What can I do to dress these up? Hubby says they look fine but I want to outline them or at least add a little bit more color to them. I keep scraping off the red and putting it back on but I don't like anything I do. I thought about just writing BOO on them but since they are supposed to be "fall festival" not HALLOWEEN cookies, the staff at the preschool might not like boo on them.

HELP!!

what about black sugar?? I think they look good!
Michelle

How about just outlining them with white icing? I think that would make them stand out more...They are really cute cookies, you did a great job of decorating them.

I'd outline them in red and put black sugar on.

You mean just outline the entire cookie? I hadn't thought about that. I was so focused on trying to make those darn wings outlined. I think I got a weird shaped bat. I don't see any other cookies and the internet shaped like mine. I made these and outlined them yesterday so the black is really hard. How would I get the sugar to stick?? It is royal icing.

THANKS Guys!!

I would outline the whole cookie....I'm not sure about what to do for the sugar....

Take a brush and lightly brush it with some water or vanilla extract(or whatever flavor you want) or even more black icing(same icing you used for the cookies) thined out really thin(almost to water, or to a constistancy where you can brush on a very thin even layer). That should make it so the sugar sticks.

My daughter said she thinks "They look just fine like that".

I like them just as they are too...I'd probably just put eyes and nothing else.

Thanks for all the input. After several more attempts on my two poor, LOL, practice bats, I decided to leave them just as they were. I guess sometimes simple is best. I tend to complicate things, LOL!! The kids and my son's teacher loved them. She even asked if she could keep the leftovers to pass out and see if she could drum up some business for me so I of course said SURE!!

Well, I think your bat cookies are just wonderful the way they are! Good for you, this old bat sees cookie orders in your future.
Hugs Squirrelly

Thanks Squirrelly! I hope you are right . Cookies are fun to decorate and I don't seem to get nearly as nervous about them as my cakes. I need to work on second guessing myself all the time, I never think things are good enough or I feel I can do better.

Oh, and quit picking on yourself, you certainly are not an old bat in my opinion, remember "play nice" I love reading your posts, even the long one, LOL.

Take care!

You might have hit the nail on the head, LOL!! It drives me nuts, I can spend hours trying to get things exactly like I picture them (never happends!!) if I don't just quit and box up my cakes and put them out of site until delivery. If I leave them where I can see them even in a box, I peek to see what else needs attention. My brain just won't stop thinking about them. My hubby always says I am too anal (think that's spelled right) or obsessed about my baking. I like the term perfectionist better, LOL! Seems to be a lot of us here on CC struggling with out inner selves, LOL!!! Oh well, maybe one day we will realize nothing is ever truly perfect. Sometimes I don't even take pictures because I don't like how the cake turns out but others say I am silly not to take pics of all of them.

Don't worry about your posts, even the long ones, LOL, I am sure I am not the only one who enjoys reading them and get lots of info out of them. They certainly are very informative and not at all jibberish, IMHO!!

Take care!!