Eclectic Lamb

1000th Post

This is my 1000th post! It’s fitting that it is a photo catalog of all my cookie cutters. I use cookie cutters a lot! A majority of my collection is based on what I think I will use (rarely for cookies). Sometimes I make cute food without cookie cutters but I love cutting food into fun shapes. It is incredibly satisfying and relaxing to push metal or sharp plastic into food.

20 Goals for 2020

I created a list of 20 goals for 2020 and added many items that I have wanted to complete for a long time. I first started photographing my cookie cutters in 2015. Now that I finally have photos of all of my cookie cutters in one accessible place, I plan to update it when my collection grows. This post is also motivation for making cute food with cookie cutters I have not yet used.

My Collection

This may seem like an insanely huge collection but it brings me joy. I actually use them (but rarely for cookies). They are organized in my craft room. I can find what I want fairly quickly. I keep them in labeled plastic totes with labeled zipper plastic bags inside the totes. A friend noticed one of my totes and said that I had a LOT of cookie cutters. I told him that it was only 1 of 4 totes! Many of the cutters came from friends & family, thrift stores, and garage sales. A few of these are from my childhood.

Along with these images I added links to some favorite meals I made with the cookie cutter in the photo.

COOKIE CUTTERS

Accessories

Air Transportation

• Hot Air Balloon – sticky rice decorated with spinach, woven carrot

Airplanes

• 3D Airplane – carrot
• Large Metal and Small Metal Airplanes – cheddar cheese pizza and as a stencil for cinnamon sugar.

Alligators

• Small Metal Alligator – cheddar cheese

Angels

• Large Metal Angel – polenta, Small Metal Angel – apple
• Assorted Small Metal Angels – cheese, yellow bell pepper, apple
• Far Right Middle Angel – gingerbread

Apples

Arrows

• Small Metal Arrow – cinnamon sugar tortilla

Astronaut / Aliens

• Astronaut – bread
• Aliens – carrot, pie crust

Bamboo

Baskets

Bears

• Polar Bear – mashed potatoes
• Large and small bears – sticky rice

Bees

• Beehive and Metal Bee – waffle, melon

Bells

• Small Bell – cheese

Bicycles

Birds

• Seagull – sticky rice
• Top Left Bird – blue mashed potato

Birdhouses

Boats

• Large Metal Boat – quesadilla
• Mini Canoe – apple

Bones

• Medium Bone – daikon (Japanese radish)
• Tiny Bone – carrot

Bows

• Several Bows – cheese, fruit strip, apples

Beverages

Buffalo

• Buffalo – quesadilla

Buildings

• Bricks – gingerbread

Butterflies

• Small and Mini Butterflies – melon and carrot
• Butterfly Imprint – watermelon

Bunny Heads

• Pink Bunny Head – sticky rice

Bunnies Sitting

• 3D Bunny – carrot
• 3D Bunny – carrot

Bunnies Standing

• Bunny Imprint – bread
• Bunny Imprint – mashed potato

Cactus

• Cactus – tortilla chip

Cake

Camels

• White Camel, Small Metal Camel – mashed potato, cheese, apple

Candles

• Candle with Large Base – potato, Colby jack cheese

Candy

Candy Canes

• Large & Small Candy Canes – mashed potato, apple

Cardinals

• Large Cardinal – salsa sticky rice

Carrots

Cars

• Top Right Blue Car – sticky rice with painted salsa

Castles

• Top Left Castle – sweet potato

Cats

• Top Left Orange Cat – layered black bean spread, cheese & corn
• Cat Imprint Top Middle & Small Cats – cheese, carrots
• Assorted Small Cats – cheese, apple

Caterpillars

• Larger Caterpillar – mozzarella cheese

Celebration

Characters Imprint

Cherries

• Blue Imprint Cherry – pie crust

Cherry Blossoms

Chess

• Chess Pieces – pie crust, cheese, melon, cucumber

Chicks

• Medium Metal Chick – sticky rice with cheese

Christmas Miscellaneous

Christmas Trees

Churches

Circles

• Small Green Circle – cantaloupe with chocolate, orange bell pepper

Clothing

Clouds

Crabs

• Small Metal Crab – red bell pepper

Crosses

• Celtic Cross – sticky rice with cheddar
• Large Cross – tortilla

Crowns

• White Crown – cheese pizza

Cows

• Top Left Cow – cookies
• Middle Metal Cow – mashed potatoes

Cupids

• Cupid Non-Imprint – quesadilla

CuteZCute

• CuteZCute – bread, cookie, watermelon, egg
• CuteZCute – bread, tortilla, cookies

Daisies

Dancers

• Smaller Dancer – daikon (Japanese radish), carrot

Deer

• Fawn – tortilla
• Fawn– polenta with cream cheese
• Fawn – sweet potato

Diamonds

Dinosaurs

• Orange Dinosaur – cheese, tortilla
• Orange Dinosaur – pizza

Dogs

• Top Middle Dog – black beans inside polenta
• Middle Dog– black bean & brown rice cake
• Middle Dog – chocolate chip pancake

Dolphins

• Small Blue Dolphin – quesadilla

Doves

• Small Dove – carrot (as soup garnish)

Dragon

• Dragon – spinach, garlic & pesto tortilla chips
• Dragon – mashed potato

Dragonfly

• Dragonfly – quesadilla

Dresses

Earth / Landmarks

• Sydney Opera House & Big Ben – bread

Easter

• Medium Egg – woven carrot

Easter Eggs Imprint

• Light Blue Imprint Egg – bread

Elephants

• Yellow 3D Elephant – homemade cracker
• Top Right Metal Elephant – polenta
• Top Right Metal Elephant – mac & cheese
• Far Right Small Metal Elephant – dill Havarti cheese, cinnamon sugar tortilla chips, apple
• Far Right Small Metal Elephant – kiwi skin

Eiffel Tower

Emojis

Faces

• Assorted Faces – spinach, radish
• Pink, Blue & Orange Small Faces – cucumber, radish

Fairy

• Fairy – mashed potato, daikon (Japanese radish)

Fairy Tale

• Plastic Prince & Princess – peanut butter sandwiches

Feet

Fish

• Top Left Metal Fish – mashed potato
• Bottom Small Metal Fish – carrot
• Assorted Small Fish – carrot, cucumber, radish

Flags

Flamingos

Flowers Miscellaneous

• Bottom Middle Metal Flower – radish
• Bottom Middle Metal Flower – watermelon

Flowers Round Petal

• Assorted Small Flowers – cheese, red bell pepper, blue potato, honeydew melon
• Small Yellow Flower – carrot

Fleur de Lis

• Fleur de Lis – peanut butter sandwich

Food

• Pretzel – melon

Footballs

• Top Right Football – pumpernickel bread

Fox

• Bottom Middle Fox – mashed carrots inside mashed potatoes
• Small Fox – carrot
• Fox Head – cheese

Frogs

• Large Metal Frog – broccoli pizza
• Small Metal Frog – dill Havarti cheese, cucumber

Fruit

Gardening

Ghosts

• Large & Small Metal Ghosts – sticky rice, apple
• Large Ghost – quesadilla

Gingerbread House Templates

• 3D Gingerbread House – gingerbread

Gingerbread Men

• Gingerbread Man – polenta
• Large & Small Gingerbread Men – sticky rice with cheese, cantaloupe with chocolate

Gingerbread Men Imprint

Gingerbread Women Imprint

• Small Metal Gingerbread Woman – cantaloupe with chocolate

Giraffes

• Several Giraffes – carrot, tortilla chips, quesadilla, mashed potato, homemade cracker

Gnomes

• Small Gnome – cheese

Goats

• Medium Goat – cheese

Gorilla

Graduation

• Cap & Smaller Diploma – tortilla chips

Grapes

Ground Transportation

Groundhog

• Groundhog – mashed potatoes with soy sauce

Halloween

• Large & Medium Candy Corn – cheese, apple, cantaloupe, pineapple
• Boo, Eek, Spider – pumpernickel and wheat bread
• Spiderweb – quesadilla

Hands

Hanukkah

• Large Light Blue Dreidel – wheat bread
• Large Dark Blue Menorah – quesadilla

Hats

Hearts

• Small Hearts – kiwi, apple
• Mini Hearts – carrot
• Assorted Hearts – pizza, cookies, potato, red pepper

Hearts Imprint

• Love Imprint Heart – apple

Hearts Special

Hedgehogs

• Small Hedgehog – cantaloupe

Hippos

• All 3 Sized Hippos – polenta, melon, and carrot

Hiragana

• Hiragana Cutters – carrot

Holly

• Metal Holly With Handle – broccoli inside sticky rice
• Tiny Metal Holly – fondant (added details with a knife)

Horse-like

• Bottom 2 Metal Horses – apple with chocolate, sticky rice with black bean spread

Horseshoes

• Small Metal Horseshoe – tortilla chips

Hummingbirds

• Large Hummingbird – quesadilla

Ice Cream

• Large Metal Ice Cream Cone –  waffle and bell pepper

Ice Sports

• Large Ice Skate – bread, cheese

Japan

 

 

 

 

• Koinobori (Carp Flag) – pie crust

Jellyfish

• Large Jellyfish – sticky rice
• Smaller Jellyfish – rainbow carrots

Kangaroos

Keys

Koala

Lace

• Lace Cutters – strawberry, cheese

Leaves

Leaves Japanese Maple

Leaves Maple

• Brown Plastic Maple Leaf – polenta

Leaves Oak / Acorns

• Small Oak Leaf – pie crust
• Small Oak Leaf – potato, bell pepper
• Small & Tiny Oak Leaves – carrot, tortilla

Leaves Other

Leaves Waterlily

• Tiny Green Leaf – gumdrops

Lemons

Letters Imprint

Letters 0.5 Inch

• GOAL – carrots
• HAPPY BIRTHDAY – carrot

Letters 0.75 Inch

• HOOT – carrot in cucumber
• Happy Birthday – cantaloupe

Letters 0.75 Inch

Letters 1 Inch

Letters 1.5 Inch

Letters Alphabet Shapes

Lighthouses

• Large Lighthouse – cheese

Lightning

Lions

• Small Metal Lion – cantaloupe
• Large Metal Lion – quesadilla

Lips / Mouths

• Purple Lips – red bell pepper

Lobster

• Lobster – salsa sticky rice

Loons

• Larger Loon – bread

Mermaids

• Large Mermaid – sticky rice
• Small Mermaid – zucchini

Mickey Mouse

• Light Blue Imprint Mickey – cheese
• Small Metal Mickey Head – watermelon

Minnie Mouse

• Light Blue Imprint Minnie – cheese

Miscellaneous

• Fire – apple
• Mask – sticky rice

Miscellaneous Shapes

• Hexagon – holds shredded cheese

Mittens

Money

• Penny – cheese

Monkey

• Monkey – quesadilla

Moons / Planet

• Small Metal Moon – apple peanut butter sandwich

Moose

• Top Right Moose – sticky rice with soy sauce
• Top Left Moose – pizza, cookie
• Bottom Medium Moose – pancake

Mt. Fuji

• Middle Mt. Fuji – blue mashed potatoes with cream cheese

Mouse

• Mouse – cucumber

Mushrooms

• Orange Imprint Mushroom – cheese

Music

• Small Metal Note – cheese

Mustaches

• Yellow Plastic Mustache – spinach

Nativity

Ninja

Numbers 0.5 Inch

• 2020 – cheese

Numbers 0.75 Inch

Numbers 1.5 Inch

• Various Numbers – melon

Numbers 2.5 Inch

Numbers 16 & 21

Octopus

• Large Octopus (used as an Alien) – pizza

Ornaments

Ostrich

Ovals

Owls

• Metal Imprint & Small Metal – cheese, apple with cinnamon
• Small Metal Owl – apple

Paws

• Paw Imprint – daikon (radish), carrot

Peanuts

• Charlie Brown & Lucy – sticky rice with spinach

Pears

Pelican

Penguins

• Large & Small Penguins – sticky rice with black bean spread, carrot
• Large & Small Penguins – pesto pizza, cucumber

People

Pigs

• Large Pig – salsa sticky rice

Pilgrims

Pineapples

Pirate

Playing Cards

• Small Metal Suits – cheese

Presidents

• Washington & Lincoln – sticky rice with cheese
• Lincoln – quesadilla

Pumpkins

• Small Metal Pumpkin – sweet potato, cheese, melon

Pumpkins Imprint

• Far Left Bottom Pumpkin – spinach
• Far Left Bottom Pumpkin – quesadilla

Punctuation

Puzzles

• Large Green & Red Puzzle Piece – pizza crust, cucumber
• Large Green Puzzle – bread

Raccoon

• Raccoon – cheese

Rain

Rectangles

Reindeer

• Top Left Large Reindeer – hash brown potatoes
• Brown Metal Reindeer – gingerbread cookie

Reindeer – 3D

• Metal 3D Reindeer – cookie
• Red 3D Reindeer – carrot, kohlrabi

Rhinoceros

• Metal Rhino – mashed potato

Robin Hood

• Robin Hood Cutters – bread, homemade cracker

Robots

• Robots – bread

Roosters / Hens

• Top Middle Hen – quesadilla

Roses

Saint Patrick’s Day

Santa

• Small Santa Head – gingerbread cookie
• Far Right Bottom Red Metal Santa – quesadilla

Scarecrows

Seahorses

• Tiny Seahorse – carrot
• Middle Seahorse – cheese

Seals

Sesame Street

Shamrocks

• Top Left Green Shamrock – broccoli in sticky rice
• Small Shamrock – cheddar, potato, bell pepper
• Small Shamrock – Havarti cheese
• Tiny Shamrock – egg

Shark Attack

• Surf Board & Shark – cheddar cheese, sticky rice

Sheep / Lambs

• Standing Sheep – daikon (Japanese radish)
• Middle Sheep – pumpernickel bread
• Very Small Metal Sheep – spinach

Sheep / Lambs Imprint

Shell

• Tiny Shells – carrot, rainbow carrot, zucchini
• Tiny Shell – cheese as Mermaid’s covering

Shoes

Skulls

• Top Right Skull – sandwich
• Bottom Right Metal Skull – corn tortilla

Skunk

Sleighs

• Far Right Sleigh – cookie

Snails

• Large & Small Snails – sticky rice with cheese, melon with chocolate
• Large Snail – cheese mashed potatoes

Snake

Snoopy

• Small Green Imprint Snoopy – bread

Snowflakes

• Assorted Small Snowflakes – tortilla, zucchini, cheese
• Assorted Small Snowflakes – cheddar mashed potato, apple, daikon (Japanese radish)

Snowmen

• White Metal Carrot Profile Snowman – quesadilla
• Tiny Snowman – carrot

Snowmen Imprint

• Snow globe Snowman – almond butter sandwich
• Face Imprint Snowman – bread

Social Media

Spaceships

• Top Right Spaceship – pizza

Speech Bubbles

• Bottom Metal Speech Bubbles – cheese

Sports

• Baseball Bat – cantaloupe

Stars

• Small Star – blue potato, cheese, red bell pepper
• Assorted Stars – apple, carrot, cucumber
• Assorted Stars – carrot, cucumber, apple

Stars Imprint

• Metal 3D Star – gingerbread cookie

Stars Other

Starfish

• Top Right & Middle Bottom Starfish – salsa sticky rice, apple with cinnamon
• Top Right Starfish – holds pasta

Squares

• Yellow Small Square – gingerbread

Squirrels

• Bottom Middle Squirrel – pancakes
• Bottom Right Squirrel – cantaloupe

Star Wars

• Several – homemade crackers
• Chewbacca – cheese
• Chewbacca – sandwich
• C3P0 – cheese

Stockings

Strawberries

Suns

• Yellow Metal Sun – cheese

Superheroes

Swans

• Large & Small Metal Swans – sticky rice, apple
• Swan Imprint – bread

Tableware

• Large Tea Pot & Small Metal Tea Cup – sticky rice, apple
• Far Right Fork and Spoon – bread, naan, cheese, tortilla

Teddy Bears

• Middle Right Metal Bear – cucumber

Teeth

• Large Tooth – mashed potatoes

Trains

• Large and Small Metal Engines – mashed potatoes, watermelon

Trees

Trees Evergreen

• Top Left 3D Tree – gingerbread
• Medium Tree – daikon (Japanese radish)
• Bottom Row Second from the Left Tree – spinach

Trees Palm

Trees Wood

Triangles

Tulip

• Bottom Metal Tulips – cheese, melon, pineapple
• Bottom Right Tulip – sticky rice with tomato sauce and with corn

Turkeys

• Bottom Middle Metal Turkey – quesadilla

Turtles

• Bottom Left Turtle – stencil for cinnamon, melon
• Large Metal Turtle – broccoli pizza

Twelve Days of Christmas

Unicorns

• Far Left Metal Unicorn – sticky rice

USA

• Capitol – sticky rice with cheese
• Statue of Liberty – cinnamon sugar tortilla

Vegetables

Weather

• Tornado – peanut noodles
• Hurricane – peanut noodles

Waterfowl

Whales

• Far Left Whale – cheese

Witches

• Witch Imprint – pumpernickel bread

Words

• Smile – bread

Words Imprint

Wreaths

As you can see, I love collecting and using cookie cutters. They make it easy to create attractive and interesting food.

Cookie Cutter Wish list (My favorite are non-imprint small cutters under 2.5 inches)

• Missing p (pig) and t (telephone) from Alphabet Shapes set
• Incredible Hulk
• Gorilla with 4 feet
• Llama
• Parrot
• Other Presidents (already have Lincoln & Washington)