Despite it being in the high eighties around here temperature-wise, there is no denying it's Christmas time once again. I have been cranking out cookies all week!

No matter what the weather, you might recognize the arrival of Christmas in another way...your rapidly declining bank balance!

So, for fun, I thought I'd show you a few ways I re-purposed cutters to make them into Christmas cookies and save some DOUGH... no pun intended =)


Can you guess what cutters I used to make these?



You'll never guess...




Neat trick, huh!  *I'm MAGIC!*
 
With a little imagination ol' Frankie becomes a nutcracker, a tombstone morphs into a gift tag, "BOO" turns into *avoiding saying this in a way that will encourage snickering*  HO, HO, HO, the bat...holly, a pumpkin...Santa, and my spider web...a wreath (it would also make a great snowflake, BTW).  

 To make these cookies, cut out your shapes, trim them just a little before baking, and voilà,

 New cookies from your tired old Halloween cutters!



I also came up with these little guys.  They are my favorite!



 
Same simple concept...



Do a little trimming and piecing like I taught you when we made candy cane cookies...


 and you'll have the cutest little elf cookies ever...


*Cuteness deserves a close-up*



Enjoy, and make today your day to "THINK OUTSIDE THE CUTTER"!