Build a miniature polymer clay gingerbread house that looks good enough to nibble—without the crumbs. This free gingerbread house pattern shows you how to cut, decorate, assemble, and light a tiny keepsake with candy details and snowy charm.
Materials and tools
- Paper template of your favorite house
- Premo Burnt Umber and Gold (the old gold clay)
- Teeny tiny polymer clay candies
- Cutting blades and small cutters
Technique overview
Mix equal parts Burnt Umber and Gold for the perfectly-baked gingerbread color, cut the house pieces from a clay sheet using the printed patterns, and decorate them flat on a tile. I assemble my houses using Kato Polypaste or Sculpey Bake & Bond and more clay (and more fun tiny clay candies) then cure it again. Tape the structure together with blue painter’s tape or similar while curing and cooling. I leave the bottoms open to insert a battery-operated tea light, if you like. if it’s going to be hung on a tree- then I make a large wire eye pin and insert it into the roof before the first curing.
Process photographs
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