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Can you believe it’s so close to Christmas? Christmas is always a time of traditions, old and new. In our family, we have a few traditions and some might be a little weird. We always attend the annual Christmas parade in our tiny town, bake lots of Christmas cookies, and because we like to be a little different, we top our Christmas tree with a trumpet every year. This year for our baking tradition, we have a little help from Hallmark with the Bake Like an Elf holiday baking tools and recipe cards.
While checking out the new Christmas stuff at Walmart, I found Hallmark Northpole toys and gifts and could not pass them up.  I just knew my kids would love making cookies with these fun tools.  We picked up the Bake Like an Elf kit along with the Rolling Cookie Cutter, a snowflake plate set (perfect for Santa’s cookies) with some fun matching Northpole cups, and the new Hallmark storybook about Northpole City.
Have you heard of Northpole City?  It’s where Santa and his elves make Christmas come to life!  See the magic HERE!
This past week we had some downtime and decided to make Christmas cookies as a family. Â Along with the fun measuring tools, there are several recipe cards that come in the Bake with an Elf kit. Â We decided to make Grandma Gilly’s Winter Magic Sugar Cookies.
I let the kids make them all by themselves from start to finish. Â Mom was only in charge of the oven. Â I loved the little measuring cups that came along with the kit. Â They are just too cute!
The rolling cookie cutter was the big winner. Â Everyone fought over who was going to roll out the cookies. Â Thankfully, this recipe made enough that everyone could have a turn. Â I have to admit, it’s pretty fun to cut cookies out this way, too! Â We make a lot of Christmas cookies for gift giving to teachers and friends.
While the cookies baked, Miss Em read the Northpole City storybook to Mr E and Molly.
Once our cookies were baked and cooled, the kids had a decorating party. Â I crushed candy canes and pulled out all kinds of sprinkles and cookie icing in green, red, and white. Â The kids got really good at decorating their cookies.
Since these cookies were just practice before we make them for gift giving, we ate them all! Grandma Gilly’s Winter Magic Sugar Cookies are melt in your mouth delicious!  The kids loved these new tools for our holiday baking, and I can’t wait for us to do this again in a few weeks.
What kind of holiday traditions do you have?
18 comments
These turned out great! They also look super easy to make.
I can’t believe it is time to start thinking about Christmas. The cookies look yummy. We buy our Christmas ornaments from Hallmark every year.
These are cute.
These products are adorable!!! I’m always on the lookout for cute holiday products to buy, they’re nice to have around the house for the whole season! Thanks for sharing.
These are so cute! I’d be in there arguing for a turn on the cookie roller, too–so cool!
I’m so excited for Christmas. Holiday cookies are the best!
So cute! I love baking all kinds of christmas cookies. It has been a family tradition for years. I cannot wait until my daughter is old enough. I bet this kit would be a great first crack at it for her.
what a great way to get the kids into cooking. love it!
I love the rolling cookie cutter. I need to make some cookies with the kids.
Beautiful! I love those cookies. It looks like you all had a great time decorating. You’re so “crafty” and have such creative ideas!
Oh what a fun project! I’ve never seen a rolling cooking cutter, that looks awesome! Now I want some Christmas cookies…
I love decorating cookies! Christmas is my favorite time of year to do it too. The pics in the post are fabulous!
This is awesome indeed. I have never seen a cookie cutter roller before. I love making cookies with the kids. Thanks for sharing.
These turned out SO cute!! What fun products–I have two little bakers and I think they’d really love these too! #client
looks yummy and great ideas! thanks for sharing
Having seen you around in awhile! These are adorable Stephanie. I found them over at the Pinterest party. Pinning ANS Stumbling! If you don’t mind me asking, what is that under you cookies? It looks like old wood that’s been dry-brushed with turquoise paint. I like it!
That is a vinyl backdrop! I am addicted to those things. I’ve got about 5 different ones now. I buy the 2 x 2 ft size ones, but she has 3 ft and even 5 ft ones. That turquoise one is my favorite. Her etsy store is called Swanky Prints. She will even make a custom combo for you if you see ones you like that aren’t in a combination together. She ships super fast, and you can buy combos with 2 or 3 or 4 different backdrops. And, she always has a coupon code floating around. I’ve been a repeat buyer and love these things. They just make your photos pop!
Okay…..there were ALL kinds of misspelled words in that comment. Note to self: PREVIEW in the future!