Teacher Appreciation Luau.

[navygreen]

I can't believe it's the end of another school year! The boys go through tomorrow, the 26th, but I think they're already down to just the fun stuff. Jack had his Field Day yesterday, and A.J. had his math class finals. Today, both have been told they'll be cleaning out desks and lockers, and I made them empty out backpacks to prepare for the amount of STUFF I'm sure they'll bring home! (And they don't go back until August 24th!)

I'm icing end-of-year cookies right now, but I'm taking a quick moment to post these cookies I made for Teacher Appreciation Day back on May 6th. Once again, my timeliness astounds you, I'm sure. ;-)

I was so jazzed when the school announced a theme for this year's Teacher Appreciation week/event: LUAU! There's nothing that says party quite like a luau, and I couldn't wait to make these special cookies!





And do you even know? I mean, can you even really guess just how much fun I had making these adorable little hula shirt cookies?! I absolutely *LOVED* them!



And then, I wanted some hibiscus cookies, too. After all, it's not Hawaiian without hibiscus! However, I couldn't find a cutter that I liked, so I hand-cut these beauties:





And you've all met the amazing Callye over at SweetSugarBelle, right? This is my reproduction of her sweet & easy citrus slices, and they're so fun to make! She even has a tutorial right here. :-)



Two more staples of a great luau: pineapples and palm trees. It's just not Hawaiian without 'em!







I brought a gigantic platter to the school (over 80 cookies!), and I heard they disappeared quickly! I'm so glad the teachers enjoyed them, as I have sure loved the staff here. We are so blessed to have such big hearts teaching our children!

Comments

[spiffanda.livejournal.com]

We were at the grocery store yesterday and there were some decorated sugar cookies in some summery themes.. and Rachel saw them and she said "No offense, but your friend Ms.Nicole makes waaaay prettier cookies."

And of course she is right! You do such an amazing job!!

[navygreen.livejournal.com]

Aww, that's so sweet of her. She just might be my current favorite of your kiddos. ;-)

[bunney.livejournal.com]

Those are freaking beautiful! You should post them to bakebakebake...they would love you!

[navygreen.livejournal.com]

LOL, I did, but they have a moderation queue, so it probably won't show up for a while yet. Thank you!

[navygreen.livejournal.com]

It finally showed up! Here's the entry over there... ;-)

[blognmomma.livejournal.com]

Aloha! These are perfect!

[navygreen.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[damncutekitty.livejournal.com]

How did you do the patterned shirts?

[navygreen.livejournal.com]

With a wet-on-wet technique. I drew different sizes of circles in the wet icing (both the shirt and the circles were "flooding" consistency), and then I dragged a toothpick from the outside in to the center - five times for each hibiscus-like flower on the shirt. :-)

[navygreen.livejournal.com]

I guess so, because it seems like I'm seeing luau stuff everywhere I look lately.

And thanks! I promise the shirts were easier than they look.