How to Make Mama Bear Cookies for Mother's Day

Written by Mike Tamplin • Apr 28, 2019

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How to Make Mama Bear Cookies for Mother's Day
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Don't you wish there was more time in a day?

I really had all the intentions of releasing these mama bear cookies well before Mother's Day, but it didn't quite work out that way.

With Mother's Day just being two week away, I know it might be a little too late to be purchasing Mother's Day cutters. However, I figured, "why not" and released them anyways. These new designs could easily be used for next year, or maybe an upcoming woodland-themed baby shower, as well.

Mama Animal Cookie Cutters

Added to the shop this week are three new Mother's Day related designs:

mama bear deer and floral cookie cutters

You'll find a mama bear and her cub, a mama deer and her fawn, and a floral border swag to use as an accent to any cookie set.

For this tutorial, I'll be decorating the mama bear cookie design in the LARGE size.

Templates for the Mama Bear Cookies

Each of these new Mother's Day cookie designs has a template file you can download to help guide you through the decorating process.

Click the link below for the downloadable template PDF file.

The Decorating Process

For these mama bear cookies, you will need the following suggested colors:

Step 1

For those without a projector, mark guidelines where the mama bear's head should be, as shown. I made a template with template plastic from the PDF file above and used a food marker to draw the guideline on the cookie.

mama bear cookies step 1

Step 2

Begin by outlining and filling in the main body section. I also included the area of the cub's head to give it a layered icing effect later on.

Let that set, then fill the mama's head and her tail. Add the cub's head on top of the brown icing with light brown icing, as shown.

mama bear cookies step 2

Step 3

Next, add the cub's arms and the remaining parts of its body. Also, fill in the other ear of the mama bear. Let this icing set for about 1 hour.

Once the icing is set, add the snout of the baby bear with tan icing and add the face details on the mama bear.

Also, add a pink dot for the flower detail.

mama bear cookies step 3

Step 4

Time to add the finishing touches. Add the eyes and nose on the cub, the swirl and leaves on the flower, and outline the body on the mama bear.

Lastly, with a food marker, draw in the mouth and the paws on the cub. (Make sure your icing is totally dry first, though!)

mama bear cookies step 4

Mama Bear Cookie Video Tutorial

The steps above are demonstrated in the time-lapsed video below.

Here's the finished mama bear cookies along side an alternative mama deer cookie design.

mama bear cookie and mama deer cookie

These two mama animal designs work great in a boxed set or as a single box favor.

In the example photos below, for reference, the mama bear cookies and the mama deer cookies are the LARGE size.

mama bear cookie and mama deer cookie
mama bear cookie and mama deer cookie

For the single favor square gift box, I used this gift box from Clear Bags (4 1/8" x 1" x 4 1/4").

For the brown box on the left, I used this classic BRP cookie box (7″ x 4 3/8″ x 1.25″).

For the larger white box, I used these boxes from Paper Mart (7 3/8″ x 5 1/2” x 1").

The floral border cookies used above works great with other designs too.

mother's day floral cookies by SemiSweetDesigns.com

I repurposed previous banner cookie cutters for simpler set options.

The banners used above are the banner from this fall set and the valentine banner from last Valentine's Day.

From the classic Mother's Day roses and mugs to these tasty baking-themed gifts, we got more Mother's Day cookie cutter ideas now for celebrating Mum this year. Why not use one of our cookier cutters to whip up something yummy for your dear one? A sweet surprise like a freshly baked cookie showered with love and decorated with royal icing—now that's sure to make any Mother feel special. Don't forget—stop by our shop soon to pick up supplies and check out all the other great gifts we have too! Here's wishing everyone a Happy Mothers Day that’s baked with sweetness, love, and lots of treats!

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