Decorate Gingerbread Hearts
Cut out hearts, let the adult bake them, then cover every one with white icing patterns. A slow winter afternoon that smells of cinnamon.
What you need
- Chilled gingerbread dough
- Heart-shaped cutter
- Icing sugar
- A few drops of water
- Raisins
- Small bowls
- Baking tray
How to play
- Roll the chilled dough out on a floured table and let your child stamp out hearts with the cutter.
- Lift the hearts onto the tray and bake them yourself — 180 °C for about eight minutes.
- While the hearts cool, stir icing sugar with a few drops of water into a thick white paste.
- Spoon the icing into a small bag and snip a tiny corner off it yourself with scissors.
- Let your child draw dots, waves and stripes on the cooled hearts and press raisins into the icing.
- Leave the hearts to dry for an hour before hanging them on a string or eating them.
