The decorating room will be open for two days during the event. There will also be scheduled break-outs and demos going on. You can come and go, and plan your decorating sessions around the break-outs you want to participate in. We just ask that you clean up after yourself when you are finished decorating. We'll make it easy for you!
We will provide cookies, icing and other supplies for you to practice all the things you learned in classes the day before. We will be using royal icing in bags with Ateco tips 000 through 4, and PME tips #1.5. We will also have tipless bags and other basic supplies for you to use. There will also be a large coloring station where you can make the icing colors you need. If you need or want to use any of your own supplies (bottles, etc), you are welcome to bring it. You will be in charge of your own stuff. We recommend labeling everything well and keeping it with you at all times.
Beyond the basic supplies, we will have 'Try-It Stations' around the room complete with the supplies you need to learn and practice that technique. We will have stations on:
We will provide space at each station to try the technique right there so there is no need to take supplies back to your table. That way we keep everything together in one spot.
Most of the practicing will be on Notta Cookies, but there will be one 'mystery shape' that you can decorate and enter in our 'Mystery Shape' cookie Sugar Show category. Attendees will vote for their favorites and the winners will receive cash prizes. It is so much fun to see what people do with the mystery shapes! You won't want to miss it.
The Vendor Hall at CookieCon is packed with all your favorite cookie supply vendors! We are picky about who we allow to be vendors at CookieCon - no insurance salesmen here! You’ll only find relevant products and services in the CookieCon Vendor Hall. Come meet your favorite "dealers" and talk cookie!
* The Vendor Hall is open to “Shopper Pass” holders for 2 days. CookieCon Attendees can visit the Vendor Hall on all 3 days.
We pack the last day of the event as full as we can with specialized learning experiences. All are first-come-first-served, and open to all CookieCon Attendees. Both Open Demos and Breakouts are presented by experienced Attendee Volunteers, Sponsors, or Vendors, and cover a wide variety of topics.
Open Demos take place in the Open Decorating Room. Some are hands on, and others are strictly demos, but all are intimate learning experiences where you will see products and techniques up close. A full schedule of Open Demos and their teachers will be printed in your CookieCon Program.
Breakouts are lecture- or demo-style in a classroom with seating for about 120. In the past, topics have included:
A full schedule of Breakouts and their teachers will be printed in your CookieCon Program.
Each CookieCon Attendee will be given 10 precious Raffle Tickets for chances to win a wide array of amazing prizes from our generous sponsors.
Raffle tickets will be in your registration materials, and the Prize Table will be set up starting the first day of the event. Put all your tickets in for the prize you REALLY want, or spread them out for chances to win more prizes!
Get to know some of your favorite CookieCon sponsors and fellow cookiers in an open house style evening of fun, games, and prizes!
CookieCon sponsors are the best! Some of them put on a super fun evening of great games and mingling on an evening during the event. More information for our Sponsor Mixers will be coming! Past mixers have included:
Finding a new favorite recipe has never been easier! Come taste and tell with several different roll-out sugar cookie recipes. None of the work - all of the flavor!
Throw out your preconceived idea of a boring Orientation meeting! We’ll give you lots of important info to make your experience the best it can be, and get you pumped for CookieCon!
Each session will cover the same material, so come to whichever one fits your schedule.
P.S. Did we mention there might be prizes?
The Keynote is where you get to hear from our CookieCon Headliner. We choose a dynamic speaker to help kick off CookieCon in the best possible way. We will also introduce our Core Instructors, and there is usually a surprise or two up our sleeves. You won’t want to miss it!
Meet your favorite Cookie Authors at the Book Signing Table. Bring your book for them to sign, or purchase their books right there at the show.
This is your chance to catch them for a photo, or just to visit for a minute! A list of authors who will be signing books will be available here before CookieCon.
After a whirlwind weekend of learning, socializing, and admiring more cookies than you ever thought you would see in one place, we all enjoy a relaxing dinner together.
We’ll recap the weekend, announce Raffle Prize winners, and introduce all of the Sugar Show Winners! The Closing Banquet is included with your Attendee Ticket.
Bring your duplicate or under-used cutters and stencils and trade for something fresh and new (to you!). We will have an ongoing cutter and stencil swap through the whole event. There is no limit on how many cutters or stencils you can bring for the swap, but you will need to trade them one at a time. Please bring only clean, gently used cutters and stencils in good condition (no rust or bent or broken cutters). Here is how it works:
We will have a "Cutter and Stencil Swap" table set up in a common area. It will be pre-stocked with some cutters and stencils. Come by the table anytime and if you see something you like, leave a cutter or stencil you brought and take the one you want. The supply on the table will be in a constant state of flux, so if you don't see something you like immediately, come back a little later and you might find just what you need.
