Today I have a cute cookie project you can make with kids – it’s inspired by the new Rio 2 movie and I’ve got a giveaway of Rio 2 goodie bags too!
Brazil, if you haven’t noticed is cool right now. Not only do they have the World Cup and Olympics on the way, Brazilian food is increasingly fashionable, it seems we can’t get enough of Brazil.
So right on cue we have a Brazil based kids’ animated movie series… enter the birds from Rio 2!
It’s the sequel to Rio and made by same folks as the Ice Age movies.
It follows the adventures of some colourful feathered friends in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro who go on an adventure in the Amazon rain forest. I have based the cookies on one of the main characters, Jewel, voiced by Anne Hathaway. Other birdies in the movie are voiced by Bruno Mars and Mr “Voice” himself, Will.i.am.
Only very very basic sugar craft skills and tools are required to make these cookies… if you’re a dab hand with Play Doh you can manage these!
Here’s what you need…
You will need:
- Some blank biscuits (if you don’t want to make your own, these crinkly ginger ones from IKEA look fab!)
- …or try my chocolate cookie dough recipe.
- Biscuit sized circle cutter
- Small heart cutter
- Small star cutter
- Small blossom cutter
- Blue squeezy gel icing (sold in tubes in supermarket – often multipacks of 4 colours)
- A chopstick
- Small rolling pin, preferably plastic non stick one but one from a kids’ baking set will do
- Icing sugar to dust and stop sugar paste sticking to your workstops
- Sugar paste in pale blue, pale pink, darker blue and white. (Or buy all white and tint with food colouring)
Everything you need is available in the supermarket, Lakeland or from Amazon. Here are a few suggestions of things similar to those I’ve used:
From left:
- “Colourworks Five Piece Heart Shaped Cookie Cutters Set [Set of 5]” (Kitchencraft)
- “Little Venice Cake Company Professional Grade 4 cm Deep Circle Cutters Stainless Steel, Pack of 4” (Little Venice Cake Company)
- “Colourworks 5-Piece Star Shaped Cookie Cutter Set” (Kitchencraft)
- “PME 4 Pce Blossom Ejector Cutter Set” ()
So lets kick off with what you need to do!
Rio 2 blue parrot cookies
First roll some pink sugarpaste and cut out as many pink mini blossoms as you have cookies. Set aside on a sheet of parchment paper.
Next roll some dark blue sugarpaste and cut out some small hearts for the parrot beaks.
Use the tip of a chopstick to indent the “nostril” in the beak and use the edge of the heart cutter to indent a curved line on the heart as shown.
Set these pieces aside on a sheet of baking parchment paper.
Next roll out pale blue sugar paste and cut out some circles for the parrot heads.
Then trim away one third segment of each circle as shown. Set the segments aside for a moment.
Using squeezy gel icing “glue” down the remaining two thirds circles to your cookies and set aside.
Now with the little pieces of pale blue sugarpaste segments, cut out mini stars as shown. Then cut them down the middle so you have 2 points and 3 points on respective halves.
Gently place the 2 point piece on top of the 3 point piece – don’t squish them yet though.
Dab more blue gel icing in the top left side of the pale blue sugarpaste as shown. Gently squish down the star pieces and dab on more blue gel icing as shown ready to stick down the pink blossom, the eyes and beaks.
Stick down the pink blossom on top of the pointy star pieces.
Then stick down the heart shaped beaks as shown. For the white eyes, roll a small thin sausage of plain white sugarpaste and squash slightly so the base goes flat. Slice tiny semi circles for the eyes. (I’d used a kitchen knife in the photo but a butter knife with a thin non-serrated blade is advisable if making these cookies with children).
And stick these eyes down – nearly there now!
Finally add the finishing touches of a dot of dark chocolate squeezy icing for the pupil of the eye and a sweep of blue glittery gel icing for the eyelid.
And you’re done!
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Giveaway and cookie project commissioned by promoters of Rio 2 .
Tracy K Nixon says
Nuts lol! Jungles too with parrots!
ashleigh says
Coffee!
Tracey Peach says
Hot Weather & Smiling people
Jayne T says
Football 🙂
Tracy Sinclair says
Somewhere lovely and hot to go on holiday x
Dominic Franks (@belleaukitchen) says
these are just so adorable!
HedgeComber says
Oh my goodness, those cookies are INCREDIBLE! Great job Sarah!
Janie x
Kelly D says
I think of the Carnival in Rio de Janeiro
Fiona Maclean says
those are just gorgeous, I have no intention of making them, but if you’d like to bring some along the next time we meet up???
Corina says
The beach.
Jordan says
I think of tropical beaches!
Nazima says
well done to you! I admire your patience to make these gorgeous sugarcraft goodies.
Janice @FarmersgirlCook says
So clever, to make the parrot from these shapes – impressed!
femjh says
lovely coffee
Tabitha says
I think of warmth.
And also beautiful skin,for some reason.
Emma J Walters says
they look fab! i think of football & beach volleyball for some reason lol
Kelly Dutton says
Carnival
Victoria L says
Rio carnival!
Choclette says
You’re so clever at these biscuits Sarah – super duper!
Nayna Kanabar says
These look so cute and pretty I ma going to book mark and try soon.
Sylvia says
Wow! This looks so good 😉 Did I mention how talented you are? Little masterpiece!
laura banks says
the rain forest
melanie stirling says
Coffee
Harolde says
Beautiful tropical weather is what I think of.
Helen @ Fuss Free Flavours says
that heart cutter is endlessly adaptable Sarah!
Jan Bennett says
Fantastic – Sarah your cookies are fantastic!
Karen Burns Booth says
SO creative Sarah and such lovely cookies! They look as wonderful and fun to eat here as they did when I saw them on FB! Karen
Katie Bryson (@cookingkt) says
Love a good how-to post Sarah – these cookies are super super cute!!!!!
Lauren says
Bright colours and lots of noise!
primabeeCharity L. says
I think of pretty colors and monkeys and snakes.
CHRISTINA DUTRA says
the sun and the music! i’m half Brazilian, i would LOVE to visit one day.
Kellie Z Law says
Rainforests 🙂
christine taylor says
Carnival Music x
??? Chris ??? (@V82CHRIS) says
Carnival Music x
helen atkins says
Bright colours!
recipesfromapantry says
Love, love, love these. You have such great talent.
liveotherwise says
The film.
Lauren Ham says
beautiful place
Oliwia says
Amazing people decorated streets and lovely views!
Lynsey Buchanan says
Rio carnival!
Lisa J says
Carnivals and the Olympic Games
Food Ren (@RenBehan) says
Brazil – I think of Carnivale!!!
Noreen says
The amazon forest
Nicola Bishop says
The music, the food, the warmth, the people
clair downham says
warm weather beaches carnival and that big statue
Lasha Rudder says
I think of empanadas and beautiful food and local dishes that celebrates eating together with family!
Ron Goodwin says
Nuts!