I recently came across this great blog by Mark Montano to make our ornaments this year. I had been looking for ideas, and this was perfect.
Mark Montano: Cardboard Gingerbread House Ornaments: Two weeks before Thanksgiving I decided to give up sugar so that during the holidays I could splurge a few times without guilt. It's b...

I adapted this to be a cut file so I could make several at once and on
chipboard for the boys to paint with me. Assembly was pretty easy. Just a bit of hot glue. Other materials we used:
craft paint,
tacky
/
craftbond glue
,
ribbon, and I attempted to make a dimensional 'paint' with
DAS air-dry clay
, but used too much water.
I've uploaded it to Gumroad to download for free or pay-what-you-want. The cut file is either an SVG or 2 JPGs to cut in the program of your choice.
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