Do you have a baker, chef or wanna-be-cook on your gift list that has everything and you just can’t seem to choose the right culinary gift? The Target GiftCard® is the perfect answer this holiday season with a way to give your favorite culinary enthusiast what they want: the creativity to choose their own gift!

#GiftCardCheer Cookie Cutter Wreath with Target

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How to Make a Cookie Cutter Wreath

Now that you’ve decided to give them a Target GiftCard®, why not get creative and present them with it in a fun way? A cookie cutter wreath is simple to make as it’s made entirely from cookie cutters, wire, and ribbon… that is it. They can hang it as holiday decor on their favorite door during the holidays and after the New Year, snip the pieces of wire and bake up cookie goodness for their friends and family.

Materials you will need: 

• Cookie cutters in your choice of shapes and colors (Hint: Lay the cookie cutters out in Target in the shape you want to make sure you have enough and they fit together nicely.)
• Craft wire
• Wire cutters
• Ribbon – I prefer wire ribbon so you can bend it

Directions: 

1. Lay out your cookie cutters in the shape you want to make a circular wreath.
2. Depending on how tall your cookie cutters are will help you determine how long to snip your wire. I used 1 1/2 “ long wire.
3. Wrap wire around cookie cutters in 1 or 2 places. Just enough to attach the adjacent cookie cutter.
4. Continue attaching until you have attached all of the cookie cutters.
5. You can use a store bought bow and make an easy one using the wire and ribbon.
6. Gather ribbon and secure at the center with wire.
7. Use wire to wrap around ribbon.
8. Keep doubling the ribbon back and forth based on how big you want the bow.
9. Leave extra wire at the end to wrap around your finished cookie cutter wreath.

Completing your Cookie Cutter Wreath:

1. Now that you’ve attached the cookie cutters and made the bow, simply attach the bow to the top of your wreath with extra wire from bow.
2. You can cut extra ribbon for the door hanger and tie around the top of your wreath.
3. Attach your Target GiftCard® to the ribbon with a piece of tape.

Now that you are done, you can embellish it with fresh cut greenery, bells, or just leave it with just the cookie cutters. Your favorite culinary enthusiast will love receiving this Target GiftCard® this year, and you’ll love giving #GiftCardCheer!

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DIY Craft: How to Make your Own Cookie Cutters

Materials

• An empty, clean soda can
• Scissors (heavy duty work the best)
• Adhesive tape, duct tape or glue
• Work gloves (recommended)
• Pliers (optional)
• Paper and pen (optional)

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How to make your own diy cookie cutters

After having emptied and washed out the soda can, carefully cut the top and bottom off. Wearing protective gloves is highly advisable, since aluminum edges can cause serious cuts.

Now cut stripes out of the soda can. They should be about 1 inch or more. You can cut the can lengthwise, which will give you larger strips for larger cookie cutters. You can always make smaller stripes by cutting the ends of the longer stripes so they will suit your purposes. Also, if you would need larger strips, gluing some strips together is an option.

Fold both ends lengthwise towards the middle. That way you won’t have any sharp edges. Keep in mind that you are aiming to have an even, flat edge for better cutting. Use the opposite edge of a dinner knife or similar to even the edges out. You could fold just one end, in order to have one sharp cutting edge, but in that case you should be extra careful when cutting your dough. Also if you are not folding you have to be extra careful to cut the soda can evenly in the first place. If it not as even as you need it to, you could try smoothing it out with sanding paper. Not folding the ends at all is another option, but that will leave you with two cutting edges. Lining one edge with some duct tape might keep your hands safer. If you go with the not folding option, you can cut thinner stripes for easier handling.

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For ease, trace your shape onto some paper. Try to keep your shape simple and keep in mind that you will be making cookies with it, so imperfections are totally accepted.  After having traced your shape, you can use a piece of string to measure the length of metal strip you will need. Cut the metal strip a longer than your string, because of the bending. Now, use your template to bend the metal strip. You can use pliers to help with details, any cylindrical object for curves (like a pencil or a glue stick etc.) and a table’s edge for corners. Search your household for anything that could work. Another tip is to have a solid object of the desired shape and use it to by “wrapping” your metal strip around it, in order for it to take on the shape of the object.

After finishing with the bending part, you can move on to glue the two ends together. For this you can use some glue (food grade if you want), or adhesive tape. You can even use a stapler to stick the ends together. Ready!

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All you need now is your favorite sugar cookie recipe. The possibilities with these diy cookie cutters are literally endless. Don’t forget making a little fish to use when making your favorite goldfish cheese crackers!

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