Easy Sugar Cookie Christmas Coasters DIY

Make adorable Christmas cookie drink coasters with this easy sugar cookie DIY tutorial. Fun holiday crafts perfect for gifting or decorating.

The holiday season always sneaks up on me, and nothing gets me in the Christmas spirit faster than cookies!

The smell, the memories, the decoration…I love all of it!

But today, instead of eating them (trust me, I’ve done plenty of that too), we’re making adorable Christmas cookie coasters!

All the charm and none of the guilt!

These sweet little coasters add a cozy, homespun touch to your holiday decor, and they look so real that everyone will try to take a bite…yup that happened here!

Whether you’re crafting for yourself or putting together a cute handmade gift, these are such a fun seasonal project.

Here is the Easy Sugar Cookie Christmas Craft Video Tutorial

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Supplies You Will Need for the Easy Sugar Cookie Coasters

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Paper clay
Acrylic paint (white, ivory, red, orange, milk chocolate brown, and black)
Glue (must dry clear)
Super Gloss Mod Podge
Squeeze bottles
Clear glitter
Fine red glitter
Fine green glitter
Skewer stick or toothpick

Directions for Round Sugar Cookie Coasters

These look exactly like the classic easy sugar cookie, with the sugared edges, that you’d put out for Santa.

Santa peeking over the table at a stack of christmas cookies with a Christmas tree in the background

I love tying them up with a little baker’s twine. It makes them look like they came straight out of a charming little bakery.

Step 1: Prepare and Color the Clay

Knead your air-dry clay until it is soft. I mix a little vanilla (or white and ivory) paint right away because it gives the clay that perfect, easy sugar cookie color before we even start decorating.

Paper clay with white and ivory paint to be mixed in

Step 2: Roll and Cut

Roll the clay out and use a circle cookie cutter – just like the actual cookies.

Using a cookie cutter on paper clay that has been rolled out for the easy sugar cookie coasters DIY

Step 3: Dry and Paint

Let them dry completely. Brush on vanilla acrylic paint, dab with a paper towel, and you’ll get a flawless cookie finish.

Step 4: Add “Baked” Edges

Dry-brush the edges with brown paint. This tiny step suddenly makes them look like a fresh batch straight from the oven.

Painting brown baking marks on the easy sugar cookie

Step 5: Add Sugar Edges

I mixed a chunky white/clear glitter with red, and then I did a batch with green.

Classic Christmas, of course!

Using glitter as edging on the easy sugar cookies

Run glue around the edges and dip into the glitter. Once the cookies are sealed with Mod Podge or any other sealer, they look sugary and sparkly!

You’d never guess they aren’t edible. This might be the most easy sugar cookie craft you are going to find.

Glass on easy sugar cookie christmas coasters

But I still have one more! The snowman cookie.

Easy sugar cookie Christmas coasters stacked and tied with red and white bakers twine with a glass next to it on one of the coasters

Directions for Snowman Cookie Coasters

These little guys always make me smile, and by the way, they can double as a Christmas ornament. They look like the kind of iced Christmas cookies we used to make growing up, except these won’t leave powdered sugar all over the kitchen.

Step 1: Roll and Cut the Clay

Roll the clay and cut out your snowmen using a cookie cutter.

Using a snowman cookie cutter to make easy sugar cookies

Step 2: Dry and Base Paint

Once dry, brush with vanilla/ivory paint, so they look like a real easy sugar cookie straight from grandma’s kitchen.

Step 3: Make the Frosting

Mix paper clay, white paint, water, and Super Gloss Mod Podge until smooth. Divide into squeeze bottles and tint the amounts you need.

Adding Mod Podge to the clay concoction to make faux icing for the easy sugar cookie christmas coasters

Mixing faux icing the the easy sugar cookie craft

Step 4: Frost and Decorate

Give your snowman cookies the icing job they deserve. Use the squeeze bottles to apply the tinted “icing” and a skewer stick to help with the tiny features.

Using a squeeze bottle to add icing to cookie

Also, using a brown paint (most of the paint should be off of the cookie) do a light brush to create the baked edges.

Brushing baked edges onto the snowman Christmas cookie

Step 5: Dry and Seal

Let everything dry wall and finish with satin or gloss Mod Podge. They look glossy, sugary, and so cute you’ll want to make a whole plate of them!

These pair beautifully with the round, easy sugar cookie coasters.

Enjoy Your Holiday Creations!

I hope these Christmas cookie coasters add a little sweetness to your holiday season. They’re fun, festive, and a great reminder that holiday crafting doesn’t have to be complicated.

Glass on snowman sugar cookie Christmas craft

Sometimes the simplest, easy sugar cookie project brings the most joy!

This project was made as coasters, but they can easily be a Christmas ornament if you add a hole into the hat of the snowman.

Snowman cookie ornament hanging from a Christmas tree

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Thanks for hanging out with me today!

Remember: Life’s too short not to shimmer, so grab your glue gun and your glitter!™

Mona