Can I make icing ahead of time? If so, what is best way to store and for how long? (cookie kit idea)

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I'm trying to break everything down into small steps (painful swollen feet from fall down go boom long ago still haunts me). So this is both for me as well as...

Thinking I might make sugar cookies to ice, and send the icing/sprinkles to the grand nephews as an "art project" for them. My niece got hit suddenly with bell's palsy and right now can't even walk. So thought this might be something to keep the kids busy with some holiday spirit tossed in.

So wondering if I could make the cutout cookies, put icing in tubs, and mail the "kit" with sprinkles for the kids to assemble.

Thoughts?

 
My icings that have dairy products in them (milk, half & half, hvy cream, cr cheese, butter) won't

keep as long as a decorator icing I make that has only water, Crisco, 10X sugar & extracts/flavorings in it. The decorator icing will last indefinitely in a chest freezer and it'll keep in the refrigerator for a good 6 months. I typically immediately use up any icing that has a dairy product in it and if I have any left over, I wrap it tightly and store it in the freezer for a month or two. It might possibly last longer than a month or two, but I've never tested it for an extended period of time.

 
Package up the dry powdered icing sugar and include small jars of liquid

Divide the recipe below:
portion out 4 bags of 8 oz sifted powdered sugar.
Portion out 4 jars of 1/4 C of liquid each.

Add a note to the kids to pour each sugar in a separate bowl and slowly stir in one bottle of liquid. Wa-la. Ready to use icing.

I like to use squeeze bottles for decorating.

Sugar Baby Icing

1- 32 oz. pkg. Confectioner’s sugar, sifted

1/3 cup evaporated skimmed milk

1/3 cup white corn syrup

1 t. vanilla

1/3 cup water, boiling

Kids won't mind a little lumpiness since they'll be having fun. If it's all going to the same home, tint one of the four liquids green and one red. Let two be white.

Don't forget bags to wrap the finished cookies in--just in case there are some uneaten ones. Also, be sure to tell them they take a while to dry out---usually overnight.

 
Thanks...

I was thinking the icing could stand the package trip from N to S CA, but I forgot about the milk in there...not sure about that. I could make it with water, but it isn't as good. May need to rethink this.

 
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