We've looked at various ways to store and display cookie cutters, from stacking them in boxes to stringing them on garlands. Here's another interesting storage solution: Stacking them on a paper towel holder!
This solution from Better Homes and Gardens allows for pretty easy access to your cookie cutters, especially if you don't have too many. It keeps them from getting tangled and bent in a crowded box, too.
Of course, if you have lots of cookie cutters, this might not be a very practical solution!
How do you store your cookie cutters?
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Why didn't I think of this?!
I have an excessive amount of cookie cutters- some might say..too many. I have mostly metal, but a serious collection. Everything from numbers, the alphabet, tons of shapes- and although some of you might laugh, I can honeslty say I've used almost all of them at least once (some are more popular than others, especially at Christmas time). I store them all in one of those large tupperware containers like a 5 gallon one. My husband laughs when I dig through them for a shape because it sounds like I'm digging through Legos. (I yet have to organize the shapes- I only have the letters and numbers in bags, stored in the container).
I store my cookie cutters in a four-drawer chest-of-drawers, actually two of them--one on top of the other. Sets are stored in file-folder holders to keep them together.
Just use zip-lock bags, label and store in a drawer or basket. Easy-peasy.
The problem for me with storing cookie cutters out in the open is that their surfaces collect dust and airborne kitchen grease and have to be washed before they can be used. I'd love to find a way to display them and keep them clean at the same time, but for now they live in a large, paper-lined shoe box. Also, I don't use cookie cutters frequently enough to justify giving them counter space, but I can always make that a goal!
I've been storing mine in ziplock bags, they never get bent, tangled or damaged, I'm not even sure how exactly that would happen other than storing some large heavy object on top of the bag.
For long term storage, say in the attic or something, I'd Ziplock with a paper towel inside (to keep things dry) and store inside a shoe box.