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DIY Stained Glass Gingerbread Man Ornament

Gingerbread Men are a symbol of the holidays. Here’s a beautiful way to create your very own DIY Stained Glass Gingerbread House Ornament with your child with plastic crystal beads.  

So easy to make to add to your Christmas Tree this holiday season.  

DIY Stained Glass Gingerbread Ornament for Christmas from The Educators' Spin On It

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DIY Stained Glass Gingerbread Ornament for Christmas from The Educators' Spin On It

Do you have a favorite Gingerbread story? Jan Brett has illustrated a beautiful book with one very special baby gingerbread man called Gingerbread Baby. At the end of the book the little boy bakes a Gingerbread House to capture the Gingerbread baby.  I love that it focuses on problem solving.

We decided to create our very house Gingerbread House ornament for a special baby Gingerbread. You are going to be surprised with how easy it is to make!  

Gingerbread Baby

First we started our project by reading the story Gingerbread Baby.  Part of the fun in this ornament is having the baby Gingerbread Man inside the house which is an unexpected part of the story.  

Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett

Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett

Be sure to also read a few Gingerbread Man stories too this holiday season.  We had fun comparing and contrasting them. Here’s the book!   

DIY Stained Glass Gingerbread Ornament for Christmas from The Educators' Spin On It

DIY Stained Glass Gingerbread House Ornament 

Create your very own Gingerbread House with your child this holiday season with just a few simple supplies. We actually used some leftover crystals from previous SunCatcher projects.

DIY Stained Glass Gingerbread Ornament for Christmas from The Educators' Spin On It

Materials

  • 2 Pipe cleaners
  • Baking Crystals for Suncatchers 
  • Gingerbread Cookie Cutter
  • Baking Sheet
  • Aluminium Foil 

Gingerbread Family Cookie Cutter Set

Directions

1. Use two Pipe Cleaners for form a Gingerbread House. If you have an older child you could have them create their own more intricate design. I made this one with my 4 year old.

2. PLAY: Allow your child to play and experience the crystal beads for a little bit before you need them to carefully place them on the house.  We used a plastic tray to play with ours.

DIY Stained Glass Gingerbread Ornament for Christmas from The Educators' Spin On It

3. Place the Gingerbread House and Gingerbread baby on a baking sheet with aluminum foil covering it. During the process be careful not to move the house of the crystals will get displaced.

4.  Encourage your child to fill in all of the house with the crystal beads.  Be sure to not leave any gaps. This is an area that an older child can get more detailed with.  Have fun with it there’s no wrong way to fill it in!  

DIY Stained Glass Gingerbread Ornament for Christmas from The Educators' Spin On It

5.  Bake the ornament in the oven.  We baked our Gingerbread House at 400 degrees for 15 minutes. Then allow to cool. The metal Gingerbread baby cookie cutter will pop out once it cools.    

{Use your own desecration when baking plastic in your own oven and follow package directions for safety}

DIY Stained Glass Gingerbread Ornament for Christmas from The Educators' Spin On It

6.  We attached a shortened pipe cleaner at the top to make a hood to hang on our Christmas tree to enjoy.  

DIY Stained Glass Gingerbread Ornament for Christmas from The Educators' Spin On It

My daughter is so excited about her Gingerbread House that she created with Mommy. Coming up next is our Stained Glass Gingerbread baby! Until then check out all of these adorable Gingerbread activities we have at The Educators’ Spin On It!

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10 Days of a Kid Made Christmas inspired by BOOKS

10 Days of Kid Made Ornaments hosted by Mama Miss with over 70 bloggers sharing Handmade Ornament Ideas this holiday season.  The BONUS is that all of the ornaments are connected with books!  

Click here to go see all the other creative ornament ideas for kids to make!

Gingerbread Baby Inspired Stained Glass Gingerbread House from The Educators' Spin On It

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About Kim Vij

Early childhood teacher, author, speaker and mom of 3. Kim shares ways to make learning fun and parenting an adventure by sharing developmentally appropriate activities.

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Comments

  1. mama♥miss says

    December 10, 2014 at 12:01 am

    We just read this book today in co-op – definitely adding it to our to-make list – so fun!!!

    Reply
  2. Sara says

    December 10, 2014 at 12:07 am

    Oh, it is so pretty in the light! Great idea!

    Reply
  3. Growing Book by Book says

    December 10, 2014 at 11:01 pm

    This is one of our favorite books and this ornament is sooo cute!

    Reply
  4. Jody says

    December 2, 2016 at 4:35 pm

    What size is the cookie cutter? Is there some place to order the baking crystals by bulk?

    Reply
    • Kim Vij says

      December 4, 2016 at 7:46 am

      We used the baby from Gingerbread Cookie cutter set I linked in the materials Jody which is around 2 inches. http://amzn.to/2gPDsj8 I have yet to find a way to buy these beads in bulk. Would love to do this with my daughters Kindergarten class at school if I can find them. I’ll keep searching and share when I do.

      Reply
  5. Becky says

    October 17, 2017 at 6:53 am

    Just want to make sure I was reading this correctly, can I put pipe cleaners in the oven? Wouldn’t the fuzzy part of the pipe cleaner have the risk of a fire?

    Reply
    • Kim Vij says

      October 17, 2017 at 12:14 pm

      You could use your outdoor grill with a metal tray if you are concerned with using these materials in your oven.I agree there is an element of safety to consider with non food items.

      Reply

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