Looking for some easy cookies to make with kids this Christmas?
Here you will find kid-friendly Christmas cookie recipes that make holiday baking fun!
Baking Christmas cookies with kids is a family tradition that makes the holidays so much more special.
As a child, baking Christmas cookies with my grandmother is one of my favorite holiday memories.
So, therefore, baking with my kids has become a Christmas tradition that my children look forward to every year.
My family dedicates a whole day to baking Christmas cookies. We have so much fun listening to Christmas music, laughing, and sharing stories.
Easy Cookies To Make With Kids That Make Baking Fun
Christmas baking with kids is a great way to teach children about important life skills.
When children help with holiday recipes, they are learning the importance of following directions.
Also, letting kids measure the ingredients helps teach them valuable math skills that they will always need to know.
Let’s not forget that letting kids help with holiday baking is a great way to keep them entertained.
Even toddlers enjoy stirring ingredients, rolling dough, and using cookie cutters!
So if you are looking for some fun Christmas cookies to make with toddlers and even older kids, this is a fun list of easy cookies to make with kids of all ages!
Kid-Friendly Christmas Cookie Recipes
Easy cookies to make with kids this Christmas for lasting family memories and fun Christmas traditions.
Baking with kids is a great learning experience that will teach your children valuable life skills.
Andes Stuffed Sugar Cookies
These Andes Stuffed Sugar Cookies have all the classic taste of your favorite sugar cookie with the surprise of ooey-gooey chocolate mint inside!
Festive Pastel Colored Sugar Cookies (To Make With Your Kids)
These simple festive sugar cookies are a breeze to make at home. Perfect for making with kids, these sugar cookies require no special tools or skills to bake or decorate!
Snowmen Vegan Meringue Cookies
These snowman-shaped Vegan Meringue Cookies will be a hit this holiday season. They are sweet, crisp, airy, and completely adorable!
Easy Grinch Rice Krispie Treats (Heart-Shaped)
Easy heart-shaped Grinch Rice Krispie treats to put a holiday spin on a favorite treat!
Chocolate No Bake Cookies for Christmas
These no-bake cookies are so festive! Such an easy Christmas treat for kids!
Christmas Tree Cookies
These tasty 3D Christmas Tree Farm cookies are not only cute but have a wonderful buttery flavor. You only need 3 ingredients.
Easy and Festive Holiday Fruitcake Cookies
An easy drop cookie recipe, these fruitcake cookies are a delicious and festive treat, filled with those colorful, fruity chunks that kids love!
Thumbprint Cookies with Candy Cane Kisses
Delicious holiday Thumbprint Cookies made with Hershey’s Candy Cane Kisses. These little shortbread cookies are soft, buttery, and have a little peppermint bonus in the middle.
NO CHILL Gingerbread Cookies
These No Chill gingerbread cookies require no chilling - just roll, cut, and bake! This is an easy gingerbread cookie recipe that's the ideal gingerbread man recipe for preschoolers, younger kids, or when you have limited time because there is no waiting around for cookie dough to chill!
Stained Glass Cookies Recipe with Jolly Ranchers
Kids will love making stained glass cookies from this holiday spice sugar cookie dough with a melted Jolly Rancher window.
Christmas Baking - Play Dough Cookies
Making these “play dough” Candy Cane Cookies is like playing with playdough! A beautiful addition to a plate of cookies & a fun kids’ activity!
Reindeer Grahams Cookie Recipe
A super simple cookie recipe you can make with your children or grandchildren. These Reindeer Grahams are an adorable, tasty, and just plain fun holiday treat!
Christmas butter cookies, perfect for sharing
Fun and easy to make with the kids, these butter cookies are perfect for Christmas!
Snowman Peanut Butter Cookies
These festive Snowman Peanut Butter cookies are perfect for your next Christmas or holiday party. This peanut butter cookie recipe results in soft and chewy peanut butter cookies decorated with powdered sugar, chocolate chips, and Reese’s pieces.
Chocolaty Hot Cocoa Cookies
Chocolaty Hot Cocoa Cookies made with hot cocoa mix, cinnamon, chocolate chips, and sweet marshmallows.
Grinch Cookies
Easy cake mix cookies and totally kid-friendly. Bright green SOFT cookies, perfect for kids of all ages. Included VIDEO!
Handprint Christmas Sugar Cookies
These adorable Handprint Christmas Sugar Cookies are just about the cutest (and tastiest) holiday cookies, ever!
No Bake Christmas Wreath Cookies
These easy and delicious Christmas Wreath Cookies require no baking & few ingredients. Perfect to make with kids.
OREO Cookie Ball Santa Hats
Smashing, shaping, dipping, and decorating. These No-Bake Oreo Truffle Santa Hats are a messy hands-on holiday riot of a recipe that your kids will love!
Snow cookies recipe!
These cookies really look like snow cookies! Kids will love cutting out the shapes, jamming them together, and then topping with icing and shredded coconut!
Christmas Tree Treats
Take holiday fun to another level with fun Christmas trees made out of ice cream cones! A holiday treat the kids will love to eat!
Kid-Friendly Christmas Recipes
I hope you have found the perfect kid-friendly Christmas cookie recipe to make with your kids or grandkids this holiday season.
Let me know in the comments which recipes you make!
For more fun, while baking Christmas cookies with your kids, ask them some of these funny questions while waiting for the goodies to bake.
For more memory-making ideas, check out this list of over 100 free things to do with kids.
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Have fun making memories in the kitchen with your children this Christmas!
Gabriela
Wednesday 23rd of December 2020
Loved this whole post its so festive. Thanks for the inspiration
Tim
Thursday 17th of December 2020
All of these look so amazing!
Sally
Thursday 17th of December 2020
Looking forward to making numbers 14 and 15. Thanks for the inspiration and recipes!
Annie
Wednesday 9th of December 2020
Love these ideas! I think my grandkids would love the candy cane one.