On the 9th Day of Creepmas my true love gave to me 9 Ginger-Fred Men

On the 9th day of Creepmas Smeared and Smudged blog hop my true love gave to me a handmade cookie cutter in the shape of Freddy Krueger!  Don't you just love all the fabulous projects all the bloggers have created for the hop?  In case this is your first visit to The Smeared and Smudged 12 Days of Creepmas blog hop,  click in here for all the skinny

If you're hopping, you've arrived here from the very awesome Ike's World.

My project is below the blog roll.  Be sure to visit all the creepy bloggers and leave some comment love!

Blog Roll

Smeared and Smudged

Lady B

Silvia

Wendy

Carla

Leigh

Shell

Loren C

Kelli

Black Dragon

Suzi McKenzie

Windy

Glittery Kate

Alison

Julia

Jane

Monique

Jenn

Ike

Candace - You are here

Lisa Hall

Steph

Susan S.

So, my bestie, Lynn, sent me a make-your-own-cookie-cutter kit.  I was waiting for just the right idea to pop into my head and this week it did.  My daughter's birthday.  She loves the Freddy franchise!  I Googled images of the character and drew what I thought would be viable as a cutter.  I've been making cut out cookies forever and I knew it couldn't be too detailed.

I got the kit out and dove in.  First you cut a long piece of string and lay it on the out line to measure how much metal you'll need, then add 1".

Use the shaping tools that come with the kit to form the shape, comparing the metal to the drawing after each bend.  

Make sure that you have an overlap of metal to glue together.  The kit provides an adhesive tape, but you could certainly use a metal glue and clamp it.

Then I drew out what I thought might work for the iced ginger-Fred cookie.

Here's my Ginger-Fred rhyme, it went on the front of her card:

One, two

Ginger-Fred is coming for you

Three, four

Open the oven door

Five, six

Now the timer ticks

Seven, eight

Put him on a plate

Nine, ten

Bake more Ginger-Fred Men

Ginger-Fred was inside the card saying

"Dream a sweet little dream with me"

My daughter was thrilled.  It was totally worth it!

Here's a link to a very crafty lady at Suburbia Soup who came up with her very own way to make cookie cutters without a kit.  I love her zombie!

Now, off to the lovely Lisa Hall for some more fabulous fun!