Distressed Gingerbread Man Gift Tags
I had a lot of fun making this project! (Don't I always?)
I began with recycled fabric from my workshop and a gingerbread man shape.
I experimented with an iron-on fusing to create a thicker fabric for the gingerbread men that worked great! Use them as ornaments, gift tags, or place cards for the holidays.
Let me show you how...
I began with the now infamous old faded curtain fabric I've been recycling on craft projects for years!
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I'm also using a dark rust color for the back of the gingerbread men.
To fuse the front curtain fabric to the back rust colored fabric, I'm using an iron on bonding called Heat n'Bond ultra hold.
I just ironed it to one side of the fabric, removed the backing paper, then ironed the other piece of fabric right on top of the bonding material.
The stick is amazing and just what I'm gong to need for this project.
First I found a gingerbread man shape on the internet and I printed it out and traced it. The gingerbread shape was about 4" tall.
I traced the gingerbread man shape onto a piece of scrap cardboard so I could use it as a tracer for all the ornaments I'm making.
I traced the cardboard shape onto the curtain side of the fused fabric and cut out 5 gingerbread men.
The fusing was fabulous and the 2 layers of these gingerbread men seems like one!
I punched a hole in the top of each gingerbread man with a heavy duty hole puncher that went through these fabric layers easily.
Once the gingerbread men were cut out, I used a dark brown stamp pad and a foundation brush to brush along the edges of each man.
The dark edge color was the perfect distressing.
Next, I used an ultra fine point permanent Sharpie marker to add dots and dashes around each gingerbread man.
The next step is to add words to each man.
I used small alphabet stamps to stamp the words LOVE, JOY, PEACE, HOPE, AND NOEL.
I used a small grommet inside the hole to finish it off then added string, ribbon, and twine for a hanger.
I added a tie to the hole in each gingerbread man, twine, macrame string, or ribbon.
If you are going to make gift tags from these you may want to stamp a name on each.
These cute little tags are available in the HOMEROAD ETSY SHOP in limited supply!
You may have also noticed on each gingerbread man I added a tiny heart with a thin red marker.
That's it!
Visit the Homeroad Etsy Shop to get a set of these cuties for yourself!
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They are adorable and will look great on packages, on a small tree or to give as gifts!
You can make these ornaments in any shape; hearts, circles, snowmen...
READ MORE: DIY CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS
I hope you'll give this iron on bonding a try, it works great!!
These little cuties make great ornaments too!
These little tags are headed to the Homeroad Etsy shop where you can find scrapbooks, junk journals, tags and an occasional surprise!
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