W is For Watermelon Cookies

My son’s preschool class has been steadily moving through the alphabet over the course of the school year. Each week or so, they learn a new letter and practice with worksheets and repetition. At the end of the week, they have Show and Tell where they bring an item that begins with that letter in a sealed paper bag and the other students guess what it is. They also get to enjoy a treat starting with the letter, which is usually prepared by a parent volunteer.

My letters this year were J and W.

For the letter J, I made these shark fin Jell-O cups because my son is quite smitten by sharks. It turns out, however, that he’s not so wild about Jell-O. Go figure! Sugar + whip cream… what’s not to like, right? Maybe it’s a texture thing…

Anyway, for the letter W, I took a more traditional route and made these sweet watermelon cookies.

These sweet watermelon cookies are the perfect treat for summertime bbqs and beach picnics! Find out how to make them and receive a free printable label, too.

My first inclination was to make whales, but I could not find a whale cookie cutter in a store without buying a set of 110 of its animal friends. Then I saw an advertisement where a Man in the Moon cutter looked like a watermelon with a bite taken out when it was turned on its side. I decided to give it a try, and just to be sure the kids knew it was a slice of watermelon, I packaged the cookies in these pretty “W is for Watermelon” baggies.

These sweet watermelon cookies are the perfect treat for summertime bbqs and beach picnics! Find out how to make them and receive a free printable label, too.

I’ve included the label as a free printable if you’d like to make a batch. Just click here to download.

With summer just around the corner, I think these watermelon cookies would make great sweet treats for backyard barbecues and beach picnics. I still think they look like the Man in the Moon turned sideways, however, so I recommend using one of these inventive ways to cut your cookies instead:

As for the cookie itself, I swear by this sugar cookie recipe. This royal icing recipe is also on point. They are tried and true recipes, simple and delicious.

These sweet watermelon cookies are the perfect treat for summertime bbqs and beach picnics! Find out how to make them and receive a free printable label, too.

I mean, just look at those cookies! Don’t you want to take a bite?

My son couldn’t resist and ate a few as is.

But decorating is the fun part for me, so this is what I did after the cookies were baked and cooled.

{step 1}  Start by drawing the rind along the curve with green icing, #2 tip. Immediately follow along the inside of the green curve with white icing, #2 tip.

These sweet watermelon cookies are the perfect treat for summertime bbqs and beach picnics! Find out how to make them and receive a free printable label, too.

{step 2}  Line the top of the watermelon with reddish-pink icing, #2 tip. Let these lines dry about 30 minutes before filling in the cookies.

These sweet watermelon cookies are the perfect treat for summertime bbqs and beach picnics! Find out how to make them and receive a free printable label, too.

{step 3}  Fill the “flesh” of the watermelon with reddish-pink flood icing. While the icing is still wet, place candy-coated chocolate-covered sunflower seeds. (I like the ones from Trader Joe’s.) Alternatively, you could wait until the icing is dry and draw “seeds” with black icing or a food marker.

These sweet watermelon cookies are the perfect treat for summertime bbqs and beach picnics! Find out how to make them and receive a free printable label, too.

{step 4}  Add texture to the rind by painting darker green stripes with food coloring gel mixed with clear vanilla/almond extract as per Glorious Treat’s technique.

{step 5}  Let the cookies dry overnight, then package in mini favor bags topped with the “W is for Watermelon” label.

I try to be mindful of folks with food allergies so I included sour watermelon gummy candy for a classmate with a gluten intolerance.

These sweet watermelon cookies are the perfect treat for summertime bbqs and beach picnics! Find out how to make them and receive a free printable label, too.

Thanks to Sweet Sugarbelle’s recipes and easy-to-follow tutorials, I have been inspired to try something new. Even more so, I am now moved to improve my cookie creations because I’m simply having fun with it! I hope you’ll be encouraged to find that something that feeds your creative soul, too, and then go do it! Because isn’t that what life is all about? Enjoy!  — v.


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