Stars: 5 out of 5
Pros: Perfect shape and very fun scene
Cons: This ornament is lucky enough to have no cons
The Bottom Line:
Irish ornament
Looks great and plenty of fun
No luck required
The Luck of the Irish is with this Cookie Cutter
When you are designing a cookie cutters for holidays, many
shapes are obvious. For example, what
else would you do for St. Patrick’s Day than a shamrock design? That’s exactly the route that Nina Aube took
for Cookie Cutter Leprechaun, and the result is a winner.
Each ornament in this Cookie Cutter Through the Year series
focuses on a holiday or fun event from the first half of the year. This ornament features a bronze colored shamrock
cookie cutter. But the fun of the
ornament is what is inside. That’s where
we find a scene depicting our mouse friend dressed in a green leprechaun outfit
sliding down a rainbow to find the gold at the end. There’s a grassy hill behind him, and that
includes a couple of four leaf clovers.
You can just make out the sun peeking out from behind the hill in the
perfectly blue sky.
One element I love about this and the mother series (Cookie
Cutter Christmas) is the way candy is used in the series. In this case, the only evidence of candy I
see is the gold. They sure look like
gold foil covered chocolate coins to me.
Yum!
But that’s not to suggest I don’t like this ornament. I really love it, in fact. It helps that I love green, and there is a
lot of it here. The mouse’s hat and the
rainbow are both covered in glitter, so they sparkle, which adds to the fun.
The stem of the ornament almost provides enough of a base to
allow you to set the ornament out to be displayed. Almost.
It’s not stable enough to stay standing if there is any bump or bounce
nearby, so I don’t recommend actually displaying it this way.
However, we are still in luck because this ornament hangs
straight. That’s not too much of a
surprise given the balanced nature of the shamrock shape.
And yes, you’ll find a 2 in a Christmas tree on the back of
the cookie cutter since this is the second in the planned six piece
series. I do wish they’d come up with
some other shape for these year round pieces, but that’s obviously not going to
happen.
This series is so creative and fun, you’ll definitely want
to add it to your collection. Cookie Cutter Leprechaun will be perfect to display every March for years to come.
Celebrate the first six months of the year with the rest of the Cookie Cutter Through the Year series.
Celebrate the first six months of the year with the rest of the Cookie Cutter Through the Year series.
Original Price: $15.95
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