22 Holiday-Shaped Cookies for a Season Full of Kid-Friendly Fun

Recipe: Sparkling Snowflake Shortbread Cookies

These easy cookies require just six ingredients, including pre-made frosting. Be sure to stock up on snowflake cookie cutters in varying sizes.

Recipe: Snowy Tree Cookies

It's time to put your star-shaped cookie cutter collection to good use. You'll need them in six sizes to build these fun, 3D trees.

Recipe: Chocolate-Gingerbread Christmas Tree Cookies

Put a spin on the traditional gingerbread with this chocolate version. When icing, use plastic bags with the corner snipped off for easy piping and clean up.

Recipe: Christmas Pinwheel Cookies

No cookie cutters required. Just dye your dough and roll into a log, slice, and bake. Add sprinkles if you (or the kids) so desire.

Recipe: Melted Snowman Cookies

They might be a little saggy, but thankfully, appearances aren't indicators of taste.

Recipe: Candy Cane Cookies

Thanks to a dose of peppermint extract, these cookies hint at the classic red-and-white candy that signal the coming of the Christmas season. Kids will enjoy an afternoon making these cookies and dunking them in a cup of cocoa.

Recipe: Sprinkle Stocking Cookies

What's almost as fun as a stocking stuffed with gifts? Stockings you can eat, of course. Let the kids choose the sprinkles and personalize their own to eat.

Recipe: Peace Dove Cookies

Making these cookies will surely bring peace and goodwill to all the recipients.

Recipe: Linzer Tree Cookies

Let the kids cut the cookies into shapes and poke the holes before baking—but you may want to save the sugar dusting task for yourself.

Recipe: Reindeer Cookies

Rudolph is pulling into town. Kids will have a blast assembling these Reindeer Cookies—and snacking along the way.

Recipe: Snowflake Sugar Cookies

Delicate, just like the real thing. Despite their appearance, they're not as difficult as they look. All you'll need is a batch of our Easy Sugar Cookies and Royal Icing to make these jolly cookies.

Recipe: Cornflake Wreath Christmas Cookies

You may not want the kids to deck the halls with these wreaths, but they are delicious nonetheless.

Recipe: Christmas Bulb Sugar Cookies

These Christmas Bulb Sugar Cookies are a great party activity. Provide different colors of icing and a variety of sprinkles, and the kids will be begging to hang them up on the real tree.

Recipe: Easy Santa Cookies

If you're still looking for the perfect cookies to offer Santa, we think these will do the trick.

Recipe: Sparkling Snowflake Sugar Cookies

Create a winter wonderland with the help of some white and blue sparkling sugar.

Recipe: Candy Cane Sugar Cookies

These are simple, pretty cookies that older kids will enjoy decorating. You can also try different colors, like green, pink, and yellow.

Recipe: Peanut Butter-and-Jelly Linzer Cookies

Elevate the classic school lunch to something elegant and merry with these linzer cookies.

Recipe: Spiced Stars with Cookie Butter

Who doesn't love a dollop of creamy cookie butter? Paired with these spiced sugar cookies, they're an irresistible treat.

Recipe: Soft Sugar Cookie Trees

If your crew favors thick, chewy sugar cookies over the crisp ones, then you need to put this recipe at the top of your list and pull out all those cookie cutters.

Recipe: Sparkling Ornament Cookies

The key to these glittering cookies? Lots of toppings. Stock up on sprinkles, sugar pearls, and dragées to your heart's content.

Recipe: Classic Gingerbread Cookies

We can't omit the gingerbread man. This year, take your house decorating up a notch with our simple recipe. It'll taste a whole lot better, and you can enlist the kids to cut out the gingerbread people.

Recipe: Snow Flurries

Let it snow with a batch of Snow Flurries: butter cookies sandwiching raspberry jam and sprinkled with icing sugar.