gingerbread present toppers and tags

Tuesday, December 20, 2011
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I am still creating from the brown paper bags we have on hand (see last week's post) and I came up with the idea to make simple gingerbread men to use as tags and to top my gifts. The brown paper is the PERFECT color to resembles gingerbread!

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This is such an easy little project that even I was able to whip up a batch of gingerbread men while taking care of little Lucy!

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I started by drawing the outline of a gingerbread man on brown paper bag- if you have a cookie cutter you could also trace around it.

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I cut out the shapes.

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And using my MOST favorite products ever- Scribbles 3-D paint (AKA puff paint) and Tulip Bead in a Bottle I added details.

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I utilized the dimension of the the paint to create the look of frosted and candy details.

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I created a big batch of gingerbread men.

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And also created some simple shapes filled with little painted details.

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Last, I added them to the top of my gifts!

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