Felt Gingerbread Man Ornaments & Gift Tags

Posted on December 4, 2014
Hey Everyone!ย I hope you’ve been having a wonderful December so far, and have enjoyed the beginnings of the Christmas season! For the first time ever, I am actually almost done with my Christmas shopping; there are still a couple little things I need to pick up, but all the major things are done and bought. I’m a terribly indecisive person which means my Christmas shopping usually takes me a really long time, so this is pretty much a Christmas miracle! Today I wanted to stop by and share a really easy little felt Christmas craft with you. I love felt because you can pretty much make anything out of it and it’s so easy to work with. You could use these little gingerbread men as gift tags like I did here, as Christmas ornaments or even make a garland out of them that would look so cute hanging on a kitchen window!
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YOU WILL NEED
Felt
White thread & Needle
Small buttons
Thin ribbon
Hot glue gun
Pen/pencil & Scissors
Polyfill for stuffing
Gingerbread Man Cookie Cutter or Stencil
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DIRECTIONS
For each gingerbread man, you will need a top and bottom piece out of felt. I used a gingerbread man shaped cookie cutter and traced around it on my piece of felt. Cut each piece out, then decorate the top piece only. You can decorate it however you like and add as many different embellishments as you want, I just stitched around the edges of the gingerbread man with white thread and added a little red bow and two buttons with hot glue. To put the gingerbread man together, I used outlined the head part of the bottom piece with hot glue (insert a ribbon loop at the top at this point so you can hang it up/attach it to gifts later!) and let it dry, then stuffed it with polyfill. Then I outlined the arms with hot glue and stuffed them, and so on, until the whole little gingerbread man was done. At the end, I went around and trimmed any excess glue and felt fuzz with my scissors.
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Happy Crafting, Everyone!

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  • Kate December 4, 2014 at 1:54 pm

    He’s so cute. It’s good idea to use these for package tie-ons.

    • Maria December 5, 2014 at 9:44 am

      Thank you, Kate! I love making things out of felt, it’s so fun to work with ๐Ÿ™‚

  • Shirley Arocho December 5, 2014 at 8:07 pm

    These are so cute Maria! Love them x

    • Maria December 5, 2014 at 10:51 pm

      Thank you so much, Shirley! ๐Ÿ™‚

  • France Nadeau โ… inspiration imagination creation December 7, 2014 at 5:46 pm

    Gorgeous! Pinned.
    I went through many of your posts and I must say that you do beautiful things. I added you in my list of favorites. Don’t want to miss what you’ll do next.

    • Maria December 7, 2014 at 8:48 pm

      Thank you so much for your very sweet comment! I love making things, both in the kitchen and in my craft room! ๐Ÿ™‚ Thank you so much for stopping by! I hope you have a wonderful Christmas season!

  • Georgia Milton December 8, 2014 at 7:16 am

    Such a cute gingerbread felt man, it would be gorgeous decoration.

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    • Maria December 9, 2014 at 8:22 pm

      Thanks so much, Georgia! ๐Ÿ™‚

  • Chrystal Mahan December 10, 2014 at 5:19 pm

    This is so cute. We’re doing brown craft wrap this year for Christmas and I was looking for a few wrapping ideas.

    • Maria December 10, 2014 at 8:26 pm

      Thanks so much, Chrystal! I love brown craft paper wrapped gifts, so classic and elegant! I hope you have a wonderful Christmas season, thanks so much for stopping by! ๐Ÿ™‚

  • Laurel Stephens December 12, 2014 at 8:46 am

    Cuuuuute! ๐Ÿ™‚

    • Maria December 12, 2014 at 5:47 pm

      Thanks, Laurel!

  • Ginnie December 17, 2014 at 6:43 pm

    This is absolutely adorable! Pinned:)

  • The Causal Craftlete December 19, 2014 at 7:21 pm

    This is the cutest think I’ve ever seen! I love those gingerbread man. Pinning for sure! Have a great weekend ๐Ÿ™‚

  • Joanna May 21, 2018 at 10:13 pm

    Gingerbread man is so cute. Love this non-woven fabric DIY project. Cann’t wait to make it.

  • Judy November 7, 2018 at 5:43 pm

    Hey, here I am, 4 years LATER just now finding this! I’m happy I did! This is absolutely adorable and my 6 grandchildren will be charmed by their little gingerbread men. Thank you! The best stuff is never outdated, is it??

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    This is exactly what I do too! In fact I just picked more up from the Dollar Tree today love what you did with yours! Such a simple pretty way to add to your Christmas decor โ€“ love this trick to Chelsea. I love mixing those ornaments with a little bit fancier ones from Target and even glass ones Iโ€™ve had for years.

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