Upon request, I shared my Easy Decorated Christmas Cookies for Kids secrets using sugar cookie dough and frosting last year.  This year, I want to share a clever idea for using your sugar cookies as an edible centerpiece for your holiday parties.  The method uses multiple sizes of star cookie cutters, starting with large stars at the bottom and going up with smaller stars.  If you can not find a really large star for the bottom, then consider making a forest of trees on a tray for your centerpiece instead on 1 large tree.  You can use my easy method for making the cookies or your can make them from scratch using Pillsbury's recipe for  Holiday Cookie Tree Centerpiece.  You can follow their steps or view the 40-second video below for constructing the tree, once the cookies are baked and cooled of course.

This tree should be easy-to-do, however if you prefer something in gingerbread - check out my upcoming holiday Gingerbread Tree post. If making sugar cookies or gingerbread seems like too much work, then consider making a sheet of Rice Krispies Treats and using the star cookie cutters or tree-shaped cutters instead.  This would be especially fun for kids to make a forest of trees, whether they do it with cookie cutters or they try Molding Rice Krispie Trees by hand.