If these classic gingerbread faces don’t put you in the holiday spirit you may want to check your pulse. Making a set of soft sweet gingerbread puppets is as easy as can be. Your felt gingerbread friends are a great way to engage little ones in the holiday festivities and spark imaginative holiday play. Best of all they go together quickly and easily with this step by step tutorial and pattern. So without further ado here’s how to make a set of your own gingerbread hand puppets.
You will need:
Felt
1/4 yard brown felt or 4 – 9″ x 12″ sheets – I used Mud Puddle*
4″ x 5″ felt scrap in red I used Poinsettia *
4′ x 5″ green felt scrap – I used Fresh Cut Grass *
4″ x 5″ black felt scrap *
4″ x 4″ Muted Pink – I used Paris Pink *
*Matching thread
White Cross Stitch or Embroidery Thread.
12″ white ric rac
Cut:
4 peppermint shapes from white felt, 4 eyes from black felt, 4 cheeks from pink felt, 4 gingerbread puppet shapes from brown felt, 1 bow shape, 1 bow center and 2 swirl shapes from green felt and 1 bow shape, 1 bow center and 2 swirl shapes from red felt.
Sew swirl shapes to peppermint shapes using matching thread and a running stitch. Set aside.
Layout bow shape lengthwise and run a stitch through the center a few times. Wrap bow center around center and trim to fit, stitch bow center together. Repeat with remaining bow and set aside.
Set aside two of the gingerbread puppet pieces you will use these fro the back. Stitch eyes and cheeks to gingerbread with matching thread. Stitch smile in black thread and add hair with white embroidery thread it may help to mark some of the stitched areas out with chalk.
Sew buttons down the center of each gingerbread front by stitching through the white areas with white thread. Sew bow to front of gingerbread man puppet and ric rac to the bottom of the gingerbread girl hand puppet
Place the backs on the puppets and stitch together using a running stitch and white embroidery thread. Add bow to gingerbread girl.
Happy Crafting!
~Andie
Gingerbread Pattern Templates – print without margins at full size to insure it is large enough for an adult hand. 
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