Buying gingerbread Christmas ornaments at The Christmas Shop
A gingerbread Christmas ornament is a hanger shaped like a gingerbread biscuit, usually made of polymer clay with white icing details. At The Christmas Shop they come in all shapes: figures, houses, stars, stockings, trains, nutcrackers, even full baking trays of cookies. The largest part of the collection comes from Kurt S. Adler, alongside lines from Gisela Graham, Decoris and Goodwill. If you want to dress your tree in a full gingerbread theme, there's plenty to choose from on this page.
Kurt S. Adler gingerbread Christmas ornaments
Kurt S. Adler is the largest supplier of gingerbread ornaments at The Christmas Shop. The American family business from New York has been designing Christmas decorations for decades, with a clear signature: cheerful, detailed, and unafraid of colour. The gingerbread ornaments from Kurt S. Adler are almost all made of polymer clay, hand-painted, and a natural fit for a tree styled in the American tradition. Think gingerbread men in Santa hats, wreaths full of figures, trains with cookies as cargo, and houses with decorated rooftops.
Gisela Graham gingerbread ornaments
For a softer, more British style, Gisela Graham is a good choice. The London design studio is known for Christmas decorations with plenty of detail and a feel for texture and glitter. Their gingerbread stars, figures, stockings and nutcrackers work well in a tree where craftsmanship comes through. Mixing them with Kurt S. Adler is fine, and gives your tree a nice contrast between British and American.
Shapes and figures: from gingerbread man to gingerbread house
Beyond the familiar gingerbread man waits a whole gallery of sweetness. At The Christmas Shop you'll also find gingerbread women, houses with white icing trim, stars, stockings, trains, wreaths and full baking trays of freshly baked cookies. If you want to extend the look, the food and drink ornaments subcategory is a natural next step, with donuts, cupcakes, candy canes and other sweet hangers to round out the gingerbread feel.
Polymer clay: the material that makes gingerbread feel real
What gives gingerbread ornaments their distinctive look is the material: polymer clay. When fired, the clay sets firm but keeps the soft, matte, light-brown colour of a real gingerbread biscuit just out of the oven. The white decorations are then applied by hand, often with details that mimic the royal icing of a baked cookie. A smaller share of the collection is made of glass, resin or metal, mixing nicely with the broader Christmas ornaments collection.
