How to Make a Dog Bone Shaped Cookie Cutter

For those of you that make your own dog cookies, you might want to try your hand at making a cookie cutter.
 
I used a type of copper that is alloyed with brass, so it was very springy, but it’s what I had on hand at the time. (The benefit of having parents that own a metal shop ) This why the straight parts of the cookie cutter are slightly rounded & that the ends didn’t properly glue together. Pure copper is much softer and behaves a lot better when you bend it.

If you want to buy metal stock to make your own cookie cutters, check your local hobby shop OR you can buy it here.

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You will need; tin snips, round nose and chain nose pliers, 5 minute epoxy glue, any kind of string, sand paper, clothes pins, a round something or another for bending, copper stripping and a picture template of your choice. I got my picture from a free clip art website.

To determine how much copper you will need, measure the picture, all the way around, with a string. Then measure your string and add 2 inches extra. Take this measurement and cut your copper with the tin snips.

Sand the rough edges of the copper that resulted from cutting with the tin snips

Place your copper strip in the middle of the first straight line and make the first bend with the chain nose pliers.

Take the round bending tool of your choice and bend the copper strip all the way around it. I used a tube of liquid paper since it was the right size.

Match the copper up with the template and make a bend with the round nose pliers. Repeat step 5 for the other round part of the dog bone.

Match up the copper with your template and make a bend with the chain nose pliers. Repeat the above steps to complete the cookie cutter. You might have to trim the ends of the copper stripping if they are a little long, but there should be an overlap of the strip ends for gluing.

Use your sandpaper to rough up the parts of the copper that will come in contact with each other during gluing. This will give the glue something to adhere to.

Apply a generous amount minute epoxy glue and bring the two ends together

Use the clothespins to clamp the ends together. The glue will be dry in about an hour and will reach full bonding strength in 24 hours. Happy Baking!!