Sparkling Pumpkins

• 1). Tint white frosting orange using red and yellow food coloring. Add a few drops of each and mix the frosting up. Continue adding coloring a few drops at a time until you're satisfied with the color.
  
  
• 2). Scoop out 1 cup of frosting into a separate bowl. Add 2 more drops of red and yellow coloring to make it a slightly darker orange.
  
  
• 3). Use a miniature spatula to coat each cookie with an even layer of light orange frosting. Leave the stem bare for now.
  
  
• 4). Scoop the darker orange frosting into a plastic bag. Cut off 1 tip of the bag to make it into a piping bag.
  
  
• 5). Pipe a thin line of dark orange frosting around the edge of each cookie and 2 lines down the middle of each cookie. These lines should shaped like parentheses to make the cookie look like it has the curves of a real pumpkin.
  
  
• 6). Place several cookies in a single layer on a plate. Sprinkle orange sprinkles all over the cookies. The plate will catch all the extra sprinkles.
  
  
• 7). Use a clean spatula or another homemade piping bag to decorate the pumpkin stem. Use green or black frosting.
  
  

Fruity Jack-'o-Lanterns

• 1). Frost each cookie with orange frosting. Use a fairly thick layer so the decorations will stick. Leave the stem plain.
  
  
• 2). Cover the pumpkin stem with frosting. Use dark green or black frosting.
  
  
• 3). Roll out some pieces of fruit leather and use a sharp knife to cut out jack-'o-lantern facial features. Cut out triangles or circles for eyes, then cut jagged strips to make mouths.
  
  
• 4). Arrange fruit leather on top of each cookie to give each one a face. Press the pieces down slightly to make them stick to the frosting.