While out running errands this afternoon, I stopped by the local cake shop to pick up some things I need for the cookies I'm taking on our beach vacation next week....with the entire family in tow. Of course, I couldn't just run in and grab what I needed...I had to peruse the cookie cutter section because there just might be something I needed. The kids were of course touching everything...declaring we needed this cutter or that. One of the cutters my youngest pointed out made my husband remark that it looked like a Meeple.
Now I know what you are thinking...what in the heck is a Meeple?! Seriously, only a board game geek would know what one is...it's one of the playing pieces to the game Carcassonne (one of the greatest games out there). Anyway, when I heard my husband say that, I immediately realized that this was something have to do. I have to make Meeple cookies to take on our beach vacation where my husband and his friends will spend hours upon hours playing this geeky game. And what would go better with the game than a nice cold beer and a Meeple cookie?!
We scoped out all the gingerbread-y shaped cutters and I settled on a small one that had a similar shape to a Meeple. I figured I could re-bend it a little to get a closer shape. Yeah...easier said than done. I think I abandoned that idea in about 2.5 seconds. And then I remembered Sugarbelle's tutorial on how to make your own cookie cutters and knew that this was the day I would be making my first homemade cutter.
It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be to make the cutter. Of course, it could have been easier to make if I weren't so much of a perfectionist. But in the end I'm pretty pleased with how my first DIY cutter turned out. I can't wait to test it out tomorrow!!
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