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Hello, friends!

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Christmas is getting closer, and I think it's the perfect time to start making some handmade decorations!

But then I found in my storage, my abandoned Christmas project that I created inspired by one of the cutest Christmas characters: gingerbread cookies!
Instead of baking them, I made my own little gingerbread couple using felt fabric.
Meet Mr. and Mrs. Gingerbread! ❤️
I made them in two different styles. Mr. Gingerbread wears two green buttons, while Mrs. Gingerbread wears a little green apron decorated with a pink heart. Both have cute pink cheeks and lovely little smiles.
They are soft, slightly puffy, and small enough to become adorable Christmas tree ornaments. They could also make lovely handmade gifts for family and friends.
The best part? You don't need many materials or complicated tools to make them. So, let's get started!

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Materials and Things needed:

• 2 kind of Brown felt fabric (for the gingerbread bodies, mr had darker color than mrs)
• Soft Green felt fabric (for Mr. Gingerbread's buttons and Mrs. Gingerbread's apron)
• Soft Pink felt fabric (for the cheeks and heart decoration)
• Polyester filling fibre (dakron)
• Embroidery threads in black, red, white, pink, and brown
• Pink satin ribbon (for hanging)
• Needle
• Scissors
• Pencil
• Paper or cardboard (for the pattern)
• Sewing pins

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Easy steps how to:

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Step 1: Create the Gingerbread Pattern

First, I drew a simple gingerbread man shape on a piece of paper.
You don't need a complicated pattern. Just draw a round head, two arms, and two legs. I made the shape slightly rounded to give the gingerbread characters a cute appearance.
After finishing the first pattern, I cut it out and used it as a template for the other pieces.
Since I wanted to make two ornaments, I prepared four brown felt body pieces: two for Mr. Gingerbread and two for Mrs. Gingerbread.

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Step 2: Cut the Felt Fabric and adding the eyes

Next, I placed the paper pattern on the brown felt and secured it with sewing pins.
I carefully cut around the pattern until I had four gingerbread shapes then I used black thread to French knot stitched their eyes.
I also prepared the smaller decorative pieces:
• Two green small circles for Mr. Gingerbread's buttons.
• One green apron for Mrs. Gingerbread.
• One pink heart for the apron.
• Four small pink circles for their cheeks.
For the apron, I simply drew a little dress-like shape with two shoulder straps.

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Step 3: Make Their Cute Little Faces and Dress them

I used red thread to create their little smiles. For the cheeks, I attached the small pink felt circles also with French knot.
For Mr. Gingerbread, I attached two green felt circles to his body. I added small pink cross-stitches to make them look like buttons.
To make them look more like traditional gingerbread cookies, I added white wavy stitches around their arms and legs.
This little detail gives them a lovely icing effect!
I think these tiny white decorations make the finished ornaments look even more like real gingerbread cookies.

For Mrs. Gingerbread, I attached the green apron to the front of her body and decorated it with a pink felt heart.

It's starting to look like a little gingerbread couple now! I didn’t sew for the left and right of it (I will attach the front and back together, in the end).

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Step 4: Attach the Ribbon plus Sew and Stuff the Gingerbread

First, prepare two pieces of pink satin ribbon.
Fold each ribbon into a loop. Put it between two front and back gingerbread bodies, start sewing around the edges using small, neat blanket stitches. However, don't close the entire outline just yet! Leave a small opening so we can add the filling.
Now, gently insert the polyester filling fibre through the opening. Distribute it evenly inside the head, arms, and legs to give the gingerbread a soft, slightly puffy shape.
Don't overfill it, otherwise the little characters may become too bulky and difficult to sew.
Once you're happy with their shape, carefully close the remaining opening with blanket stitches too.
I did them for both!

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The Finished Gingerbread Couple ❤️
Here they are! Mr. and Mrs. Gingerbread are finally ready for Christmas.

I really enjoyed making these little characters. Although they require some patience, especially when working on their tiny decorations and facial expressions, the process is quite relaxing.
I also think handmade ornaments have something special about them. They don't need to be perfect because every little stitch tells a story about the person who made them.
Perhaps I'll make more little Christmas characters in the future. A whole gingerbread family would be adorable, wouldn't it?

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All of the pictures were taken with Samsung A52 5G android phone.

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