Gingerbread Man Ornaments

Gingerbread Man Christmas ornaments make the perfect holiday tree decorations!  Sew some with the full size pattern and instructions to paint holly leaves included.

Materials:

• 5" x 9" piece of tan felt
• 7" piece of crochet or elastic thread
• Fabric paint in squeeze bottles - your choice of colors
  (For our sample we used red, green, blue, pink & silver glitter)
• Small amount polyester Fiberfil (stuffing)
• Pinking shears
• Thread
• Needle or Sewing machine
• Pins

1. Trace and cut out two gingerbread shapes from felt using pinking shears.
2. Line up your gingerbread men and pin together.
3. Sew around your gingerbread man leaving a small opening for stuffing.
4. Do NOT turn right side out. Instead, just stuff with the Fiberfil and finish sewing closed.
5. Thread a piece of crochet or elastic thread thru the back of his head and knot the ends together. This will be your hanger.
6. Using the silver fabric paint - outline the gingerbread man with a zigzag motion on top of your stitches. I also drew connecting lines across the arms & legs to form his hands & feet.
7. Make a face by making two blue dots for eyes, 1 pink dot for a nose and a red line for the mouth.
8. Paint 2 holly leaves just under his face (steps to draw holly are below) and squeeze 3 red dots where the leaves come together to form the berries.
9. Make 3 silver dots down his belly for buttons.

You can replace the silver paint with red, green, white or whatever you like.

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I have broken down the steps for drawing a holly leaf below. Practice on a scrap of felt or paper before painting on your gingerbread man.