This was such a fun project to design and bring to cookie life! My friend’s son turned three years old and he loves all things science, so I went to work… Let’s just not talk too much about the fact that I thought he was turning 4, and well…. I messed up one of the designs for that reason. What can I say apart from “I am so sorry!”
For the cookie cutters, I browsed through this favorite etsy store of mine which is actually located in Kansas, so I feel great about ordering from them. Their cookie cutters are wonderful, cut sharply, and feel pretty sturdy. You can get all their shapes in several different sizes.
I hate to play favorites but the one dearest to my heart might very well be the atom… To make this cookie, I used a large round shape, flooded in white and air-brushed in gold the outline of the atom with a stencil that I cut myself with the Cricut machine. That gave me the guideline to pipe the electrons’ orbits. Electrons and the nucleus are made of fondant. Contrary to what Heisenberg concluded, in the cookie world we can assign a precise position for any electron at any given time. So convenient!
For the flasks with glasses, I just flooded with white and yellow and added the eyes with store-bought candy. Once the base flooding set, I added the fine lines for details and the little yellow bubbles on the white portion.
Another favorite of mine was the erlenmeyer with the gold symbol (Au), to celebrate the Birthday boy’s name: AUSTIN.
Now let’s just pretend the atomic number was 3 instead of 4, and everybody will be happy, right? For that cookie, I used a little air-brush with gold, to tie it all together.
I loved making this set, and hope you’ll consider the scientific approach to cookie decorating… It is really fun, and the possibilites are endless!
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Austin, I hope you had a great Birthday celebration,
my apologies for rushing you one year ahead…
ONE YEAR AGO: Hugs and Kisses
TWO YEARS AGO: Of Bears and Bunnies in Love
For the Love of Cookies 
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