Mam-maw Claus 10 Posted December 16, 2012 Report Share Posted December 16, 2012 I made everything by hand, with plywood and foam. All the gingerbread people is 2" white foam and the candies are 1" blue foam. Gingerbread house and train are scrap plywood. I ended up only spending $5.00 on snow for display. The play slide is my grandson's "little tikes" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tin barn christmas 5 Posted December 16, 2012 Report Share Posted December 16, 2012 good job!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
clark1 11 Posted December 16, 2012 Report Share Posted December 16, 2012 Great idea, that came out very nice, what great talent. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dave H 10 Posted December 16, 2012 Report Share Posted December 16, 2012 AWESOME must look great at night Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Billings North Pole 0 Posted December 16, 2012 Report Share Posted December 16, 2012 Way to cool very nice job!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mam-maw Claus 10 Posted December 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2012 Thanks y'all Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andy Anderson 25 Posted December 17, 2012 Report Share Posted December 17, 2012 Excellent job Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Buckeyelights 20 Posted December 17, 2012 Report Share Posted December 17, 2012 they look great. What did you use to create the fluffy snow? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Long Lake Lights 6 Posted December 17, 2012 Report Share Posted December 17, 2012 Absolutely wonderful job on those! I wish I had that kind of talent with making things like those. You should be very proud of it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
andyw 10 Posted December 18, 2012 Report Share Posted December 18, 2012 This is terrific. Really like the snow. Best I have seen this season. Makes me want to go the work shop and get started Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mam-maw Claus 10 Posted December 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2012 That's really sweet y'all. The snow is the only thing I had to buy, I had everything laying around. You will find the snow at Walmart it's $2.50 a bag and it took 2 bags. I tried gluing one, ,spray adhesive, silicone and paint, I found while the paint was fresh and wet, smashing it into the wet paint Has held up to the hard rain and wind we've gotten. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TexasKate 30 Posted December 19, 2012 Report Share Posted December 19, 2012 Nice job and thanks for sharing the hint about the snow. It looks great! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aloetom 0 Posted December 19, 2012 Report Share Posted December 19, 2012 Fantastic ! Keep up the good work ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Buckeyelights 20 Posted December 19, 2012 Report Share Posted December 19, 2012 thanks, I'll have to try making snow that way; looks very realistic. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Derek Durkac 2 Posted December 23, 2012 Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 Great job on the Gingerbread theme!!ove your Gingerbread men. Just wanted to know what kind of foam did you usae for them and what kind of paint. Will it hold up in the rain and snow. What did you use for the candies?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mam-maw Claus 10 Posted December 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2012 Gingerbread, and fruit slices are made out of 2" white foam ( the kind with the foam beads) and all candies are 1" blue foam, it was all free so I tried out, both. This was my first attempt at all of this. I have been making wood cut outs for 20 years. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mam-maw Claus 10 Posted December 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2012 Sorry, I forgot. I buy mismatch paint from lowe's all year. I have about 30 gallons of interior and exterior paint. I buy it no matter what color, because you can always mix it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Derek Durkac 2 Posted December 28, 2012 Report Share Posted December 28, 2012 You said the Gingerbread figures are made out of 2" white foam. (actly what do you mean with the foam beeds). Just wanted to know how tall are the Gingerbread men. how did you get the outline....did you freehand the men. Is the paint waterproof or is it regular craft paint.....did you have to spray it with a weather proof coating. Anf finally did you use paint for the white trim on the gingerbreads. I definately would like to make these. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mam-maw Claus 10 Posted December 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2012 Derek durkac, Ok I hope I can remember all the questions. 1) The white foam..there is a pic above my post (y'all see the white and blue foam) 2) I just free handed them, larger ones for me, hubby, and oldest grandson. Smaller ones for the 3 middle grandkids and small one for my 6 month old grandson that's on the slide. 3) I but paint in gal, qt, or what ever I can get at lowes all year. You can't beat getting a $40. Gal of paint for $5.00 a lot of them even have primer in them, but I use any as long as its the right color....my gingerbread people are a little dark (my family says I burnt them) because my front yard is so big I have to paint alittle darker so the can see them good. 4) no water proofing, I use PVC , and cpvc pipes and gorilla glued them to the back 5) I found on here everybody uses expand foam for all the icing.....that's too hard, hard to paint and messy. I got every tube of white and clear silicone caulk Lowe' s had (at a dollar each discount) which I was going to use around house. And it is perfect no painting and you can wiggle it as your putting it on to look like frosting I hope this helped. This was my fist attempted at this, then I found out that it looked really good.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Derek Durkac 2 Posted December 28, 2012 Report Share Posted December 28, 2012 Thanks for the pics and information......this is definately a must do project for 2013. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mam-maw Claus 10 Posted December 31, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2012 Good luck and it was a lot of fun and everyone loved them Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HeavenlyScentInc 0 Posted January 18, 2013 Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 so do you have any wind issues. does the foam and pvc stay connected? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RichardG 73 Posted January 19, 2013 Report Share Posted January 19, 2013 WOW!!! I love it, great job. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
krusaders 0 Posted January 19, 2013 Report Share Posted January 19, 2013 That is an awsome job...the best decor is the ones that you make....you did a great job and everyone loves them...congrats Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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