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!
December 19th, 2007 at 12:23 pm
That is wonderful! Great tutorial!
December 19th, 2007 at 5:56 pm
eeek, adorable!
December 19th, 2007 at 9:08 pm
This is super adorable and so clever! Thank you so much for sharing!
xo
Ez
December 19th, 2007 at 10:53 pm
thanks so much for sharing! i saw the gingerbread men on your post a few weeks ago and loved it then. i’m not much of a sewer but have extra time this weekend to ponder an attempt…
December 20th, 2007 at 12:54 am
Oh, how funny and cute and generous of you. Must make a couple, but I’m afraid they might traumatize my two girls…!
December 20th, 2007 at 1:40 pm
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December 20th, 2007 at 10:40 pm
I was lucky enough to receive one of your birds from the cake and pie ornament swap. I ADORE it and these gingerbread men. You are very talented! I enjoy reading about your projects too here on your blog. I’m not a “blog reader” usually, but I like to see what you’re up to, lol.
December 21st, 2007 at 6:17 am
ha ha! thank you!
December 26th, 2007 at 12:19 am
Love the half eaten gingerbread man… so cool!
December 30th, 2007 at 12:27 pm
how cute! too bad we had no tree this year…but that won’t stop me!
December 30th, 2007 at 2:50 pm
This is so adorable!
January 3rd, 2008 at 12:02 am
I saw your cute little gingerbread man on Sew Mama Sew. Absolutely adorable! Thanks for sharing such a wonderful idea and tutorial!
January 8th, 2008 at 9:40 pm
He is adorable. I am making one for my 6 year grandson that ate the corner of the gingerbread house when he was about 3! It will be a darling reminder! Thanks
January 10th, 2008 at 10:37 am
Found you today via Whip Up. Hilarious! I am definitely filing this away under “Must make.” Thanks for sharing!
January 10th, 2008 at 11:26 am
That is *so* cute! That’s in my “have to make” pile.
January 10th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
This is awesome! My family is defnitely getting these next year…
January 11th, 2008 at 8:38 pm
this is the best ornament of all time. all i can say is heeee! love him and his little yelp!
January 14th, 2008 at 10:26 pm
Love it!!!
January 29th, 2008 at 1:30 am
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May 20th, 2008 at 10:35 am
This is adorable…Oh, my gosh!! I love it! I’m a huge g-bread freak, and I’ve never seen anything like it!! So VERY creative! Nice work.
May 28th, 2008 at 10:29 am
i wish it was christmas now so i can make these!
October 23rd, 2008 at 1:13 pm
Haa haa! That’s made me smile – appeals to my wicked side. My boys will love that on their tree!
December 15th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
Just the sweetest gingerman i seen! Thank you so much for the tutorial great job!
December 16th, 2008 at 8:48 pm
ZOMG. That’s hilarious.
January 11th, 2009 at 12:05 am
Hi, your idea is soooooo nice, I´m making some of this right now, they´ll have to wait a whole year to be used but they are so adorable I couldn´t wait to make them!!!.
January 15th, 2009 at 3:23 pm
How cute! They’ll look great on my tree next Christmas.
January 20th, 2009 at 10:38 am
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.
January 22nd, 2009 at 6:54 am
Too Cute!!!! I would love to make them as party favors for My club Christmas luncheon.
January 24th, 2009 at 10:31 am
sew cute! My family will adore them.
January 25th, 2009 at 11:25 pm
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
January 29th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
I love “sassy” ornaments! They’re so not the standard & something that definitely belongs on my tree! Thank you for the pattern, instructions & pictures.
July 1st, 2009 at 5:03 am
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!
September 12th, 2009 at 6:21 pm
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!
September 26th, 2009 at 6:14 pm
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November 6th, 2009 at 10:57 pm
Thanks for writeing this post! I can’t belive that it’s really almost Christmas, where does the time fly?
November 7th, 2009 at 9:06 pm
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November 17th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
Holy Moses. Search for annual homemade ornament idea is OVER. Thanks so much, this is the cutest.
November 17th, 2009 at 7:15 pm
oh my! That is too stinking cute!
November 18th, 2009 at 6:19 am
This is the cutest thing I have ever seen! Thanks for your generosity! I cannot wait to make this lil guy!!
November 18th, 2009 at 6:38 am
How adorable! I just had to make one this morning. Thanks for the great tute!
November 18th, 2009 at 2:26 pm
I can’t wait to make these…I think they will appear on every Christmas package–thanks for sharing, these gave me a laugh!
November 19th, 2009 at 8:03 am
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.
November 19th, 2009 at 12:48 pm
ABSOLUTELY ♥ this – thanks for sharing the how-to!
November 20th, 2009 at 12:10 pm
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November 21st, 2009 at 10:01 am
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.
November 21st, 2009 at 10:05 am
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.
November 22nd, 2009 at 8:21 pm
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November 24th, 2009 at 9:12 am
what a hoot this little guy is–great idea! :)
November 26th, 2009 at 4:00 pm
Love this guy! Thanks for posting the instructions.
November 30th, 2009 at 12:13 am
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!
December 2nd, 2009 at 9:04 am
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December 3rd, 2009 at 12:40 am
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December 4th, 2009 at 8:32 am
He is just TOO FUNNY! Thanks for the tutorial!
December 4th, 2009 at 8:25 pm
I LOVE LOVE LOVE your half eaten gingerbread boy! thanks for positing instructions. I want to make one right now! I decorate my entire kitchen in a gingerbread theme at Christmas. Just perfect for me.
December 7th, 2009 at 10:41 pm
So clever!! I’ll be posting a link on childmade.com. Thanks for sharing!
December 8th, 2009 at 8:14 pm
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December 9th, 2009 at 12:08 pm
I just posted a link to this on my blog: http://katydiddys.blogspot.com/2009/12/gingerbread-ornament-pattern.html
This was a great tutorial. Thanks for sharing!
December 9th, 2009 at 7:33 pm
I’ve just made four of these great gingerbread men. They were a lot of fun. Thank you so much for the tutorial and I’ve linked back to you on my blog.
December 10th, 2009 at 1:23 am
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December 10th, 2009 at 12:54 pm
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December 10th, 2009 at 5:05 pm
Love it.. Thanks
December 10th, 2009 at 5:12 pm
That is way too cute for words! I love it!
December 12th, 2009 at 10:59 am
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December 14th, 2009 at 12:17 am
how cute are these thank you soo much for sharing
i know i will be making a few to put a smile on someones face and a happy spirit into the holiday going to a cookie exchange what a cute thank you this is going to be
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December 14th, 2009 at 9:27 pm
love the whimsical gingerbread man, thanks for sharing and your tutorial is very informative and well thought out.
December 16th, 2009 at 4:48 pm
Thank you so much for this pattern! Got a bad case of the giggles when I first saw it. I’m planning on whipping a couple up for my xmas gingerbread tree today!
December 16th, 2009 at 11:02 pm
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December 17th, 2009 at 9:14 am
My troubles are over. I’ve been searching for an ornament that my 9yo could make for our family ornament exchange and this is it! She loves to sew, so this is perfect. She was delighted when she saw it and has been nagging me to help her start ever since. Thank you!
December 17th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
I bought a 1 foot (1/3 of a year) piece of brown/tan felt for this project and was able to make 16 gingerbread men! Everyone loves them!
December 20th, 2009 at 1:10 pm
I made 3 in no time at all. Perfect little gifts for my sewing group.
December 20th, 2009 at 3:12 pm
Merci beaucoup, c’est sympa et rigolo, je vais en faire et l’ajouter au gâteau du sapin de Noël! Merci j’adore !
December 21st, 2009 at 5:35 pm
Hi
Wonderful tutorial. Hope you are enjoying this “wintery weather.! Tomorrow we have an appointment with the accountant so Allan is going to take me to guess who (Yup JoAnn Fabric) as I need some fleece for my embroidery projects. I now have run out of what I had.
Enjoy the Holidays. Jeanette
December 22nd, 2009 at 1:29 pm
This is so adorable – is there a pattern available to download?
December 22nd, 2009 at 9:49 pm
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December 23rd, 2009 at 1:05 pm
This is a wonderful tutorial, and such a great idea. I made this with my nephew and he was quite tickled with it. A picture is on my blog.
December 24th, 2009 at 6:07 am
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December 25th, 2009 at 4:19 am
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December 25th, 2009 at 7:40 am
wonderful and oh so cute!
December 26th, 2009 at 5:16 am
Thank you for sharing such a cute pattern! I loved making these as gifts for our neighbours this Christmas.
December 28th, 2009 at 7:36 am
Un encanto!!!
Gracias por el tutorial, el año que viene no faltaran en mi casa.
Un beso, Aderi.
December 29th, 2009 at 9:25 am
This is a great pattern! I made 10 of them this year for my kiddos and their cousins. I have two left that I need to finish. I used small googly eyes instead of white felt and black embroidery thread. Turned out great!
January 22nd, 2010 at 11:20 am
I ordered the felt and bought all the supplies at Hobby Lobby. I made 10 of them!! It was a job but worth it for little Christmas gifts for next Christmas. These are just SO CUTE!! Thanks so much for sharing – great instructions!!
January 27th, 2010 at 11:44 am
Great Idea!! I have the felt and trims. I am going to start making some soon so I will have them for next year.