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Glitter Glue Gingerbread Man Decoration

December 7, 2015 by Emma Gadsby 15 Comments

I have a love hate relationship with glitter glue pens. I love the idea of them but hate how tricky they can be for little ones (and adults) to get the glue out. You either end up with a tiny amount or a huge dollop. I have finally found some that are easy to manipulate – Bostik Glitter Glue Pens. We used the pens to create a Glitter Glue Gingerbread Man Decoration.

Bostik Glitter Pens

We lined a tray with baking paper and placed a gingerbread man cookie cutter on top. I pushed a gingerbread man cookie cutter down onto the baking paper whilst Adam squeezed the red glitter glue pen around the inside edge of the cookie cutter.

Using glitter glue pens

We repeated the same procedure using the green, blue, gold and silver glue pens before finally adding a small dot using the glue pen with the purple lid.

Glitter glue pens and cookie cutters

In no time at all we had created our Glitter Glue Gingerbread Man. I lifted off the cookie cutter and then checked the decoration to see if there were any gaps. It is important that there are no spaces left between the different colours.

Glitter gingerbread man

We now just needed to wait for it to dry. This is where I discovered how impatient I can be. I kept checking to see if it had dried every hour. After 12 hours I went to bed. The gingerbread man hadn’t dried completely the next morning so I left it another 24 hours. It is vital that the glitter glue has dried completely. This will take a long time because of the thickness and the amount of glue used.

Peeling off glitter glue

It was finally time to peel the gingerbread man off of the baking paper. Take your time doing this as you don’t want to loose a gingerbread man foot or arm.

Gingerbread man made from glitter glue pens

Finally I sellotaped a small piece of green and red string to the back of our decoration. This meant we could hang our Glitter Glue Gingerbread Man Decoration from our Christmas Tree. An easy Christmas craft thanks to Bostik Glitter Glue Pens.

Glitter Glue Gingerbread Man Decoration

Check out these other Christmas Decoration ideas:

Rainy Day Mum shows us how to get messy and create these sparkly Christmas Snowballs perfect for any Christmas tree.

Do your kids like to help decorate for the holidays? Try making one of these Jolly Kid Made Salt Dough Christmas Ornament Garlands from Crafty Mama in Me.

Get in the mood of the winter season with these Easy Cinnamon Scented Sleds from Playdough and Popsicles.

Helen from Peakle Pie shows us how to make jingle bells ornaments that actually jingle with her Simple Jingle Bells Ornament.

Work on fine motor skills with this Tripod Snowman Craft using glittery painted egg cartons from  Sugaraunts.

Crafty Kids at Home shows us that Bubble Wrap Stamping makes for a super simple Holly Wreath decoration for kids to make.

Are you looking for homemade holiday decor ideas? Kids can help make these festive Kid-Made Pom Pom Garland. Spark and Pook shows you how.

From Teach Me Mommy we learn how to make a super adorable Gingerbread House Ornament Photo Frame.

From Non-Toy Gifts, we learn how to use our kids’ drawings and paintings to make Christmas Tree Decorations.

My Bright Firefly uses inspirations from the children’s book Little Blue Truck to make Christmas Card Holders.

Disclaimer: We received a box craft materials as part of the Tots100/Bostik Craft Bloggers Club  #BostikBloggers

Are you looking for Christmas Ornaments crafts to do with your children? Then take a look at Red Ted Art’s Christmas Ornaments ebook. Find 30 festive easy-to-do ideas all in one place. Click here to find out more.

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Comments

  1. Tiffiny says

    December 7, 2015 at 1:23 pm

    I can see why that tested your patience, but it was worth it in the end. These look really neat!

    Reply
    • Emma Edwards says

      December 8, 2015 at 1:37 pm

      So pleased that the final product was worth the wait.

      Reply
  2. Shannon says

    December 7, 2015 at 2:49 pm

    That is adorable! I love gingerbread men 🙂

    Reply
    • Emma Edwards says

      December 8, 2015 at 1:36 pm

      I love that the Gingerbread Men can be used in so many ways – edible, craft, play activities let alone story telling!

      Reply
  3. Nicola says

    December 7, 2015 at 8:20 pm

    I feel the same about glitter glue pens, but i will be getting them out this month as it is a must in December!

    Reply
    • Emma Edwards says

      December 8, 2015 at 1:35 pm

      Certainly is a December tradition!

      Reply
  4. Laura says

    December 7, 2015 at 11:37 pm

    Merry and bright: this gingerbread man looks so happy – we will have to make this Christmas decoration!

    Reply
    • Emma Edwards says

      December 8, 2015 at 1:32 pm

      What a lovely way to describe our gingerbread man!

      Reply
  5. Karen Bell says

    December 8, 2015 at 12:55 pm

    What a fab idea. I know what you mean about the glitter glue being difficult to manage, my children have that problem too. Thanks for the tip, I will check them out.
    Love your gingerbread man.
    Thanks for sharing #LetKidsBeKids

    Reply
    • Emma Edwards says

      December 8, 2015 at 1:32 pm

      I may have been converted to glitter glue pens!

      Reply
  6. Helen @ Peakle Pie says

    December 8, 2015 at 5:16 pm

    Peakles and I are going to make some of these to hang on her Christmas tree!

    Reply
    • Emma Edwards says

      December 17, 2015 at 3:21 pm

      Let us know how you get on 🙂

      Reply
  7. Terri says

    December 11, 2015 at 4:45 am

    Love these! We have the big glob problem with glitter glue too! These turned out so good! I bet they look great on the tree with all the lights twinkling around them.

    Reply
    • Emma Edwards says

      December 17, 2015 at 3:18 pm

      They have been proudly displayed on our Christmas tree and look amazing!

      Reply
  8. Emma Edwards says

    December 17, 2015 at 3:21 pm

    This is brilliant news!

    Reply

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