pattern for a half eaten gingerbread man
December 19th, 2007
Only six days until christmas and amazingly there is no furious sewing in this house. Just one more gift to make and then we’re off to Grandma’s house. There are always a couple people I forget and they are always the ones ready with a gift for me. So I thought I’d make a few ornaments to keep in my bag for those awful, awkward moments. I’m sure there are people like that in your life too: the weird cousin, the super smiley coworker. I thought I’d pass on a pattern for a gingerbread man ornament that can be whipped up quickly just in case you forgot someone. Click here to download the gingerbread man pattern and instructions. I included some pictures with the instructions below as well. If you make one let me know!
materials
brown or tan wool felt
a tiny bit of white felt too
some stuffing (polyfil, etc.)
red, white, and black embroidery thread
white mini rickrack
fray check
two red buttons
glue stick
directions
1. cut out template and pin to felt. Cut out one gingerbread man out of felt.
2. for the eyes cut two small circles out of the white felt and attach them to the gingerbread man with one black french knot each. With a backstitch, sew a small circle for the mouth. Sew buttons on with white embroidery thread–to make them look like candies, sew from the button holes to the outside edge of the button. Cut pieces of mini rickrack for trim on two arms and the leg, dab all the ends with fray check, and use the glue stick to tack them down.
3. cut a rectangle as big as your gingerbread man out of felt. Pin your decorated man to this rectangle. Make a loop of rickrack and tuck it in between the layers on your gingerbread man’s head (to hang him from later). Stitch by machine or by hand from A to B (the long way) 1/8inch from the edge. Be sure to catch all the rickrack as you stitch.
4. cut off the extra felt.
5. stuff the little man lightly and sew up the opening.
6. hang him up or give him away!
How cute! They’ll look great on my tree next Christmas.
I can hardly wait for nest Christmas so I can hand this
Halfeaten Gingerbread Man to all of my St. Citizen quilting friends. This will help them remember days gone by. How much fun for all of us.
Too Cute!!!! I would love to make them as party favors for My club Christmas luncheon.
sew cute! My family will adore them.
Oh my goodness, this is the cutest little thing! I have added him to my tutorial list in my sidebar. He’s too good not to share!
Smiles, Lea
I love “sassy” ornaments! They’re so not the standard & something that definitely belongs on my tree! Thank you for the pattern, instructions & pictures.
i made one of these for a friend last year (after years of complaints of crap christmas ornaments) – and she loved it so thanks very much!
Hiya,
Thanks for the tutorial! I had some great success with them, in a scaled down version, and made a few other variations too, they will adorn my tree this year. Have a look here.
Thanks again!
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Holy Moses. Search for annual homemade ornament idea is OVER. Thanks so much, this is the cutest.
oh my! That is too stinking cute!
This is the cutest thing I have ever seen! Thanks for your generosity! I cannot wait to make this lil guy!!
How adorable! I just had to make one this morning. Thanks for the great tute!
I can’t wait to make these…I think they will appear on every Christmas package–thanks for sharing, these gave me a laugh!
Just saw this, and already plan to make some – Don’t you love it that you are still getting comments 2 years later? This one will be a classic! Thank you for sharing.
ABSOLUTELY ♥ this – thanks for sharing the how-to!
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I have had a Nana Camp at my house for each of my grandchildren for many years during the summer months. The younger ones come once monthly, all year long. We go on scavenger hunts, make scrapbooks, paint, and of course do crafts. This is a perfect thing at this time of year for them to do.
My grandchildren have come every summer for Nana Camp. We have many activities such as: scavenger hunts, scrapbooks, painting and of course crafts. The younger ones come once monthly during the day. This is such a perfect thing for them to make, with my help of course. Thank you.
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what a hoot this little guy is–great idea! :)
Love this guy! Thanks for posting the instructions.
Thanks so much for sharing this, Meg. I’ve been making a bunch of these to give to family members this year. I also used the same template to make normal gingerbread men. Happy Holidays!