Scented Gingerbread Man Ornaments – Kid Crafts!

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Here’s a gingerbread man that won’t try to escape from your oven. This gingerbread man is a very simple, fun project for kids to make. It’s a great sensory experience too!

Things You’ll Need:

* Sandpaper
* Gingerbread man cookie cutter or stencil
* Ribbon
* Cinnamon sticks

Step 1: Using a gingerbread man cookie cutter or stencil, trace the gingerbread man shape onto a piece of sandpaper. (If you don’t have a cookie cutter or stencil, see the resource section of this article for a printable stencil).
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Batman Themed Gingerbread Men Cookies

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When you’re baking a fresh batch of gingerbread men from the holidays, you can put a little twist on the classic creation by making them Batman and/or Joker gingerbread men. Most of the steps involved in creating these unique treats are performed after baking, but a few preliminaries are necessary to ensure that your edible figures come out looking like the Caped Crusader and the Clown Prince of Crime. Read more here for tips and instructions!

Los Angeles Gingerbread House

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It is certainly early in the season yet to be building Gingerbread Houses but it is never too early for ideas and for thinking “outside the box”. Instead of a regular Gingerbread House, why not make one of your favorite restaurant? Sona is a L.A. eatery and their pastry chef didn’t slack. He made a Gingerbread House that’s an exact replica of Sona that was displayed at the restaurant, complete with chocolate tiles and a snowman. Neat!

Gingerbread House Hand Made Hand Painted Gourd

It is never too early to get ready for Christmas and making these gorgeous Gourds! Visit this neat site where you will find a few of the tutorials that have been put together to help you learn a new technique working with gourds. The site has done the best they can to put the instructions into an easy to use and understand format.

Gingerbread Pac Man Arcade Game Cookies

Aren’t these so cool! If you were alive in the 1980’s then you remember how the video game Pac Man was the most popular! We played Pac Man like crazy at my house and had so much fun trying get Pac Man to eat up all the dots and out-smart the ghosts! Even Mrs. Pac Man was a blast. Well, for a real Blast-from-the-Past arcade style, here are the neatest Pac Man Gingerbread cookies! Mix up a batch of regular Gingerbread Cookie dough and you can use a tulip flower-shaped cookie cutter to make the ghosts. Whip up some colorful royal icing and use espresso beans or chocolate chips for the “eyes” and your set!