Decorate Sugar Cookies Just Like the Pros
You can learn to beautifully decorate sugar cookies just like you see on social media and I can teach you how! Whether you like to learn from pictures and text or videos and words, I've got you covered! I have created photo Cookie Cards and a Video Tutorial so that you can choose your method of instruction.
*This tutorial is provided for those that have purchased my annually offered Buttercream Icing Patriotic Cookie Decorating Kit. If you are creating the cookies and icing on your own, I decorate with American Buttercream.
Patriotic Cookie Cutters
Cookie Cards: Sugar Cookie Decorating Guides
Use my Cookie Cards below as a guide to decorate your Patriotic sugar cookies. Step by step photos plus written instructions give you all the details that you need to create beautifully decorated sugar cookies of your own.
Decorate a Popsicle Cookie
with Buttercream Icing
- Pipe an outline around the edge of the cookie, except for the stick.
- Fill in the cookie using a back and forth motion, creating horizontal lines of icing.
- Outline dripping icing on the top of the popsicle.
- Fill in the dripping icing using a back and forth motion, creating horizontal lines of icing.
- Add sprinkles to the dripping icing.
- Outline and fill in the popsicle stick using a back and forth motion.
PRO TIP: The design possibilities are numerous for this cookie. Try stripes, dots or stars and switch up the colors.
Decorate a Star Cookie with Buttercream Icing
- Pipe an outline around the edge of the cookie.
- Pipe an outline around the top left corner of the star.
- Instead of filling in with a back an forth motion, try filling in with a small circular motion creating horizontal lines of squiggly icing.
- To create the stripes, alternate colors and fill in with a small circular motion, creating single horizontal lines of squiggly icing.
- Add white star sprinkles to the top left section.
PRO TIP: Be sure to cut the openings of the icing bags small enough to be able to achieve this fun circular "squiggly" icing design.
Decorate a Rocket Cookie with Buttercream Icing
- Pipe an outline around the top triangle of the cookie.
- Fill in the triangle using a back and forth motion, creating horizontal lines of icing.
- Pipe a square outline around the center of the cookie, beneath the top triangle and above the rounded section at the bottom.
- Pipe 4 diagonal lines to creating 5 sections for stripes.
- Alternate the colors and fill in each stripe individually using a back and forth motion, creating horizontal lines of icing.
- On the bottom rounded section, use a small circular motion to pipe spaced out vertical lines of squiggly icing to create streamers.
PRO TIP: For a fun alternate design, pipe a stick and wick with flame at the bottom instead of the streamers.
Step by Step Sugar Cookie Decorating VIDEO Tutorial
Visual Learner? Let's Decorate Cookies Together!
Follow along to my step by step video tutorial. Learn how to decorate Patriotic Sugar Cookies with Buttercream Icing including a Popsicle, Star and Rocket. I break down the decorating process into easy to follow steps and give you helpful tips along the way.
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Want to Learn More?!
Looking for more inspiration? Check out my Royal Icing Patriotic Sugar Cookie Decorating Tutorial. Learn to decorate the same Patriotic cookies with royal icing in different designs that can also be translated to buttercream icing.
