These cookies are for sweet Jennifer and her adorable one year old Finn.
Jennifer had told me about her vision, and then sent a little picture along for me to follow from.
I would not consider myself a hippy by any means, but I sure did get my groove on making these!
As you might have imagined, I didn't have a bus cookie cutter, so I made a template and cut each one of these out by hand.
I love her color choices!
I sorta couldn't stop taking pictures of them.
Rainbows make me happy. (See here. And here. And here. And... well... this could go on all day.)
Rainbow sugar cookies make my belly happy.
Happy Birthday Finn and Happy totally non-official I am just making this up Rainbow Day to you!
*I used my favorite sugar cookie recipe and glaze icing.
Love em! So cool and unique. I like rainbow colors too, they make for great pictures!
Posted by: CM @ A Little Lilac | Jan 28, 2011 at 06:44 AM
Just adorable as usual! Love them!
Posted by: Jessica @ How Sweet | Jan 28, 2011 at 06:44 AM
Those are so much fun I doubt I'd be able to stop taking pictures of them either. You did a killer job with your piping Amanda! Honk if you love these! HONK!!!!!!
Posted by: Renee (Kudos Kitchen) | Jan 28, 2011 at 06:47 AM
Unbelievable! These are so cute!
Posted by: Sheila | Jan 28, 2011 at 06:50 AM
Love rainbows! Anything rainbow makes me happy! Nice job :)
Posted by: Meghan | Jan 28, 2011 at 06:51 AM
I love the cookies!
Im only lazy when i think how much time it takes me to decorate them :S hahaha
Posted by: Noelia | Jan 28, 2011 at 07:00 AM
What a happy little cookie. Das ist wunderbar!
Posted by: Paula | Jan 28, 2011 at 07:04 AM
These are amazing!!!
I am going to have to re-blog and link to you Joy they are amazing!
Posted by: Sally | Jan 28, 2011 at 07:06 AM
One of a kind, and oh so cute! I love the colors! Well done, as always Amanda. :)
Posted by: Renee | Jan 28, 2011 at 07:10 AM
Amanda! These are just too, too fun! You did it again....perfectly adorable and creative!
Posted by: bridget {bake at 350} | Jan 28, 2011 at 07:14 AM
These are just gorgeous, I want to through a 60s party, make all of my friends dress like hippies and nosh on these cookies!
Posted by: Stephanie Manley | Jan 28, 2011 at 07:21 AM
*Where* do you find the time to decorate your cookies so beatifully?
Posted by: Helena | Jan 28, 2011 at 07:26 AM
ADORABLE as usual. Love the perspective of the van, too. Takes me back to my own hippie days.
Posted by: Gail | Jan 28, 2011 at 07:31 AM
Oh my gosh, how cute are they?!
Posted by: Sarah @ SwizzleBerry | Jan 28, 2011 at 07:31 AM
I love them! You're so talented. Have a blessed day!
Posted by: Kari | Jan 28, 2011 at 07:33 AM
Absolutely adorable! I love the colors. You are a creative genius! No challenge too large...
Posted by: Paige Galla | Jan 28, 2011 at 07:43 AM
I love your rainbows. They make me smile too!
Posted by: SweetSugarBelle | Jan 28, 2011 at 07:45 AM
Wow - great colors and fun photos!
Cute cute cute!
Posted by: Jessica | Jan 28, 2011 at 08:02 AM
There should totally be an official rainbow day :)
Posted by: Frk. Overballe | Jan 28, 2011 at 09:14 AM
Love these, Amanda! So fun!
Posted by: Sue | Jan 28, 2011 at 09:22 AM
Oh my goodness!!! I looooove these cookies!! So cute!
I had a bit of a VW bus obsession when I was in high school. Can't imagine why my parents never bought me one as a present... Silly parents!
Posted by: Jen @ My Kitchen Addiction | Jan 28, 2011 at 09:36 AM
These are co cute! It's the most delicious crayon box of colors
Posted by: Stephanie | Jan 28, 2011 at 09:51 AM
How creative and adorable!
Posted by: Molly Chester | Jan 28, 2011 at 10:13 AM
your talent is off the charts. i am buying a plane ticket and heading to the midwest, showing up on your doorstep with my sleeping bag and parking myself at your kitchen table. i plan on being an observer and won't leave until i learn all of your tricks. is that okay?
Posted by: susan | Jan 28, 2011 at 10:15 AM
very cute!! Love them! :)
Posted by: Joy | Jan 28, 2011 at 10:29 AM
ooooh I WANT!! yum!
Posted by: Laci | Jan 28, 2011 at 10:37 AM
These are adorable! I just love how colorful they all are!
Posted by: Tracy | Jan 28, 2011 at 10:39 AM
How cute!! I love them :) But I'll admit, I'm a bit hesitant when it comes to making cookies that need a lot of different colors, I don't want to clean all of it up in the end :(
Posted by: Nuha | Jan 28, 2011 at 11:31 AM
Just adorable!
I love all the bright colors you do, it's super cute!!
I Hope you are doing great w/ your pregnancy! :)
xoxo
Posted by: Christina | Jan 28, 2011 at 11:35 AM
sssssssssssssssooooooooooooooo cute!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: shari | Jan 28, 2011 at 12:07 PM
Happy Rainbow Day!!! Those are some super cute, colorful cookies that are going to make one little birthday boy and his mama incredibly happy! Perfect!
Posted by: Londa | Jan 28, 2011 at 12:54 PM
These are soooo cute I love all the colors!!! Happy Rainbow Day-there totally should be one of these!!!
Posted by: holly | Jan 28, 2011 at 01:09 PM
These are adorable - what a lucky little boy!!! Now, were you singing "The Wheels on the Bus" when you were making these???
Posted by: Nancy@acommunaltable | Jan 28, 2011 at 01:15 PM
those are SO cute! seriously the cutest cookies i've ever seen. :) nice job!!
Posted by: nicole @ our three reasons | Jan 28, 2011 at 02:29 PM
Those are just precious! Fabulous work (as usual) my dear!
Posted by: Wenderly | Jan 28, 2011 at 02:32 PM
OMG - this is fab! I spent my childhood driving around Europe in a VW van - will be sending this link to my mother x
Posted by: Lucy Lean | Jan 28, 2011 at 02:52 PM
Adorable, as always! I love seeing your yummy creations!
Aimee @
www.justkiddingaroundatlanta.blogspot.com
Posted by: aimee | Jan 28, 2011 at 02:53 PM
Haha, I was reminded a little bit of the candy colored imacs that came out in the early 2000s. So cute!
Posted by: Amber | Bluebonnets & Brownies | Jan 28, 2011 at 03:50 PM
The pictures of these (and all of your other creations) are so professional! Do you have any tips?
Posted by: Pinky572 | Jan 28, 2011 at 04:10 PM
Those cookies are great. I especially love the violet icing!
Posted by: Dana | Jan 28, 2011 at 05:03 PM
These are awesome! I love the colors you've used.
Posted by: Brittany | Jan 28, 2011 at 05:34 PM
I bet they are the hit of the party!
Posted by: Michelle (What's Cooking with Kids) | Jan 28, 2011 at 07:10 PM
I'm almost running out of adjectives to describe your cookies!!!!! :)
Posted by: Alicia | Jan 28, 2011 at 09:03 PM
OMG! These are adorable! I am so impressed. I also want to dunk one of these in milk right now.
Posted by: Allison [Haute Box] | Jan 28, 2011 at 10:39 PM
SUPER CUTE!
The colors are out of this world! :)
Posted by: Pineapple Princess | Jan 29, 2011 at 01:21 AM
Such groovy cookies! These are really awesome, I can't believe you did each one by hand, they are so perfect.
Posted by: Sylvie @ Gourmande in the Kitchen | Jan 29, 2011 at 02:51 AM
No wonder you wanted to take so many photos! I'd be tempted to get them on the floor and play traffic games with them! How adorable. And just perfect for a one year old.
Am loving the PB cookies with choc cov raisins too...copied it right away!
Posted by: Barbara | Jan 29, 2011 at 07:41 AM
Oh my! These are absolutely amazingly beautiful! How did you have the patience to cut each one without a cookie cutter? You did a fabulous job! I do have a quick color question for you, if you don't mind...I am making starfish cookies for a wedding in April and the bride would like them to be navy (with coral dots, the two colors of the wedding). Your purple/navy bus looks like a good place to start for the color...at least on my computer. How would you make navy frosting?
They are totally groovy!
Thanks!
Posted by: Karen Gulley | Jan 29, 2011 at 08:13 AM
Rainbows make me happy too! Amanda I bet your friend & her son were over the moon with these adorable cookies. I am so happy you shared all these super happy, bright & fun pics with us :) xo
Posted by: marla {family fresh cooking} | Jan 29, 2011 at 08:22 AM
Oohhhh. Aahhhhh. These are the cutest!!
Posted by: Nancy @SensitivePantry | Jan 29, 2011 at 08:26 AM