Chances are you’re one of the millions who raced out to see BOXTROLLS at the movie theater this weekend and had a romping, boxtroll-good time! If not, your kids are still probably clamoring to see this fabulously fun film and a trip to the cinema is in order for this coming week.
Either way, we have some way-cool activities for you and your children to enjoy. First, take a look at this wonderful guide guide to building your own Boxtrolls costume and then scroll down for the fun cookie how-to below:
How to Make Boxtrolls Cookie Pops
PART 1: THE COOKIE POPS
You will need:*
Cut-out cookie dough
Royal icing
Circle cookie cutter (2 1/2- inches)
Lollipop sticks
Food coloring (black and green)
Disposable decorating bags
Coupler Size “3” decorating tip
Rubber bands
Candy eyes
Confetti sprinkles
Black edible writer
*Find the cookie cutter, lollipop sticks (8-inch sticks used here), 12-inch disposable decorating bags, coupler, tip, candy eyes, sprinkles and writer in the craft store. Americolor Soft Gel Pastes (Super Black and Leaf Green) are the suggested food colors, found in specialty stores or online.
Step one: Make the cookie pops.Prepare cookie dough according to the recipe, chill, roll 3/8-inch thick and cut out your circles. Carefully insert a stick into each circle, making sure the stick doesn’t break through the top or bottom of the dough. Arrange on a baking tray lined with parchment paper and bake according to the recipe. Let cool completely.
Step two: Make your icing.Prepare royal icing according to the recipe. Take 1 to 1 1/2 cups of icing, depending on how many cookies you are making, and mix in your coloring. For just the right shade of troll, mix in one drop of black and two drops of green. Assemble a decorating bag with the coupler and the tip, fill with 1/2 cup of the tinted icing and close tightly with a rubber band. Thin the remaining icing by slowly adding drops of water and stirring until the right flooding consistency. If you scoop and overturn a spoonful, the icing should fold into itself and even out in 10 seconds. Fill an empty decorating bag with the thinned icing and close tightly with a rubber band.
Step three: Decorate your cookies.Use the thicker icing to outline the cookies as shown. Let set 15 minutes. Snip 1/4-inch from the tip of the thinned icing. Pipe back and forth to fill the outlines with icing. Let the icing dry very well, several hours at least, but preferably overnight.
Use the thicker icing to pipe dots on the back of two candy eyes and adhere to the cookie. Do the same to adhere a pink confetti sprinkle for the nose. With the black writer, draw lines around the eyes and for the mouth. If you like, break up a white confetti sprinkle and use dabs of icing to adhere to the cookie for teeth. Pipe a bit of hair on top with the thicker icing. Let the cookies dry well before handling, and add a box (see below) if you prefer.
NOTE: To decorate Eggs, prepare black, brown and peach icing. Piped the outline with black using a size “2” tip, fill in the face and hair with peach and brown using a size “4” tip, add candy eyes immediately and pipe his nose and mouth with the black icing.
To learn how to make PART 2: OPTIONAL (but awesome) BOX OUTFITS and to download a printable version of the Boxtrolls Cookie Recipe, click: http://bit.ly/
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THE BOXTROLLS – currently in theaters!
Story: A family event movie from the creators of “Coraline” and “ParaNorman” that introduces audiences to a new breed of family – The Boxtrolls, a community of quirky, mischievous creatures who have lovingly raised an orphaned human boy named Eggs (voiced by Isaac Hempstead-Wright) in the amazing cavernous home they’ve built beneath the streets of Cheesebridge. When the town’s villain, Archibald Snatcher (Academy Award winner Ben Kingsley), comes up with a plot to get rid of the Boxtrolls, Eggs decides to venture above ground, “into the light,” where he meets and teams up with fabulously feisty Winnifred (Elle Fanning). Together, they devise a daring plan to save Eggs’ family.
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