{"id":33447,"date":"2024-08-06T15:23:09","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T15:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/?p=33447"},"modified":"2026-07-10T15:08:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T15:08:56","slug":"cardboard-tube-gingerbread-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/kids\/occasions\/cardboard-tube-gingerbread-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardboard Tube Gingerbread Man"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">Let&#8217;s turn recycling into festive fun with our Cardboard Tube Gingerbread Man! This creative project transforms recycled cardboard tubes into adorable gingerbread characters, perfect for spreading holiday cheer sustainably. Using simple materials like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/art-supplies\/paper-and-card\">kraft card<\/a>\n and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/art-supplies\/drawing\/pens\">colouring pens<\/a>, you can craft these charming decorations that capture the warmth of the season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s turn recycling into festive fun with our Cardboard Tube Gingerbread Man! This creative project transforms recycled cardboard tubes into adorable gingerbread characters, perfect for spreading holiday cheer sustainably. Using simple materials like kraft card and colouring pens, you can craft these charming decorations that capture the warmth of the season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":53314,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[227,233,351,228,230,3,594,229],"tags":[584],"class_list":["post-33447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-occasions","category-activity","category-cardboard-tube","category-christmas","category-festive","category-kids","category-recycling","category-themes","tag-christmas"],"acf":{"age":["6-9","10+"],"skill-level":["Beginner","Intermediate"],"time-to-make":["30 mins"],"idea-type":["Craft Projects"],"free-printable":"","ID":"K1693","time":"","skill_level":"","how_to_make":"","shopping_list":"Pencil, Double-sided tape, Cardboard tube\r\n","shopping_list_2":"","top_tip":"To make the craft simpler you don\u2019t have to cover the cardboard tube in kraft card.","image_01":53308,"step_instruction_01":"First, using the template, cut out the shapes.","image_02":53309,"step_instruction_02":"Measure and cut the kraft card to size and wrap it around the cardboard tube.","image_03":53310,"step_instruction_03":"Using a deco pen, draw the details on the gingerbread man's face, body, arms and legs.","image_04":53311,"step_instruction_04":"Next, stick the head, arms and legs to the gingerbread man's body. ","image_05":53312,"step_instruction_05":"Wrap a thin strip of green card around the centre of the bowtie and stick it to the gingerbread man.","image_06":53313,"step_instruction_06":"To finish, stick on a candy cane felt sticker.","template":"https:\/\/bakerross.co.uk\/media\/patticrafts\/K1693%20Cardboard%20Tube%20Gingerbread%20Man.pdf","related_projects":"13216,16496,21183,21276,5156","latest_idea_content":"most-recent","show_date":false,"adult_supervision_needed":"Yes","youtube_video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/KXR6nIVxe9k","products":"FN161,AV535,AR947,EF942,E3486","fbt_products":"","recommendation_products":""},"view_count":6560,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33447"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81370,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33447\/revisions\/81370"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}