A Clifford Valentine (and a birthday party idea)

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I bought Clifford the Big Red Dog cookie cutters on eBay last year. I was trying to decide if I was going to do a Clifford birthday party or the Sesame Street party (and Sesame Street won out for the second birthday bash.) I’m still on the fence if we’re going to do a Clifford party this summer, so I wanted to be sure I got some use out of the cookie cutters!

Enter Valentine’s Day. And why this post is so late. Daycare was closed Friday, and I had a feeling it would be closed (due to ice), so I didn’t even bother making these on Thursday. I did them Saturday, in preparation for drop-off on Monday.

I used the basic sugar cookie recipe from Real Simple magazine, and added a little red food coloring to make them pink.

cliffordcookies1 The bottom right photo is the end result.

I packaged them in treat bags I purchased from Pick Your Plum.) I sealed the bags with washi tape (also from Pick Your Plum.)

cliffordcookies2 I’m super pleased with how they turned out. The only thing I wasn’t anticipating was the oil from the cookies to leak through at all. The bags are somewhat small, but I fit a Clifford cookie and a dog bone cookie in each bag with no problem.

My son is only 2.5 years old, and he goes to an in-home daycare. Two of the children are under age 1, and there’s a girl who is 1.5. (There are also two school-aged kids who come after school.) I made up 10 packages for everyone, and the kids under 1 I’m not too concerned about – I figure their parents can have the cookies.

Did you make any fun Valentine’s crafts or treats this year? Did you have to do things a bit late like we did? Oh, and are you a fan of Clifford? I have to admit that I’m pretty fond of him.

**The Pick Your Plum links are affiliate links. All opinions are my own and I wasn’t compensated in any way for this post.

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31 Comments

  1. Great idea bring treats for in home daycare! My son attends one, and I never thought about sending treats for the other kids on holidays. Thanks for the idea!

  2. These are really cute! We have missed Valentine’s Day parties at school for the last 2 years. Last year, we were in Jamaica for Valentine’s day with the family! This year, my father-in-law passed away and we spent Valentine’s Day in Tennessee with the family. One of these days we’re going to be here for Valentine’s day and I’m going to have to make Valentine’s day treats for my twins’ classes (we keep them in separate classes).

  3. This is an adorable idea for a party! I throw my dog a birthday party every year and got some very cheap doggy-shaped cookie cutters on clearance from Michael’s a few years ago. I think Clifford is the best cartoon ever šŸ™‚

  4. This is such a cute party idea! I was thinking about doing a puppy party for my toddler because he is definitely in a dog stage right now! Loves furry friends.

  5. What an adorable treats idea – and who doesn’t love Clifford the big red dog? Those cutters would make adorable homemade pet treats too

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