These faux gingerbread ornaments are so easy to make and can be used year after year. Perfect to use for present toppers and other Christmas decor too!
I love the look of gingerbread decor. There’s something just so cozy and nostalgic about it. These cute faux gingerbread ornaments smell amazing and can be used for many Christmases to come. There are so many ways that you can incorporate them into your Christmas decor too. Get creative and have fun with them!
How to Make Faux Gingerbread Ornaments
Supplies
- apple sauce
- cinnamon
- plastic wrap
- cookie cutters of choice {I used a couple of sizes of these snowflake cookie cutters}
- white puffy fabric paint
- twine, ribbon, or clear fishing wire to hang
To Make
- Preheat the oven to 200 F.
- Using your hands, mix the applesauce and cinnamon together until a smooth ball of dough is formed. If the dough is feeling a little crumbly, you can add a small amount of
- Place about 1/3rd of the dough between 2 pieces of plastic wrap and roll into a thin sheet approximately 1/3rd of an inch thick.
- Remove the top layer of plastic wrap and cut out dough with the cookie cutters. Repeat as needed until all of the dough has been used.
- Place the ornaments on a cookie sheet and use a skewer to make a hole if you would like. For my snowflakes, I chose to wrap them with fishing line to hang instead of making a hole.
- Bake for 2 hours and 30 minutes and allow to cool. Ensure that they are loosened from the cookie sheet prior to cooling. {NOTE: If you are doing this for a school project and you don’t have access to an oven, let them air dry for at least 2 days until firm}
- Add details with the white puffy paint and allow to dry.
- Add baker’s twine or ribbon to hang.
You can make these faux gingerbread ornaments into any shape you would like – gingerbread men, little trees, even gingerbread houses! I can’t wait to make more!
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For making the applesauce cinnamon ornaments where is the amounts of each ingredient? Thanks in advance.
Oh goodness! I must have deleted that by mistake – thanks for letting me know! I have fixed it in the post, but it’s approximately 3/4 cup applesauce to 1 cup + 2 tbsps. cinnamon. I doubled the recipe to create the snowflakes. Happy Holidays!