3 Easy Ways to Make Your Own

Ever wanted to know how to make cookie cutters? The process of making delicious and fun-shaped DIY cookie cutters is much easier than you might expect. Learn from the baking experts at Whisked how to make all kinds of shapes, so you can shape your cookies into anything you want.

Contents

Paper
Tick
super glue
Scissors
Dominator
Cutting Gloves
Aluminum: foil, oven liner or soda cans

This article will introduce you to three different methods of making homemade cookies. However, each way will only need one form of aluminum. We’ll mark which of the three we’re working on below!

Method one: Aluminum foil

This method of learning how to make your first cookie cutter is by far the easiest. There aren’t too many cuts and the foil doesn’t have sharp edges compared to the other two. The only part you will need to supervise if working with small ones is gluing.

Start by tearing a sheet of aluminum foil. You can use any foil around the house, but heavyweight foil will help you keep it in shape. Make it about a foot long.

Next, you take the paper out and spread it on a flat surface. You’ll want the longest side to be horizontal.

On one of the longer sides, fold the foil up a half inch. Continue wrapping the foil on top until you have a long strip.

Make the strip into your desired shape by bending the metal in different directions.

Once the desired shape is formed, use super glue to hold the aluminum together. Let dry before use.

Method two: Aluminum oven liner

Rough edges of aluminum liner can be sharp! Consider wearing gloves when you work with the material. However, we’ve always found that homemade cookie cutters from oven liner are the toughest and best for cutting through any thick dough.

Put on your protective gloves.

Cut around the edges of the oven liner.

Mark down the horizontal edge every four inches. Cut pieces.

Next, double each strip. Keep it referenced to a straight edge of your surface to stay accurate.

Unfold your bands and focus on them one at a time. Fold each sharp edge in half to meet the center of the pad. All sharp sides of the strip need to face inward.

Press down on the crease to straighten and flatten your edges.

Bend into desired shape, glue and let dry.

Method 3: Soda cans

This item may be the most common in your household, depending on how addicted you are to carbonated drinks. The biggest limitations to this cutter are the amount of material. It ends up creating smaller cookies, but it’s the fastest method if you don’t mind the size.

Enjoy a soda.

After canning and cleaning, use scissors to cut off the top and bottom.

Cut the aluminum tube down one side so you can roll it out and have a flat surface.

Find and mark the half point of the can from the cut edge. Make a line going down the center and cut.

Place the ruler along one of the two halves of the ruler so that there is about 1/8 inch of space at the bottom.

Fold the edge up, then repeat on the other side.

Form into desired shape and glue. Allow time to dry.

Some of us are a little more artistic and creative than others but fearless. Creating simple shapes is easy by printing out patterns or sketching and tracing objects. All you need is some paper, a pen and a little patience. Here are a few of our favorites.

Mickey Mouse:
- Use a measuring cup to measure 1 cup of dry ingredients and turn it upside down. Trace around the edges of the circular section.
- Use a round teaspoon to trace part of the ear on the circle about an inch apart.
Heart:
- Love is in the air! Use the cup to draw two identical circles with their edges touching.
- Connect the bottoms of the circles with an isosceles triangle. The outline of the shapes will be your heart!
Football:
- These shapes are perfect for the Superbowl or party.
- Make two points on your page about the desired size of your DIY cookie cutter.
- Connect the dots to form a straight line. Draw an oblong circle connecting the two sides.

Here you have it! Once you have your template, you can wrap aluminum foil methods around the shapes to make your own DIY cookie cutters! When you need a specific shape, but don’t have time to go shop hunting, these are the perfect solutions. They’re quick, easy, and sure to work! If you’re not in the mood to bake your own, go for Whisked! can help you out. Order cakes online and enjoy some delicious desserts.About the author, Jenna Huntsberger Hailing from Eugene, Oregon, Jenna moved to DC in 2005 to work in the nonprofit media industry. After deciding her true passion was pastry, she founded Whisked! in 2011, selling baked goods at a local farmers market. Today, Whisked! Cookies and cupcakes are sold at more than 100 retail locations and have been featured in publications such as the Washington Post, Washington City Paper, and NPR.