I recently saw some adorable ornaments in a store while browsing the holiday aisles.... I do love Christmas! I knew I could make it, cheaper but better. So follow along and I'll make this short and sweet :) A felt gingerbread house holiday ornament. And, it's NO SEW. Let's go!
Materials needed;
1 sheet of brown craft felt (9x12)
1 sheet of white craft felt (9x12)
Scraps of various colours of felt or other decoration of your choice
Glue gun / glue
I put all the steps into a montage of sorts. Read below for descriptions of the steps.
1. Cut out your felt pieces as per the template provided at the end of this post. Part's A and B will be the house colour. I used brown for this. Parts C and D I used white for the snow.
2. Start with parts A and B. Apply a bead of hot glue along the felt, almost at the edge, starting from the peek of the roof.
3. Stick part A, to part B like shown in the image.
4. Run another bead of glue down what would be the side of the house, gluing it at the edges with piece A.
5. Continue wrapping and gluing piece A around piece B.
6. Before you get to far, start gluing on the back of the house (the other B piece) using the same method.
7. Stuff the house with something foofy. Use whatever you have, cotton balls, tissue... I used a plastic grocery bag.
8. Glue the roof closed.
9. Glue on the 'snow', pieces C goes over the roof and D goes at the peak on the front and back.
All that is left is the decorating! There are no rules here. Do what ever makes you happy :) I cut out some little windows and candy for the snow covered roof. You could use beads, glitter or even pipe cleaner to decorate it. To finish it off, I threaded a piece of ribbon through the top so it could be hung.
Enjoy making your own gingerbread houses! And PS, there are no rules to say you have to make your house brown ;)
Template available here, (There are two pages, so be sure to get both of them!).
Gingerbread Template pg1
Gingerbread Template pg2
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This house is beautiful .... I like .... Greetings and Merry Christmas. I am from Bulgaria and I love your blog.
ReplyDeleteLove it. Im crazy about stuff in felt..... Follows your blog from Denmark.
ReplyDeleteHave a nice day. Heidi
this is adorable.
ReplyDeleteIt is so on!! I'm definitely making at least one of these cute little houses!!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much!!
~Lisa
Lisa's Craft Blog
Thanks for linking up to the Head to Head Showdown, your tiny felt house is adorable! ~Jen
ReplyDeleteThis is such a cute ornament!! Too too cute! New follower here. Would love it if you could stop by and share this at my linky party. It ends tonight! :) http://everything-underthemoon.blogspot.com/2011/11/bedazzle-me-monday-8.html
ReplyDeleteAlso, PRETTY PLEASE stop by and check out Random Acts of Kindness Week going on right now! Would love to see you be a part of it!! http://everything-underthemoon.blogspot.com/2011/11/kindness-and-thanksgiving.html
Love your little house, so cute! Popping over from Creative Me Monday @ The Southern Institute.
ReplyDeleteGreat little house and awesome how to photos. I love christmas for all the gorgeous stuff to make and do. xx
ReplyDeleteSOO cute! I love this idea. I think my daughter needs one.:)
ReplyDeleteHi Amber, what an adorable little gingerbread house ornament. Thanks so much for sharing it. I have recently found your blog and am now following you, and will visit often. Please stop by my blog and perhaps you would like to follow me also. Have a wonderful day. Hugs, Chris
ReplyDeleteGreat! I am making one for christmas and two of those adorable pinecones your posted.
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