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Fold and Cut Gingerbread Man (Woman) Chains

Gingerbread Men
bulletCut the bottom off a paper bag and slit up one size.  This will give you a very long piece of brown paper (you could use a regular piece of paper, but your chain won't be as long).
 
bulletCut a  5 inch wide strip out of the paper (as long as you can make it) and accordian fold it (back and forth, back and forth).  Make the folds the width or a bit less than the template pieces.
 
bulletTrace the template piece onto the top fold.
 
bulletCut out (don't cut the ends of arms or feet or your chain will fall apart!)
 
bulletUnfold your chain and decorate with markers, paints, wiggly eyes, sequins, bits of lace, wool and ribbon or anything else you have on hand. 
 
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Close the template window after printing to return to this screen. 
    

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Set page margins to zero if you have trouble fitting the template on one page (FILE, PAGE SETUP or FILE, PRINTER SETUP in most browsers). 

 

Template for a colour printer 

Template for black & white printer 

 

Different computers work a bit differently in terms of how they print.  If the first templates don't work for you, try these instead:

Template for a colour printer 

Template for black & white printer