Decorate Valentine's Day Skunk Cookies with Royal Icing

Get ready to fall in love with these "stinkin' cute" Valentine’s Day sugar cookies! In this step-by-step decorating tutorial, I’m walking you through how to decorate an adorable skunk cookie paired with a heart cookie featuring the pun-filled phrase “You’re Stinkin’ Cute!” Using royal icing, I’ll break down each stage of the process so you can confidently recreate these playful designs for Valentine’s Day, whether you’re decorating for fun, gifting, or selling. Plus, the skunk cookie cutter, heart cutter, and coordinating stencil used in this tutorial are all available in our shop so you can follow along with ease.

Valentine Skunk Cookie Cutters

Just added to the shop for the upcoming Valentine's Day season are this Skunk cookie cutter, and this Conversation Heart cookie cutter.

The pair with the Heart will fit in this Clear Cookie Box (4.5" x 7.5" x 0.75").

The cookies I'm decorating in this tutorial are the LARGE size.

Cookie Templates for These Valentine Pun Cookies

To help with the decorating process, I made a PDF template available for these cute pun cookie sets.

You can download these cookie templates HERE.

If you have a Kopykake or Pico projector, just print it out (or pull it up on your mobile device) and you are good to go. For those without a projector, follow the suggested steps below by tracing the design onto the cookie with an edible food marker.

The Cookie Decorating Process

Decorating cookies always starts with a good royal icing recipe. This is a great royal icing recipe that I love to use for decorating cookies.

For these skunk cookies, you will need the following suggested colors:

• White icing (I used Americolor Bright White.)
• Black icing (I used Americolor Super Black.)
• Gray icing (I used a tiny amount of Super Black.)
• Red icing (I used Americolor Super Red.)

Step 1

Begin by filling in the white belly section and the white portion of the tail, as shown. Also, fill in the left ear with gray icing. Let this icing set.

Then move on to filling the other ear, the left side lower leg, and the black portion of the tail.

Step 2

Next, fill in the right leg and the head section. For the head, I quickly piped the white and immediately followed with the black sides to create a smooth surface.

Once that icing had time to set, fill in the arm sections, as shown.

Step 3

Next, add the eyes and the lower white snout details on the face.

Then add the black nose and outline the arms and legs and white hair for more dimension.

Step 4

For a finishing touch, I draw on a small smile with a black food pen.

Step 5

For the coordinating heart message cookie, begin by flooding the entire cookie with red icing. Let this icing dry completely.

Then I used the "You're Stinkin' Cute!" Cookie Stencil with super thick white icing. I used a Stencil Genie to hold the stencil in place while I swiped icing over the design.

Valentine Skunk Cookie Set Video Tutorial

The steps above are summarized in this time-lapsed video I put together below.

Below are the completed sets of these skunk pun cookies.

Just a reminder, I used the LARGE size for all of these cookies.

For the final presentation, I placed the cookies inside a clear cookie box with a hearts pattern card backer underneath to make the design pop. It’s a simple way to elevate your gift and give it a polished, professional look—perfect for Valentine’s Day gifting!

I hope this stinkin’ cute Valentine’s Day cookie tutorial inspired you to have fun with playful designs and pun-filled messages! These skunk and heart cookies are perfect for gifts, presales, or just spreading a little love with a smile. If you’d like to recreate this set, be sure to check out our shop for the skunk cookie cutter, heart cutter, and coordinating stencil used in this tutorial, and don’t forget to explore the rest of our Valentine’s Day cookie cutters and decorating tools for even more sweet ideas.