Tis the season for sharing your favorite cookies with family and friends. This year, instead of a plate of cookies I've made fabric cookie buckets. I came across the cookie bucket idea online a few years ago, but when I saw gingerbread man fabric in the guild "Trash or Treasure" tote, I knew this would be this years project. The Trash to Treasure tote is where fabric that a guild member didn't want or was left over from one of their projects is donated. Instead of trashing it in the garbage it is placed in this tote for another member to make a treasure.
The fabric I found has the verse of the Gingerbread Man - "run, run, run as fast as you can". The buckets have fabric handles that are attached with buttons. I couldn't believe that I came across Gingerbread Man buttons. The binding looks like the stripes on candy canes. What a great touch.
Normally, I run out of time to add projects to make during the Christmas season. This year I am ahead of the game, I made them this week leaving plenty of time to bake goodies to fill them. Here are my 8 cookie buckets waiting to be filled.
The gingerbread man buttons are adorable. I certainly will have to make gingerbread man cookies to include with our family favorites - peanut butter goof balls and sugar cookies with buttercream frosting. My daughter calls my sugar cookies "crack cookies". She claims you can't eat just one, they are addictive. My husband makes venison sausage - maybe he'll make enough to add to these buckets. I'm adding my homemade sour cherry jam and grandma's recipe for fudge too. Boy, at this rate I hope the buckets are big enough. Fa la la la la.
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