DIY Gingerbread Decor for Christmas: Sweet Ideas to Spice Up Your Home
The holiday season is the perfect time to embrace all things cozy, sweet, and festive. If you’re looking for a fun and creative way to add some homemade charm to your home this Christmas, why not try making your gingerbread-themed decor? From gingerbread house centerpieces to fragrant gingerbread garlands, there are countless ways to incorporate this nostalgic treat into your holiday decorations.
In this post, I’ll share a few simple and fun DIY ideas for gingerbread decor that will fill your home with holiday cheer—and a little bit of spice!
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Creating DIY gingerbread decor is a fun and affordable way to infuse your home with the spirit of Christmas. Whether crafting a gingerbread house centerpiece, stringing up a whimsical garland, or making scented ornaments, these projects will surely add a sweet, festive touch to your holiday celebrations. So, gather your supplies, get creative, and let the gingerbread magic begin!
Happy crafting, and may your holiday season be filled with warmth, joy, and lots of gingerbread goodness!
BONUS DIY – DIY Salt Dough Gingerbread Cookies – that look so real!
I mixed 2 cups of flour, 1 cup iodized salt, and 1/4 cup ground cinnamon in a bowl. Then gradually added 1 cup of water and then stirred to get my desired consistency. I then added a little vanilla extract I got at Dollar Tree to enhance the scent. Once your dough is ready, I rolled mine out with a silicone rolling pin and then cut them out with some Target $1 cookie cutters and a butter knife (houses).
Once done, add holes for any you want to make into ornaments. You can use a toothpick or straw for this step. Then pop them onto a parchment paper-lined baking sheet and bake low and slow at 250 degrees for a minimum of 45 minutes. Do that first, and then adjust the remaining time depending on how quickly they hardened. I like to let mine dry about 75% of the way in the oven so I can ice them, and then let the rest of the drying happen as days go by to keep the deep brown pigment. That will keep them looking like real gingerbread cookies!
After they cooled, I pulled up some Google images of beautiful cookies, and use them as a guide to ice the cookies with puffy paint. I’d suggest letting them dry overnight so you don’t mess up the paint. Once that’s done, you can hang your ornaments and display your cookies. So easy, but so cute! A cute way to hang them would be with this red and white festive baker’s twine from Amazon.
Easy & High-End DIY Salt Dough Gingerbread Cookie Wreath
Taking those easy cookies one step further, I decided to use them on a gorgeous hoop wreath. I took one piece of a 3D wreath form from Dollar Tree (similar), added two greenery picks I got for a couple of dollars at Hobby Lobby and hooked them on with jute twine. I then used Gorilla Glue hot glue sticks to adhere my cookies to the greenery and hung the wreath with some fun candy cane ribbon from Hobby Lobby.
