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Halloween Cookies for Kids

If you’re looking for a fun Halloween treat for kids – look no further. These Halloween Cookies for Kids are the perfect Halloween activity and treat to make with kids of all ages! These are even easy for toddlers to help make.

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Easy Halloween Cookies for Kids

Have you ever wanted to create some festive Halloween cookies but using royal icing is just too much trouble? Then try this recipe! Working with fondant (in my opinion) is actually easier than royal icing. Follow these easy steps and you’ll have some spooky cookies of your own!

Halloween Cookies for Kids to Make

Simply bake some cookies with your favorite cookie recipe and then follow the directions below for decorating! Using an edible marker is great because kids of all ages can help decorate the cookies. Kids can even help roll out the fondant too!

Easy Halloween Cookies for Toddlers

Supplies to Decorate Halloween Cookies

Here’s what you need to decorate your cookies:

White and Orange Fondant (you can buy this at the Bulk Barn or Michaels)

Optional: Icing Color (orange for the pumpkin if you do not purchase orange fondant)

Halloween Cookie Cutters

Black Edible Marker

Halloween Cookies for Kids

Directions to Decorate Halloween Cookies

1. Bake cookies with a ghost and pumpkin cookie cutter.

Bake Halloween Cookies

2. Tint your white fondant orange.

Add some food coloring and knead until it spreads evenly. Alternatively you can buy orange fondant.

Get Orange and White Fondant

3. Knead the fondant until soft.

Using a rolling pin, roll out a thin layer of fondant.

Roll out fondant and use cookie cutter

Press in the cookie cutters to make the same shape as your cookies.

Make Orange Pumpkin Fondant

4. Attach the fondant shape to the cookie by brushing on a little bit of water on the cookie first.

The water will help the fondant stick to the cookie.

Brush on cookies

5. Place the fondant shape onto the cookie.

Smooth out any edges with a fondant smoother or by hand. You can soften some edges with a little bit of water too, if needed.

Add Fondant to Cookie

6. Use an edible marker to add faces to your ghosts and jack-o-lanterns!

Add Jack-O-Lantern design to Pumpkin Cookies
Add edible ink on top of cookie

These cookies are so easy for kids of all ages to make, even toddlers can help! Kids will love drawing on their own faces to the cookies too.

Halloween Cookies Recipe
5 from 1 vote

Halloween Cookies for Kids

An easy halloween cookie decoration tutorial that kids can do!
Prep Time30 minutes
Total Time30 minutes

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Ingredients

  • White and Orange Fondant
  • Orange Icing Color Optional
  • Halloween Cookie Cutter Shapes
  • Black Edible Marker

Instructions 

  • Bake cookies with a ghost and pumpkin cookie cutter.
  • Tint your white fondant orange.
    Add some food coloring and knead until it spreads evenly. Alternatively you can buy orange fondant.
  • Knead the fondant until soft.
    Using a rolling pin, roll out a thin layer of fondant.
    Press in the cookie cutters to make the same shape as your cookies.
  • Attach the fondant shape to the cookie by brushing on a little bit of water on the cookie first.
    The water will help the fondant stick to the cookie.
  • Place the fondant shape onto the cookie.
    Smooth out any edges with a fondant smoother or by hand. You can soften some edges with a little bit of water too, if needed.
  • Use an edible marker to add faces to your ghosts and jack-o-lanterns!

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9 comments on “Halloween Cookies for Kids”

  1. I was just wondering how people create these shapes but then I saw the cookie cutters. Sounds super easy to make!

  2. Kimberly M

    If you buy the fondant premade they really aren’t that hard to make! 🙂 Good Luck!

  3. I love these so much. I’m always hesitant to use fondant but you make it look so easy.

    1. Kimberly M

      Thanks Bethany! I buy my fondant pre-made from the Bulk Barn so that really cuts out a lot of work!

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