Sunday, February 20, 2011

Zombie gingerbread men ornaments

After seeing similar ones online, my sister asked me to make some zombie gingerbread men ornaments for my niece. Easy as pie! I took my largest cookie cutter and made a thin cardboard template. When I make templates I like to use the cardboard from cereal boxes (and similar items) because it is sturdy but thin.

Now after cutting out the shapes all I had to do was decorate them. The first one was kind of blah because my creative juices & confidence weren't flowing. He's still cute though right?


The next one was even better...

One of his eyes is hanging down, and I simply ran the thread across to make his ribs. The best part is his "brains!" I used long bouillon knots to make them stand out. My husband even said it was a little too gross. Bonus points for grossing out a man!


The final one was a tie I think.


He was "stitched" back together and had a bandaged head- with more brains popping out. To finish them all off I fused the backs to more felt. This did not work so well for the mummy head! Zombies are a pretty popular theme right now, I hope my ideas help you!


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