Free Crafts for Kids
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Q-tip Snowflakes
Bottle Cap Ornament
Wrapping Paper Bows
Smiley Snowflake
Clothespin Toy Soldier


Craft Foam Gingerbread Man
designed by Jane LakeYou can make these little gingerbread men from a variety of materials; we used craft foam as a base, but the pattern would work equally well with felt or card stock.
If you wanted to make a lot of gingerbread men to use as gift tags, I would suggest cutting them out of a manila folder.
To make the printable gingerbread man pattern into a long lasting template, print it on card stock, or print and trace onto cereal cardboard before cutting out.
Gingerbread Man Ornament
Supplies:
- Printable Gingerbread Man Pattern
- craft foam, manilla file folder, felt, or card stock
- foamie bow or thin ribbon to tie a bow
- small amount of embroidery floss thread or gold cord to make the hanger
- scissors
- pencil with eraser
- white glue
- dimensional or fabric paint
- paper punch and red paper to make small, round buttons (or use real buttons)
- embellishments - buttons, bows etc.
- tapestry needle with large eye
What You Do:
1. Print and cut out the Gingerbread Man Pattern.
2. Place the pattern onto the material that you are using as a base, trace around it and cut out the ornament shape.3. Decorate the gingerbread man as you wish; we used white dimensional paint to make wavy lines on the arms and legs. Paint on two simple dots for eyes. The mouth can be done in white or red paint, or you could draw it on with pen or marker.
4. Use white glue to attach a foamie bow shape, or tie a bow from a small piece of ribbon placed around the gingerbread man's neck.
5. Glue on the buttons.
6. Thread needle with a small length of embroidery floss or gold cord and draw it through the top of the ornament. Remove the needle and tie ends of thread together to finish.
it is good
is that all you can say about it it is the best thing ever
This makes a great craft for kids. We cut out the patterns for them and outlined them with glue. The kids put glitter on them and used glittery paint pens for the eyes, mouth and buttons. They turned out perfect!
I wish I could make your gingerbread pattern a little bigger.
To make any pattern bigger or smaller: right click on the image and copy image. Then open up Microsoft Word and move your mouse to the page. Make sure your mouse is pointing to blank dobeepent. Then right click with mouse again and paste the image you copied. You can then make the picture larger or smaller.
You can enlarge it on a copier
Thank you for such easy crafts. I will share these with
my childrens church to make for Christmas
like this one!!! will have a go later today! lucky me....got two week holiday -crafting is great! ...is there such a thing as button mania?





