luludou - Thanks for all the links! I'm not very good at crochet....just making my first ever little blanket right now, and it's full of mistakes. Little projects might be okay to tackle though.
I love the idea of the gingerbread man. My older girl would love it, and my littlest would probably cry thinking he was hurt, lol. I think I might try to make the gingerbread men but unbroken. DD5 loves Gingy from Shrek, and DD3 has a story book of The Gingerbread Man. I could probably decorate them to look like those characters. Thanks for the idea!