Any day is a good day to break out your collection of cookie cutters. While many a baker only brings them out of the cupboard for holiday occasions, there are plenty of days when using cookie cutters makes sense. Read below for a little inspiration, and then browse the Internet for a wide variety of competitively priced products.

These days are prime cookie cutter days:

• Birthdays. In this case, we mean your son’s, daughter’s, daughter’s teacher, etc. Thanks to the wide availability of ready-made cookie dough, it takes mere minutes to whip up a plate full of cookies personalized to a person’s interests. This makes for an inexpensive, tasty present that shows you pay attention to that person’s pursuits. Consider a plate of superheroes for the young cape-wearing boy, or a tin full of apples for the prim and proper teacher. Even place whipped cream, frosting or ice cream in-between two cookies to create homemade sandwiches. The opportunities are nearly endless, and all it takes is having a full selection of cookie cutters at the ready and a tube of dough.

• Anniversaries. Purchase alphabet cutters and really let your honey know how much you appreciate him or her, or fill a plate with roses, puckered lips and angels. With or without frosting, the meaningful gesture will delight.

• Sports games. Be the mother who brings more than oranges to the game. With your cookie cutters in the shape of soccer balls, goals, jerseys and number ones, you will have the kids begging for your appointment as permanent team mom.

• Everyday dessert. Proud of your kids? Show that you pay attention to their accomplishments by creating cookie-themed celebrations that celebrate the everyday. Pick a favorite cartoon character and make your son laugh, or whip up a batch of footballs for your husband to enjoy while he watches Monday night football.

• Holidays. Reach further than Christmas or Hanukah. Observe President’s Day by serving American Flag cookies or commemorate your Irish heritage with tiny leprechaun hats and pots of gold. For further inspiration, type ‘obscure holidays’ into a search engine and discover a variety of different teachable moments that you can highlight with a tray of cookies. Celebrating Farm Awareness week with various cutouts of horses, cows and pigs or commemorating D-Day with peace signs are both creative ways to observe.