Gingerbread House Ornaments DIY (free felt ornament pattern) ♥ Fleece Fun

This Gingerbread House Ornaments DIY (free felt Christmas ornament pattern) is a fun and whimsical addition to your holiday tree! This no sew felt Christmas Ornament has layers of felt to give the ornament dimension. HTV is used to add the fun decorative details. While my chosen medium is felt and HTV – this ornament can also be made from cardstock and vinyl, chipboard, or wood.

Felt gingerbread house ornament made using fleecefun free template and tutorial

YOU WILL NEED:

4 colors of wool blend felt (I like to get mine here)
HTV in white and pink
EasyPress Mini
EasyPress mat
Cricut (or other cutting machine to cut the HTV)
LightGrip Mat
Glue Gun and Glue Sticks
Ribbon (optional)
Fleece Fun’s Free PDF Pattern (Available by filling out the form at the end of the post)

Step-by-step guide to assembling a gingerbread house ornament with fleecefun free template

Close-up of gingerbread house ornament pattern cut from felt via fleecefun tutorial

Gingerbread House Ornaments DIY (free felt Christmas ornament pattern) Instructions:

Step 1 – Cut Out the Free Gingerbread House Ornament Template

This felt Gingerbread house ornament has a lot of little pieces to it. I strongly recommend that you keep all the little bits in a sandwich bag ( or some other small bag) until you’re ready to glue the ornament together so you don’t lose anything.

Cutting out the gingerbread house ornament template using the fleecefun free pattern and tutorial

Cut out 1 of the house background from the color you desire.

Gingerbread house ornament template pieces cut from felt with fleecefun free template

Set aside.

Preparing the felt gingerbread house pieces using fleecefun's free pattern and template

Cut one of the main house.

Step-by-step cutting of gingerbread house ornament using the fleecefun free template

Next cut out the roof and the 2 window “snow” melts.

Felt pieces for the gingerbread house ornament cut from fleecefun’s free pattern and tutorial

Set the felt ornament pieces aside.

Cut out the Door and the shutters. Set aside.

cutting out the window and door knob pieces

Cut out the two windows, and the door knob – set aside

Finally cut out the wreath and set that aside.

From the HTV cut out the house elements in white ( the main house, door, windows and shutters). Cut out the wreath decoration from pink or alternate color of your choosing. Weed the Vinyl and set aside.

Step 2 – Add the HTV to the Gingerbread House Ornament

Now it’s time to add all those wonderful HTV details to the ornament.

Adding HTV design to the gingerbread house ornament using fleecefun free template and tutorial

Let’s start with the main house. I find it’s easiest to line up the chimney bricks and then everything else should line up.

This Gingerbread House Ornaments DIY (free felt Christmas ornament pattern) is a fun and whimsical addition to your holiday tree! This no sew felt Christmas Ornament has layers of felt to give the ornament dimension. HTV is used to ass the fun decorative details. While my chosen medium is felt and HTV - this ornament can also be made from cardstock and vinyl, chipboard, or wood.

Iron on. Then peel according to the directions for your HTV.

Heat transfer vinyl being applied to the felt gingerbread house ornament via fleecefun tutorial

This is how it should look – with outlines of where to place the other felt elements later.

Personalizing the felt gingerbread house ornament with HTV from fleecefun’s free pattern

Now it’s time to iron on the details to the felt windows. Center the HTV.

Applying decorative HTV to the gingerbread house felt ornament with fleecefun free template

Iron on. Set the elements aside.

Step-by-step guide to adding HTV to the gingerbread house ornament from fleecefun tutorial

Add the details to the door and shutters.

Iron on and set aside.

Finally iron on the ornaments to the wreath and set aside.

With all of the HTV ironed on we have all the elements ready to assemble the felt gingerbread house ornament.

Step 3 – Bring the Felt Gingerbread House Ornament Together

Assembling the felt gingerbread house ornament using fleecefun’s free template and tutorial

Start by centering the main house onto the outline. Glue into place.

Bringing the felt gingerbread house ornament pieces together with fleecefun's free pattern

Next, using the HTV spaces as a guide, glue the door and the windows to the gingerbread house.

DIY assembly of the felt gingerbread house ornament following fleecefun’s free tutorial

Now add the shutters to either side of the large window and glue into place.

Step-by-step assembly of the felt gingerbread house ornament with fleecefun’s free template

Add the snow to the roofline and glue it into place.

Final steps of assembling the felt gingerbread house ornament using fleecefun’s tutorial and free pattern

Finally add the snow to the top of the rounded window, the bottom of the large window and glue the wreath to the center of the large window.

If desired make a loop with 8″ of ribbon and glue to the back of the ornament for hanging.

That’s how to make Gingerbread House Ornaments DIY (free felt Christmas ornament pattern).

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