friends. Here are some tips on throwing a Christmas cookie-decorating party for your children and their friends.

Like any other party you wish to throw you will need to send out invitations. Let your children help you create the invitations for the Christmas Cookie Decorating Party. You can create fun invitations using construction paper and markers. Cut out gingerbread men and women from brown construction paper to form the base of your party invitation. Next, you can cut out a vest to glue on to your gingerbread people. Cut out a rectangle from white, green, or red construction paper. Fold the rectangle into thirds, two of the sides will be half of the length of the back of the vest in order to create a vest that can open. Cut a semi circle out of the top of the folded vest to form the opening for the neck. Glue the vest onto your gingerbread person and let dry. Once dry, your child can decorate the vests with squiggly lines and buttons. Your child can also draw faces and any other details they want on the gingerbread people. Open the vest and write down the details of your party inside. You can use a small Christmas sticker to seal the vest shut. Place the invitations inside envelopes to hand out to your child's friends. Send out invitations at least two weeks ahead of time. Give guests a time limit of one week to respond to the invitation. Once you have received the responses from your child's friends you can start planning the party.

The first step in preparing for your Christmas Cookie Decorating Party is to obtain all of your ingredients, party décor, and tableware. Make a list of supplies you need before heading out to the party and/or grocery store so that you won't end up forgetting something. Before you go out and buy your decorations however you will need to come up with a decorating theme for your party.