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<\/a>I made a template out of a yogurt lid and hand cut the cookies.<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Two done... many more to go!<\/p><\/div>\n
I wish I could take the credit for this idea, but of course, I can not. Check out Sweet Sugar Belle<\/a> for a great tutorial and much fancier photos.<\/em><\/p>\n Handing cutting 40 Lego heads and a tray full of squarish and rectangularish shapes took awhile, but it was worth it! They looked a little odd at first…<\/p>\n All baked, bare and ready for frosting! I could have measured those bricks and made them even and straight edged, but I did not.<\/p><\/div>\n These could be robot heads too! I'll have to save this template. :)<\/p><\/div>\n but once I started decorating them… so cute!<\/p>\n Decorated!<\/p><\/div>\n I was going to be all fancy and find a bunch of Lego faces to copy, but as usual I got lazy and just winged it! Lex helped me think of face ideas. Some came out better than others, but overall I LOVE them!<\/p><\/div>\n We used halved mini-marshmallows for the Lego "bumps" on the squares and rectangles. The kids cut them and put them on the cookies for me.<\/p><\/div>\n I'd like to say they ate the marshmallows for me too, but of course I ate my fair share as well! :)<\/p><\/div>\n These were super messy! In hindsight I should have skipped the marshmallows, flooded the cookies, then pressed on M&Ms in corresponding colors. That would have looked better and been MUCH easier. Oh well. Next time, right?<\/p><\/div>\n The icing actually settled well and they came out looking pretty good, if you just ignore all the extra icing hanging down the edges. :) I'm sure they will taste just fine! <\/p><\/div>\n Far from perfect, but Lex was thrilled and I think his fellow first graders will be equally happy with these. <\/p>\n I decided to wrap them individually. This made it easier to put them away (get them off my table before we ate them all!) and I think it will be easier for Lex to manage in school. We're sending in a few extras too, so he can deliver them to other teachers or staff if he wants.<\/p><\/div>\n All boxed up and ready to go! This makes me happy. :)<\/p><\/div>\n I was crafting a post in my head about “good enough” baking, instead of awesome baking like this<\/a>, and this<\/a>, and this<\/a>. I used to have these blogs in my feed reader, but I had to remove them because I really don’t need a daily dose of adorably decorated sugar cookie inspiration. I really need some “get up and go” inspiration, not “break out the confectioner sugar” inspiration! I decided that “good enough” baking is good enough for me! As long as my “clients” are adorable children then I will better serve them with extra attention and “good enough” baking, instead of no attention and perfect baking! <\/p>\n Stay tuned for my awesome “good enough” cakes! One triple layer and one Lego cake. Bake on!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I am getting so excited for Lex’s birthday party this year. I hope I manage to get all of my awesome ideas done before the big day… not likely! Lex decided he wants to bring Lego head cookies to class … Continue reading <\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>