Santa Claus Gingerbread Cookie

This Santa Claus gingerbread cookie is entirely edible but I don’t have the heart to eat him! He did a good job of watching over the dessert table at Thanksgiving and is now on display in the showroom at my dad’s toy block company Wee Saw. Watch my time-lapse video to see how I made this gingerbread centerpiece!

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I didn’t write instructions for this video because I was just making it up as I went along and there were way too many steps to keep track! But I did create a template if you would like to make your own gingerbread Santa Claus. My gingerbread recipe is available in my Cookie Art Club.

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You’ll see in the video that I cut the template into pieces and traced each piece with an edible ink marker to make sure I got the placement right.

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Here’s what I used to make this Santa Claus Gingerbread Cookie

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Edible ink marker
Flood consistency royal icing in light peach, white, burgundy, ivory,
Slightly-thinned stiff consistency royal icing in brown
Medium consistency royal icing in dark brown, white, ivory, golden brown
Stiff consistency royal icing in white, dark green, and red
Couplers
Decorating Bags
Bag ties
Decorating tip 3 for flooding
Decorating tip 2 for flooding small areas and larger details
Decorating tip 1 for details
PME Decorating tip 1.5 for fine details
Decorating tip 8 for bead border around base
Scribe tool
Wilton Color Right food coloring
- Burgundy = crimson + brown
- Light Peach = pink + a touch of yellow + a touch of brown
- Ivory = a touch of brown + a touch of yellow
- Brown
- Golden brown = brown + yellow
- Dark green = blue + yellow + brown
Crystal Colors Antique Gold
Wilton Pearl Dust in pink, purple, green, and blue
Edible matte dust in brown, black, white, and pink
Alcohol or any flavor extract – Alcohol or flavored extracts are used for painting on royal icing because they evaporate very quickly, which means that the liquid won’t dissolve the icing as you are applying the paint.
Fine tip brush
Paint palette or small dish
Sparkling sugar