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DIY Gingerbread Ornaments with the Cricut

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Use your Cricut Maker to make Gingerbread Ornaments out of wood – then paint them in fun, bright colors! DIY Gingerbread Ornaments are easy to make with your Cricut and just a few craft supplies.

DIY Gingerbread Ornaments cut out of wood with the Cricut Maker by Pineapple Paper Co.

DIY Gingerbread Ornaments

From vinyl to felt, paper, and wood, you can use a variety of materials to make creative DIY ornaments with your Cricut machines.

I made a set of simple gingerbread ornaments that use just a few craft supplies that you may already have in your craft room! This project requires a Cricut Maker, since I used it to cut thin basswood gingerbread men. This DIY ornament idea is perfect if you aren’t interested in baking an actual gingerbread recipe to make ornaments – and you don’t have to worry about eating these ones. Ha!

DIY Gingerbread Ornaments cut out of wood with the Cricut Maker by Pineapple Paper Co.

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Supplies you Need to Make DIY Gingerbread Ornaments

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How to Make Gingerbread Ornaments DIY with a Cricut

The Gingerbread ornaments are a simple shape cut from Cricut Basswood using the Cricut Maker Knife Blade. You can design your own gingerbread shape, or use the Cricut Design Space file that I already have made by clicking the link below:

Gingerbread Ornaments in Cricut Design Space

The most important thing to remember when using your Knife Blade tool in the Cricut Maker is that you can only cut designs that are less than 11″ wide. If the designs you have on your canvas are wider than that, you have to rearrange them in Cricut Design Space. See below how they appear in the cut menu, and how I have to move them.

Here’s how the gingerbread men ornaments look when you first click the “Make It” button:

While in the first cut menu screen, you can move the shapes on your “mat,” making sure that they fit in your cutting area.

Once you have your designs arranged on the mat, you can continue on to the next screen. When using basswood, you need the purple StrongGrip mat. Place your basswood on the mat and secure all of the sides down with masking tape or a similar type of tape.

Select the 1/16″ Basswood from the cutting material menu, and follow the on screen instructions. Because the knife blade cuts in multiple passes, it WILL take longer than a typical cut project.

Cut Gingerbread Ornaments out of Wood with the Cricut Maker

My gingerbread men didn’t require the full amount of cutting passes that the Cricut recommended – I usually start watching when the machine has completed half of the passes. I pause the machine and check to see if the Knife bad has cut the whole way through.

This particular design took about 10-11 of the 14 passes. Remove all of the gingerbread men ornaments carefully from the mat. Some of the edges might chip while the knife blade is cutting. Just leave them and you can flip the gingerbread men over when they’re all done.

DIY Gingerbread Ornaments cut out of wood with the Cricut Maker by Pineapple Paper Co.

Next, use 180 grit sandpaper to lightly sand the edges of the gingerbread ornaments so they are smooth.

DIY Gingerbread Ornaments cut out of wood with the Cricut Maker by Pineapple Paper Co.

Paint one side of the gingerbread white, and let dry. Then use whatever colors you would like to add designs! I used a small brush and blue, pink, and green paint to add modern stripes and gingham. I also used a little bit of white mixed in the colored paint to paint one layer of the gingham stripes:

DIY Gingerbread Ornaments cut out of wood with the Cricut Maker by Pineapple Paper Co.

Then I used the full color to paint the second layer of gingham stripes. Using two colors of paint gives some dimension to the gingham or buffalo plaid.

DIY Gingerbread Ornaments cut out of wood with the Cricut Maker by Pineapple Paper Co.

Use a hot glue gun to attach a small loop of ribbon to the back of each gingerbread man ornament.

DIY Gingerbread Ornaments cut out of wood with the Cricut Maker by Pineapple Paper Co.

I used a boxwood wreath to display all of my DIY Gingerbread Ornaments, but they would be so cute on a kids’ Christmas tree, garland, or you could even use them as gift tags! Keep reading to check out all of the other DIY Cricut Christmas Ornaments that my fellow bloggers have designed!

DIY Gingerbread Ornaments cut out of wood with the Cricut Maker by Pineapple Paper Co.

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22 Comments

  1. Rachel Clarke says:

    Super cute. The first thing that I would create is pop up Christmas cards for the grandkids. So many possibilities.

    1. Pineapple Paper Co. says:

      ooohhh! That’s a great idea!

  2. Alison Joy Carter says:

    Fingers crossed for the cricut! I would make homemade tree ornaments for all of my family and friends!❤️

    1. Pineapple Paper Co. says:

      Homemade ornaments are the best! I make them every year 🙂

  3. Verna Bradshaw says:

    I LOVE LOVE LOVE your wreath. Got me inspiration 🙂

    1. Pineapple Paper Co. says:

      Thank you so much!!

  4. Lara Trottier says:

    These are too stinkin’ cute.

    1. Pineapple Paper Co. says:

      Thank you!

  5. Kathy Steinbrink says:

    I love the wreath! I would have never thought of that idea. Cute!!

    1. Pineapple Paper Co. says:

      Something different (and I don’t have a tree up yet for photos. LOL)!

  6. I would love a new Cricut! I want to make a new Christmas wreath, Christmas signs, and tree ornaments this year!

    1. Pineapple Paper Co. says:

      Christmas is such a good time to get a Cricut!

  7. Stephanie R. says:

    If I had a Cricut, I would personalize ALL THE THINGS!! But seriously, we are Disneyland annual passholders, so I’d make all of us matching shirts!

    1. Pineapple Paper Co. says:

      Yes! I love ALL the Disney things!

  8. Those Gingerbread men are super cute! I just got a maker and would love to try it out!

  9. Anneleise Hampson says:

    I would make amazing art projects with my kids at school. I would love to have an after school art club where kids design and create their own T-shirt!! How much fun would that be?

  10. Rachel Garcia says:

    Christmas time is my favorite and so if I won I would definitely be making everything I can think of for gifts and decor!

  11. Rhonda Lowman says:

    Super cute! I would love to make wooden ornaments for my family!

  12. If I had a Cricut the sky would be the limit! Thank you for the chance to win one!

  13. I would love to make ornaments and garland to deck my halls! Thanks for awesome giveaway opportunity!

  14. Marie Andersson says:

    Wow! Making the gigerbread in wood… now the making-list is growing a lot.

  15. Would love to make more shirts.