Little Debbie Felt Gingerbread Christmas Ornament

     For our final snack themed Christmas decoration of 2019, I decided to make a gingerbread ornament inspired by the Little Debbie gingerbread cookies.  If you love snack cakes, you may also want to check out my Little Debbie Christmas Tree Cake ornament, Swiss Roll ornament, and Christmas Tree Cake throw pillow.

The three snack ornaments all together.

Materials:

*Light brown felt
*White felt
*Red and green seed beads
*Sewing needle
*White thread
*Light brown thread
*Red thread
*Green thread
*Scissors
*Metallic marker
*Stuffing

Directions:

*Print out the template below.

*Cut out two copies of the large gingerbread shape from light brown felt and one copy of the small gingerbread shape from white felt.

*Sew red and green seed beads onto the white felt to look like colored sugar crystals.

*Using a back stitch and white thread, attach the white felt to one of the brown felt gingerbread shapes.

*Cut off a narrow strip of scrap brown felt and fold it in half to create a loop.  Sew the loop to the back of the undecorated felt gingerbread shape.

*Place the two felt gingerbread shapes wrong sides together and stitch around the edge using a blanket stitch and light brown thread.  Leave an opening for stuffing.

*Add stuffing and sew closed.

DIY Christmas Tree Cake Throw Pillow

     This Christmas season, I let my love of snack cakes inspire my decor.  If you're a fellow snack cake fan and you haven't seen my previous posts in this series yet, be sure to check out my Christmas Tree Cake ornament and my Swiss Roll ornament tutorials.  Plus, stay tuned for one final snack cake themed craft next week!

For size comparison, here's me with my Christmas Tree Cake throw pillow, my Christmas Tree Cake ornament, and a real Christmas Tree Cake.

Materials:

*White flannel
*Red felt
*Green felt
*White thread
*Red thread
*Green thread
*Stuffing
*Metallic marker
*Scissors
*Tape

Directions:

*Print out the templates below, each one on an 8 1/2" x 11" piece of paper.

*Cut out the four tree pieces and tape together to form a tree shape.

*Cut out two copies of the tree shape from white flannel and one copy of each stripe from red felt.

*Sew the stripes to one of the tree shapes with red thread.  Use the template as a placement guide.

*Cut out small rectangles from green felt to form the sugar crystals.  Sew on felt rectangles with green thread.

*Place the two tree pieces right sides together and sew around the edge using a blanket stitch and white thread.  Leave an opening at the bottom for stuffing.

*Add stuffing and sew closed using a ladder stitch.

DIY Swiss Roll Ornament

     Friends, I think I have found my calling: making snack cake ornaments.  Okay, so I'm kidding (mostly), but look how adorable these are.  The Swiss Roll ornament is simple to make and relatively inexpensive, so if you're looking for a sweet treat to add to your tree, why not give it a try?

Materials:

*Dark brown felt
*White felt
*Metallic marker or fabric pen
*Scissors
*Needle and thread
*Ruler
*All purpose adhesive

Directions:

*Cut out a strip of white felt and a strip of brown felt the long way that are about 3" wide.

*If the felt squares you're working with are initially the same size, cut about half an inch off the end of the strip of white felt and layer it on top of the brown felt, making sure the front and side edges align.

*Carefully roll your two felt strips together to form the cake roll shape.

*Glue the overhanging edge of the brown felt down.  By now your ornament should be looking a lot like a Swiss Roll, minus its chocolate outer coating.

*To create the ornament loop, run a needle through the geometric center of the ornament, starting at the bottom of the ornament and going through the top.  Find the center carefully, as if you're off by even a small amount, your ornament may hang at an angle (thanks, physics).

*Poke the needle back through in a spot very close but not identical to the original spot.

*Tie the ends of the thread together at the bottom of the ornament.  If you don't want this knot a the bottom showing, you can add the thread before gluing down the overhanging brown felt and go through all but the outermost bottom layer of the brown felt,.  You can then use the overhang to hide the knot.  As long as you don't hang this ornament at the top of your tree, though, you probably won't have to worry about the knot being too visible.

Little Debbie Christmas Tree Cake Felt Ornament

     I have loved Little Debbie Christmas Tree Cakes ever since I was a child.  They were a special treat my dad would buy for us at Christmas time, and they have become a Christmas tradition that I share with Brian.  I thought it would be fun to try making a Christmas Tree Cake ornament to add to my tree.  Check out the video below for a video tutorial, or keep reading for a written tutorial.  If you love snack cakes, stay tuned because I have several snack cake themed Christmas projects in store for you.

A real Christmas Tree Cake next to my Christmas Tree Cake ornament.

DIY Christmas Tree Cake ornament video tutorial.

Materials:

*Red felt

*White felt

*Green seed beads

*Scissors

*White thread

*Red thread

*Green thread

*Metallic marker

*Stuffing

Directions:

*Print out a copy of the template given below:

*Trace two copies of the tree shape onto white felt.  Trace one copy of each stripe onto red felt.  Cut out the tree shapes and stripes.

*Sew the stripes onto one of the tree shapes using red thread, using the template as a guide.  I used a blanket stitch for this step.

*Sew green seed beads on to look like the green sugar granules using green thread.

*Cut off a small segment of white felt, about 1/4" thick and 2" long.  Fold the ends of this strip together to make a loop.  Sew this loop to the back of the blank tree shape using white thread.

*Cut off two strips of white felt that are about 1/2" thick and 9" long.  Sew the ends together to form one long strip of felt.

*Using a blanket stitch and white thread, sew the strip of felt to the striped tree shape.  The strip of felt will likely be longer than you need it to be, so when you reach the place where you started, cut off the excess felt and then sew the two ends together.

*Sew the bottom tree to the strip of felt using a blanket stitch.  Leave a small opening at the bottom.

*Add stuffing and sew closed.