A Deep, Dark, Woodfull of Gruffalo Cookies!

I recently had a request to create a small set of Gruffalo cookies. It seemed fairly obvious that I should handpaint the designs after the illustrations for the book, but I wanted to make them a little different, or original somehow.

Latest cookie cutters

I have recently been on a cookie cutter spree. I've bought robots, tennis rackets, Christmas sale things. But I particularly wanted a little hippo to add to my animal collection. I didn't know the exact dimensions when I ordered it. Here he is:

Rather cute. And here he is next to a dog I bought at the behest of my daughter:

He's a bit small, as you can see. I decided to get a coin, to provide a sense of scale, and started playing with him. 

 

When you spend a lot of time alone in the kitchen, they become your friends. And although I do admit to talking to them sometimes, so far they haven't started talking back to me, which is a good thing, isn't it?