Zoo Train Cookies

Tomorrow is our last Kindermusik Zoo Train class. I know we will miss going each week. We have had so much fun, in class and with the take home materials.
I had already planned on making cookies for the last class, but then Ms. Amy invited us to bring stuff for a little party. I have a monkey cutter, an elephant cutter, and a lion cutter. I've only made the monkeys, but knew these would be perfect!
These three cookies required a lot of different colors of icing, which was a little bit of a pain and a lot of mess. I am pretty happy with how they turned out, but there are things I wished were different. Maybe a little cleaner lines, better piped details, etc. But all in all, I bet the kids will like them, my little one sure does and is asking to eat elephant cookies.

Ignore the ugly plate ; )

Birthday and Test Ship Cookies

I made cookies to send to my parents for their birthdays. Both have birthdays in August. As a matter of fact, there are a ton of people we are related to that have August birthdays. November must be a fun month ; ).
I love these!!! I looked at pictures for ideas for both the packages and the cupcakes and was so excited to make these. I did change up my original color plan to match the sprinkles Matt picked up and eliminated an additional color for the gifts. But they still turned out great and seemed so easy to make. These could easily be changed to match anyone's birthday. And they can be adjusted for holidays too; Christmas packages, Valentine's cupcakes etc.
I was also making these to test ship. My parents agreed to be the guinea pigs to see how well the cookies handled shipping. I know people do ship them, because it's their business, but I want to see if it's feasible for me. I guess we will see.