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Home » Rio 2 Blue Parrot Cookies

Rio 2 Blue Parrot Cookies

April 5, 2014 by Sarah / Maison Cupcake

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!

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Stay tuned below if you’d like to win some fun Rio 2 themed goodies. But first let’s make those blue parrot cookies!

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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…

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Using squeezy gel icing “glue” down the remaining two thirds circles to your cookies and set aside.

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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.

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Gently place the 2 point piece on top of the 3 point piece – don’t squish them yet though.

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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.

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Stick down the pink blossom on top of the pointy star pieces.

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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).

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And stick these eyes down – nearly there now!

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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: Rio 2 goodie bags – 3 to be won

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Giveaway and cookie project commissioned by promoters of Rio 2 .

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Comments

  1. Tracy K Nixon says

    April 5, 2014 at 2:44 pm

    Nuts lol! Jungles too with parrots!

  2. ashleigh says

    April 5, 2014 at 3:00 pm

    Coffee!

  3. Tracey Peach says

    April 5, 2014 at 3:01 pm

    Hot Weather & Smiling people

  4. Jayne T says

    April 5, 2014 at 3:16 pm

    Football 🙂

  5. Tracy Sinclair says

    April 5, 2014 at 3:23 pm

    Somewhere lovely and hot to go on holiday x

  6. Dominic Franks (@belleaukitchen) says

    April 5, 2014 at 4:08 pm

    these are just so adorable!

  7. HedgeComber says

    April 5, 2014 at 7:10 pm

    Oh my goodness, those cookies are INCREDIBLE! Great job Sarah!
    Janie x

  8. Kelly D says

    April 5, 2014 at 7:40 pm

    I think of the Carnival in Rio de Janeiro

  9. Fiona Maclean says

    April 5, 2014 at 7:45 pm

    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???

  10. Corina says

    April 5, 2014 at 7:47 pm

    The beach.

  11. Jordan says

    April 5, 2014 at 10:05 pm

    I think of tropical beaches!

  12. Nazima says

    April 5, 2014 at 10:52 pm

    well done to you! I admire your patience to make these gorgeous sugarcraft goodies.

  13. Janice @FarmersgirlCook says

    April 5, 2014 at 11:01 pm

    So clever, to make the parrot from these shapes – impressed!

  14. femjh says

    April 5, 2014 at 11:50 pm

    lovely coffee

  15. Tabitha says

    April 6, 2014 at 3:27 am

    I think of warmth.
    And also beautiful skin,for some reason.

  16. Emma J Walters says

    April 6, 2014 at 9:39 am

    they look fab! i think of football & beach volleyball for some reason lol

  17. Kelly Dutton says

    April 6, 2014 at 9:49 am

    Carnival

  18. Victoria L says

    April 6, 2014 at 2:42 pm

    Rio carnival!

  19. Choclette says

    April 6, 2014 at 4:56 pm

    You’re so clever at these biscuits Sarah – super duper!

  20. Nayna Kanabar says

    April 6, 2014 at 5:45 pm

    These look so cute and pretty I ma going to book mark and try soon.

  21. Sylvia says

    April 6, 2014 at 6:23 pm

    Wow! This looks so good 😉 Did I mention how talented you are? Little masterpiece!

  22. laura banks says

    April 6, 2014 at 6:54 pm

    the rain forest

  23. melanie stirling says

    April 6, 2014 at 8:19 pm

    Coffee

  24. Harolde says

    April 7, 2014 at 2:10 am

    Beautiful tropical weather is what I think of.

  25. Helen @ Fuss Free Flavours says

    April 7, 2014 at 10:39 am

    that heart cutter is endlessly adaptable Sarah!

  26. Jan Bennett says

    April 7, 2014 at 12:33 pm

    Fantastic – Sarah your cookies are fantastic!

  27. Karen Burns Booth says

    April 7, 2014 at 1:12 pm

    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

  28. Katie Bryson (@cookingkt) says

    April 7, 2014 at 4:48 pm

    Love a good how-to post Sarah – these cookies are super super cute!!!!!

  29. Lauren says

    April 7, 2014 at 7:17 pm

    Bright colours and lots of noise!

  30. primabeeCharity L. says

    April 7, 2014 at 9:54 pm

    I think of pretty colors and monkeys and snakes.

  31. CHRISTINA DUTRA says

    April 8, 2014 at 6:07 am

    the sun and the music! i’m half Brazilian, i would LOVE to visit one day.

  32. Kellie Z Law says

    April 8, 2014 at 12:00 pm

    Rainforests 🙂

  33. christine taylor says

    April 8, 2014 at 12:10 pm

    Carnival Music x

  34. ??? Chris ??? (@V82CHRIS) says

    April 8, 2014 at 12:11 pm

    Carnival Music x

  35. helen atkins says

    April 8, 2014 at 12:13 pm

    Bright colours!

  36. recipesfromapantry says

    April 8, 2014 at 2:29 pm

    Love, love, love these. You have such great talent.

  37. liveotherwise says

    April 8, 2014 at 6:11 pm

    The film.

  38. Lauren Ham says

    April 8, 2014 at 8:03 pm

    beautiful place

  39. Oliwia says

    April 9, 2014 at 10:40 am

    Amazing people decorated streets and lovely views!

  40. Lynsey Buchanan says

    April 9, 2014 at 6:51 pm

    Rio carnival!

  41. Lisa J says

    April 11, 2014 at 10:58 am

    Carnivals and the Olympic Games

  42. Food Ren (@RenBehan) says

    April 11, 2014 at 7:29 pm

    Brazil – I think of Carnivale!!!

  43. Noreen says

    April 12, 2014 at 2:53 am

    The amazon forest

  44. Nicola Bishop says

    April 13, 2014 at 11:59 pm

    The music, the food, the warmth, the people

  45. clair downham says

    April 16, 2014 at 12:37 pm

    warm weather beaches carnival and that big statue

  46. Lasha Rudder says

    April 18, 2014 at 8:17 am

    I think of empanadas and beautiful food and local dishes that celebrates eating together with family!

  47. Ron Goodwin says

    April 18, 2014 at 5:53 pm

    Nuts!

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