On today’s blog, we finish up those faux cookies so it’s Gingerbread Man, Two. If you read our previous blog, you know we are making a batch of faux cookies for the holiday season at our historic farmhouse.
In recapping things, the cookies were cut out and left to dry for several hours. However, it is going to be days before the thick cookies are totally dry.
The painted cookies dry out on wax paper so they don’t stick to the table.
Finishing Touches to the Gingerbread Men Cookies
Our first step is painting the front and the back of the faux gingerbread cookies with an all-surface acrylic paint. We used the color of Coffee Latte for our cookies. This was old paint I had in my craft box, but I added a little water to thin it out, shook the bottle up, and it worked out fine.
In fact, only one side shows so you really do not have to paint the backs of the cookies. However, I do it as I think they looked more finished that way.
When the base paint is dry, the fun starts in actually decorating the faux gingerbread men cookies.
On each cookie, make sure that you don’t use two of the same color faux gum drops for the buttons.
The previously made white “squiggles” were glued on the arms and legs of the gingerbread men cookies. Smaller eyes and smiles were also carefully glued on. Lastly, we had some gum drops set in white “Royal” icing which we glued on in threes. We always use regular white household glue to attach our pieces.
Please note the smaller gingerbread man with the faux red cinnamon candies glued on.
In true pretend fashion, I made a pastry bag out of wax paper for decorating with the faux Royal icing. I used regular white Crayola Clay Magic to make the icing.
We are leaving some cookies undecorated so we can pretend, we are working on this project.
Close up of red cinnamon candy. They were made using small bit of the Crayola Clay Magic. I, also, used a straight pin to help me paint the candy a bright red.
Ending Notes for Gingerbread Man, Two Cookie Project
This iis a big project for a few faux cookies but I think anyone who sees the cookies will get a smile on their face.
The only issue is to display the cookies and gum drop candy far away from the table edge so curious hands are kept away. Please note, all the faux cookies made today are not edible.
I’m also including a vintage cake plate to display the cookies on. It is a light color so the darker gingerbread men will stand out on it. We are expecting a few faux raisins in the mail but they have not arrived yet. Hopefully, they will get here in time to add another element to 1930’s cookie decorations.
I really enjoyed this project. It was, almost as good as making real gingerbread men cookies! But, alas, no delicious gingerbread smells coming from the oven.
To all the holiday crafters out there, Happy Crafting.