- December 4, 2025
Leah and Aaron Dye, siblings, show off their creations with Diamond Johnson, the instructor of the youth workshop. Leah named hers Cookie Carol and Aaron named his Cinnamon Joe. Photo by Emma Brugna
Diamond Johnson and Leah Dye work together to prepare the next step of creating the gingerbread plushie. Photo by Emma Brugna
Lilia traces the shape for her plushie. Photo by Emma Brugna
Lilia crafts the body of her gingerbread plushie. Photo by Emma Brugna
Selah chooses a rainbow thread as she works to sew her creation. Photo by Emma Brugna
Silas uses gold thread to sew the bottom half of his plushie. He decided to use light brown felt for the top half and dark brown for the bottom half. Photo by Emma Brugna
Aaron Dye stuffs his new gingerbread friend. Photo by Emma Brugna
Leah Dye chooses which googly eyes to use for the face of her plushie. Photo by Emma Brugna
Selah distributes the stuffing of her plushie as she finishes up the project. Photo by Emma Brugna
Siblings Silas and Selah pose with their new friends, Mario and Cookie. Photo by Emma Brugna
Lilia poses with her art. Photo by Emma Brugna
Children ages 8-12 created their own gingerbread plushie in a workshop titled, "Oh Snap! Gingerbread Plushies," hosted by the Ormond Memorial Art Museum on Wednesday, Dec. 6 as they celebrated the upcoming Christmas season.
To get in the holiday spirit, the children gathered with Diamond Johnson, curator of youth and outreach programs, to create a gingerbread plushie during the workshop. Each person was able to choose the pose they wanted their plushies to be in by tracing a cutout of their selected gingerbread shape onto brown felt. The children then cut out two of the same shape and worked with Johnson to sew the two together, leaving an opening for stuffing to go in, which participant Aaron Dye said was his favorite part of the activity. Once their gingerbread friends were sewn together, with the stuffing inside, the children uniquely decorated each character.
Some added buttons, hair, mustaches or rhinestones. Each plushie was also given a name to finish off the creation of their gingerbread friend.
OMAM's next children's art program will take place from 2-3:30 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 18. Children ages 4-12 will get a tour of the Emmons Cottage and decorate a winter cottage or gingerbread house of their own. Workshop costs $13 for museum members and $16 for non-members. Visit ormondartmuseum.org.
