DIY Gingerbread Man Garland Craft Kit
Who says gingerbread men have to only be made from gingerbread? Use your Cricut machine, chipboard, and craft supplies to create this cute Gingerbread Garland Craft kit! Keep one for yourself, or give it as a gift to your neighbors this year.
I love coming up with ideas for creative gifts for my friends and neighbors for the Holidays! This year, I’m giving them DIY Gingerbread Man Craft Kits! We’ve done mason jars, oreo truffles, peppermint bark, and candy.
This year, I thought I’d branch out a little bit from my usuall food gifts (because don’t we have enough sugar at Christmas already??) and give the gift of craft!
About the Gingerbread Garland Kits
One of my favorite things to do at Christmas is craft with my kids. I thought that my friends might also want to craft with their kids, so I came up with the idea of a DIY Gingerbread Garland craft kit. In the kit, I included everything they would need to craft this cute gingerbread garland!
In the kit is a gingerbread boy or girl for each member of their family that they can each decorate and string together for a fun Christmas decoration!
How to Cut Gingberead Men Out of Chipboard
The gingerbread men from this garland are cut from chipboard with my Cricut! I was able to quickly cut out several shapes at a time, so packaging several gifts was quick and easy.
If you do this, make sure you select a chipboard that is the proper thickness for your Cricut to cut. They recommend .7mm chipboard.
Mine was thicker than that, but I could cut it with the multi-cut feature. Just run a test cut before you buy a bunch of chipboards.
You could also use old cereal boxes for this craft, but I would recommend painting the “backs” of the gingerbread men if it’s a gift.
If you have the Cricut Maker Machine, you can also cut thicker chipboard with the knife tool.
How to Get the Box Printable
Use the form below, and we will email you the printable to use on the outside of your box. I recommend printing it on sticker paper.
Supplies
Included in the gift box are:
-Chipboard Gingerbread Boys and Girls – cut out of Chipboard with a Cricut Machine
Cricut Maker 3 (you can get great deals on machine bundles on Cricut.com)
You can get the White Gable box on Amazon (there are a variety of sizes available; pick the one that works best for you)
If you use chipboard and small bottles of glue and puff paint, you can put this gift together quite inexpensively!
How to Decorate the Chipboard Gingerbread Men
Why let your friends have all the fun? If you’d like to make a gingerbread garland for yourself, here are some ideas to decorate your garland.
Outline the gingerbread men with puffy paint. Fill in the details as you like.
Apply tacky glue to the spots where you want the pom poms.
Attach the pom poms. I used tweezers to make it a little easier to hold the pom poms. Set it aside and let it dry for 4 hours. Then punch holes in the hands of the gingerbread and string together on the twine!
If you’d like to find out more about a Cricut Explore or to pick one up for yourself, you can click on the Cricut website!
- Cricut Maker 3 (you can get great deals on machine bundles on Cricut.com)
- Roll Holder for Maker 3
- Cricut EasyPress (I like the large size the best): Make sure you get the EasyPress mat as well.
- Cricut Weeding Tools: (I use the small hook tool ALL the time, making weeding vinyl so much easier).
- Cricut BrightPad: A cordless, flat, bright lightbox. I use it to weed Cricut vinyl and use it all the time to trace applique shapes for sewing & quilting.
- Cricut Iron On Vinyl
- Cricut Permanent Vinyl
