• Make 1 batch of the sugar cookie recipe. While the cookies cool, make the royal icing. Allow the cookies to cool completely before decorating.
• Dye food coloring according to the chart in the blog post.

Glue Bottle

• Pipe a blue rectangle in the center and fill in. Let dry for 5 minutes.
  
• Use white icing to pipe around the border of the cookies, then fill in. Let dry for 5 minutes.
  
• Outline the top of the glue bottle with orange icing and fill in. Then, once that has dried, add little lines to the cap. Finally, write the word glue in black icing in the center!
  

Pencil

• Start by outlining the cookie about one inch up from the round end with yellow icing. When you reach the top, make an up and down motion, then fill it in with icing.
  
• Once the yellow has dried for a few minutes, pipe a small grey rectangle and fill in.
  
• Once the grey icing is set, use light pink icing to pipe on the eraser and the top of the pencil.
  
• Use black icing to pipe a little triangle for the pencil tip. Use grey icing to pipe three horizontal lines over the dried grey icing. Avoid letting the lines touch or they will blend together. Then use yellow icing to pipe three vertical lines.
  

Backpack

• Use blue icing to outline the cookie, but when you reach the top, pipe a small curved line to make the strap. Fill in the cookie with blue icing and then let this dry for 5 minutes.
  
• Then add a slightly rectangle shape to make a pocket and fill in.
  
• Pipe a curved line on top, add a bow and a zipper! Repeat this design using green or yellow icing.
  
• Let cookies dry for 12-24 hours or overnight before putting into a cellophane bag or box.