Smiley Face Cookies

To cap off M’s first birthday (see his smiley face birthday party here), we brought some party decor and smiley face cookies to our usual Friday Baby Bootcamp class and celebrated with his tiny friends. We had a couple of balloons, some bubbles, a few stickers, and best of all – cookies! It would’ve been easiest to just decorate round cookies with icing to make a smiley face, but since we were at a park and celebrating with very young friends I thought it best to leave off the messy, sugary frosting, here’s how I made them instead…

I made my usual Martha Stewart sugar cookie recipe and cut into circles using a 3″ round cookie cutter.

Using a straw I cut eyes into the face and used a paring knife to make a smile.

Then I filled the eyes with chocolate sprinkles and pressed the sprinkles into the mouth shape and baked as directed.

Cutest smiley face cookies I’ve ever seen!