I am getting ready for Thanksgiving. The whole family will be over at my house this year, and I want to make a pretty statement on the dining room table. One idea that I got from the Wilton website is to make table placeholders for each member of the family. I made mine out of Gingerbread Cookies; here is how I did it.
STEP 1 – Bake
I used the new Wilton Gingerbread Mix for the cookies. I have to say, though I may sound biased on this, the mix worked really great! It is easy to use; it maintained its shape during baking, and most of all….the whole house smelled like delicious Gingerbread!! Oh! It was just wonderful…my Grandmother used to make gingerbread cookies too; now my house smelled like her home, it smelled like Christmas.
I used a large round cutter, then used a cookie spatula to cut it across on one side. To make the cookie that will hold the placeholder upright, I used the mini crinkle triangular cutter.
STEP 2 – Decorate
To decorate I used royal icing in brown and white. I piped a curved icing line on one side of the cookie and attached leaf shaped sprinkles before it dried.
Then attached the triangular cookie to the back with icing, and waited a few seconds to let it dry.
STEP 3 – Celebrate!
And here they are! I am sure some of you are more proficient than me at piping letters with a decorating bag, but I am sure my Mom will love these, she likes anything I do! (don’t all Moms?) Happy Thanksgiving to you all!
Giulia is the Associate Product Manager for Gingerbread. Born a crafter, Giulia moved from Italy to the U.S. where she enthusiastically joined Wilton. She LOVES baking, decorating, crafting, cooking, family and friend gatherings, shopping, and pretty things. 
wow! those are cute. thank you for the great ideas =-)~
love this idea so cute and so good
Great idea and much cheaper than buying custom cards you’d end up tossing in the trash once the party’s over!
This is adorable! I’ve never made gingerbread anything before but adding this to my ‘ideas’ folder.
Hola por favor me pueden dar la receta de las galletas de gengibre ?????
Lo sentimos, pero actualmente no tenemos una traducción al español de nuestros posts del blog. Pero en este post las galletas de jengibre fueron hechas con nuestra exclusiva mezcla de jengibre: http://www.wilton.com/store/site/product.cfm?sku=2104-6011. Esta mezcla es especialmente formulada para mantener su forma mientras se hornea sin desbordarse.