Cookies and Bookies

Tree up.  Check.  Stockings hung. Check.  Gift list written. Check.  Now, it’s time to kick back and relax, build memories, and spend time with family. Gather the kids, grandparents, cousins, and extended family and hold a Cookies and Bookies event.  A day filled with making Christmas cookies and then sharing them while reading your favorite holiday books.

This is low stress.  I’ve made it super easy for you.

Bake cookies.  Read books.

I have some yummy cookie recipe ideas and awesome book recommendations.

First up, cookies.

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Try some of these cookie ideas.—> Cookie Recipes

Then you need some great holiday books to read. Check out this list.—>NEW CHRISTMAS BOOKS

Sounds fun, right?

Continue this new family tradition of Cookie and Bookies throughout the year with 11 more themed cookie and book ideas. 

You can even knit a little mascot for your new family tradition.  Knits End has a great tutorial for knitting the cutest little gingerbread man.

MORE Themed Cookie and Bookie Ideas

January

Celebrate the Lunar New Year with fortune cookies and some of these Lunar New Year books.

February

Enjoy a box or two of Girl Scout cookies.  Or, make your own version of one type.  Then, read lots of books that feature a girl as the main character.  Here’s a list of strong women in history books to explore.

March

Read books about creativity and inventors. Then create your own Smarties Cookies.

April

Make “Snicker”doodles and then read lots and lots of jokes from different joke books or try these super silly books for kids.

May

Things only get better with chocolate.  Enjoy chocolate cookies while devouring some books about chocolate.

June

Rainforest Cookies paired with fiction and non-fiction books about the rainforest.

July

Make your own thumbprint books.  Use [easyazon_link identifier=”0316789682″ locale=”US” tag=”groboobyboo-20″]Ed Emberly’s Great Thumbprint Drawing Book[/easyazon_link] for inspiration.  Then, enjoy a batch of thumbprint cookies.

August

Grab a stack of ABC books and make Letter Gingerbread Men or ABC Letter cookies.

September

Pair sandwich cookies with the following: [easyazon_link identifier=”0395442370″ locale=”US” tag=”groboobyboo-20″]The Giant Jam Sandwich[/easyazon_link], [easyazon_link identifier=”0375858601″ locale=”US” tag=”groboobyboo-20″]The Bear Ate Your Sandwich[/easyazon_link], and [easyazon_link identifier=”0763678082″ locale=”US” tag=”groboobyboo-20″]Sam’s Sandwich[/easyazon_link].  Need some sandwich cookie ideas?  Try these Oatmeal Sandwich Cookies.

October

Chocolate Chip Cookies paired with several of Laura Numeroff’s books including [easyazon_link identifier=”0060245867″ locale=”US” tag=”groboobyboo-20″]If You Give a Mouse a Cookie[/easyazon_link].

And here are some ideas to do with the book too.—> If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Activities

November

Gingerbread Cookies paired with several variations of The Gingerbread Man.

December

Repeat the Christmas cookies and holiday book tradition.

Looking for even more cookie fun?  After the kids have gone to bed, print out this cookie coloring page from Moms and Crafters.  Then, eat a few more cookies and color a bit to relax even more.

And, if you still have cookies left over, share them with others with this clever DIY Cocoa and Cookies idea from Sunny Day Family.

Make Cookies and Bookies a new family ritual.  Time spent with family. Check. Happy Reading!