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Faux Gingerbread Folk

Total Time Needed:
1 Hour

Here's a crafty way to make a batch of gingerbread people this holiday season, no mixing bowls required.

For a simple, printable pattern of this craft, try our fauxgbread.pdf.

Materials
  • Scissors
  • Brown felt
  • Fabric glue
  • Uncooked rice
  • Lentils or beans
  • White and colored puffy paints
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Instructions
  1. For each beanbag, help your child cut two matching gingerbread shapes from the brown felt.

  2. Faux Gingerbread Folk Step 2 Use the fabric glue to seal the two shapes together at the edges, leaving an inch-wide opening along the seam. Fill the beanbag with the rice, lentils, or small beans, then glue the opening shut.

  3. When the glue has dried, help your child decorate each one with puffy paint outlines, buttons, and facial features.

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