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Gingerbread cutter guide

Recipes that you and the Children can enjoy eating together..

Gingerbread Cutter Guide

 
There's a great recipe from a member in our forum: Gingerbread  ~ Thankyou 
 

 Download the Gingerbread PDF
Click to download the Gingerbread biscuit cutter outline ..


These are a few ideas that you can use the cutter guide for or alternatively 
use a larger template that is available to buy in our Christmas Templates craft kit
Christmas craft outlines: Buy - Download and use today ..

A cookie cutter template.
Print  ~ Cut out & laminate
Use this recipe and once the dough is rolled out ~ lay the Gingerbread man on top and cut around the out side.

 Pattern ~ 
Cut out the gingerbread size required from brown / tan coloured felt.
Use a blanket stitch around the outside edge.
Leave a small gap and stuff with toy filling.
Secure strongly or sew/glue facial features and buttons etc.
 Christmas tree Decoration ~
Once the template is cut from paper, card or fabric ~ decorate with glitter and sequins.
Hole punch a gap at the top and thread a short length of string through it.
Hang from a frond/branch on you tree.
 Collage base
Great for free collage or as a guided idea for the children to creat their own Gingerbread person shape.
Offer ~ Buttons, Black & red  felt circles (to represent the currants & cherries?) sequins
 Colouring Picture
 Tracing outline activity.
Playdough Activity cards.
 Print and Laminte the template.
Give the children brown playdough and collage items such as large buttons, buckles, poppers, pipe cleaners etc to build and decorate a Gingerbread person  on top of the template.
Please risk assess for use of small items

Colour Gingerbread person .... Merry Christmas
Cookie Cutters from Amazon.co.uk
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