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PYO Paint Palette Maker

Build edible paint palettes for paint-your-own cookies — choose a shape, pick colours deep enough to actually paint, add your bakery name, and download a print-ready 300 DPI sheet for your edible printer.

Artist Palette — 2.5″ wide, 6 colours

Wells paint at roughly 9mm across. Print at 100% scale — no “fit to page”.

Print sheet

8 palettes fit on one A4 sheet (2 × 4)

Palette style

Colours

Palette size

Printed on every palette — a nice touch if you sell PYO cookie kits.

1. Print on an icing sheet

Load an edible printer with an icing sheet or wafer paper and print the downloaded sheet at 100% scale.

2. Cut out the palettes

Cut along the grey outline while the sheet is fresh. Store flat in a sealed bag away from moisture.

3. Paint with water

Pop one in each PYO cookie kit with a food-safe brush. Dip the brush in water, swirl a well, and paint.

New to paint-your-own cookies?

PYO cookies are white royal-icing cookies with a colouring-book outline that customers paint with a wet brush. Our guide covers the icing base, stencilling the outline, packaging kits, and printing these palettes at home.

Read the PYO cookie guideCheck an edible image

Frequently Asked Questions

What is a PYO paint palette?

It is a set of edible colour swatches printed on an icing sheet. A wet brush lifts the colour like a watercolour set, so children and customers can paint a paint-your-own (PYO) cookie, then eat the whole thing.

Is the PYO palette maker free?

Yes. Designing palettes and downloading the 300 DPI print sheet is free with no sign-up. You only pay for your own icing sheets and edible ink when you print them.

How do I print the palettes?

Print the downloaded sheet on an edible printer loaded with an icing sheet or wafer paper, at 100% scale (never fit-to-page). Let it dry for ten minutes, then cut along the printed outlines.

Why do my PYO colours paint too pale?

PYO painting is watercolouring, so light swatches hold little pigment and vanish on white icing. Use deep, saturated colours — the palette maker flags any colour that will paint too pale and can deepen it in one click.

Are the palettes edible?

Yes, when printed with edible ink on edible icing sheets or wafer paper the whole palette is edible, including the base. Use a food-safe printer dedicated to edible ink.

Recommended Supplies

Turn your palette into a kit

Print your finished palette on edible icing sheets, then drop a disposable brush into every paint-your-own kit so customers can paint straight away. Check the listing notes for food-contact suitability before using brushes in kits you sell.

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Edible Icing Sheets for Frosting Printing

The edible icing sheets we use for printed cake toppers, photo toppers, and repeated cupcake sheets.

These sheets give a clean finish, work well for photo toppers and cupcake sheets, and are the first option we point bakers to for edible prints.

Why we recommend it

Used in our own topper setup because the sheets feed cleanly and hold detail well for edible prints.

  • Photo toppers and edible cupcake sheets
  • A4 edible print workflows
  • Home bakers who want a dependable icing sheet option
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Disposable Cookie Painting Brushes (80 Pack)

An 80-pack of disposable mini applicator brushes of the kind used to paint PYO cookies and to drop into ready-to-paint kits.

The cheapest way to put a brush in every paint-your-own kit. Being disposable, there is no washing up and no cross-contamination between customers — one brush per cookie. Confirm food-contact suitability on the listing before use, and treat them as short-contact painting brushes.

Why we recommend it

A handy bulk pack for kit-builders: one brush per cookie, no cleaning between orders. Check the listing notes for food-safe use before adding them to kits you sell.

  • Adding a brush to every PYO cookie kit
  • One-use painting at parties and classes
  • Buying PYO brushes in bulk rather than singly
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