Gingerbread Men

By RYOBI NATION FEATURED CREATORS

SKILL
easy

Gingerbread and gumdrops galore! Upgrade your holiday decor display with life-size gingerbread men 🎄 🌟 Created by @bargainbethany

Tools

  • 18V ONE+ HP Brushless 4-Mode 1/4" Impact Driver
  • 18V ONE+ HP Brushless Jig Saw
  • 18V ONE+ HP Brushless 8-1/4" Table Saw
  • 18V ONE+ Dual Temperature Glue Gun

Accessories

  • 10 PC. ALL-PURPOSE JIGSAW BLADE SET
  • 12 PC. ALL PURPOSE FULL SIZE GLUE STICKS
  • 31 PC. Drilling and Driving Accessory Kit

Materials

  • 1/2" Piping
  • 1/2" Tube Straps
  • Bow
  • Fencing Pickets
  • Foam Spheres
  • Hammer
  • Insulation Foam
  • Paint
  • Ribbon

Steps

STEP 1

Trace out an outline of gingerbread men on a sheet of foam insulation. Cut out the gingerbread men from the foam.

Tools

Jig Saw
cutting foam

STEP 2

Paint the gingerbread men in desired color.

painted gingerbread men

STEP 3

Hot glue white ribbon around the border, along with the hands and feet of the gingerbread men to imitate the look of icing.

Tools

Glue Gun
gluing on ribbon

STEP 4

Hot glue half spheres on each gingerbread man for gumdrop buttons .

Tools

Glue Gun
Gluing gumdrops on gingerbread men

STEP 5

Cut support beams to size for the gingerbread men based on each of their sizes. Create a 45 degree angle on each board so that two will fit together.

Tools

Table Saw
Cutting beams

STEP 6

Line up two boards on the back of each gingerbread man to create an A-frame shape.

Tools

Drill
making frame on the back of gingerbread man

STEP 7

Hammer 1/2" pipe into the ground and use 1/2" tube straps to attach to the gingerbread men to the pipes.

Tools

Impact Driver
attaching gingerbread men to supports