Christmas Craft: Cardboard Gingerbread People | Home Learning Art & Craft Project Activity

In this post, I will be sharing a "gingerbread" craft. This was a craft project that Lauren did in Brightly Beaming Resources' (Step 3: Sound of the Week) home school curriculum for the soft "g" sound as in "ginger", Click Here To Find Out Why We Are Doing Homeschooling. 

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The gingerbread boy & girl is done by tracing a gingerbread man pattern on a cardboard material from an empty box, then decorating them with clothes out of construction papers and Christmas wrapping papers or pattern papers. 

READY FOR KID BEFORE STARTING ACTIVITY ALONG WITH OTHER MATERIALS

* cut gingerbread man cardboard pattern 

* cut head/hair accessories and clothes patterns

DONE BY ADULT OR PARENT

NOTE: This craft is a collaboration between parent or caregiver and child and is suitable for kids about 6 and above, you may adapt the process to the skill or ability of the child. 

* GINGERBREAD MAN PATTERN: I have saved the gingerbread man pattern we use in PDF file for you to print easily, Click Here To Check Out & Download The Gingerbread Pattern.

* GINGERBREAD HEAD/HAIR ACCESSORIES: Depending on what type of gingerbread your child prefers to make whether (boy or girl), draw any head or hair accessories of your choice on a Christmas colored construction paper, wrapping paper or pattern paper. Cut all the patterns and set aside.

Check out the links below for some FREE printable Christmas digital papers that are perfect for use in this craft, I have used some of these papers myself in my other Christmas DIYs, you can also use it as a wrapper for small Christmas gifts. 

* FREE Printable "Christmas Candy Digital Papers" from Printable Paper Treats

* FREE Printable "Red & Green Christmas Set Digital Paper" from Chantahlia Design

* FREE Printable Christmas Dots Digital Paper Pack from Printable Cuttable Creatables 

Extract any pattern you like to use into a folder in your computer, locate and double click on the pattern image to view them in picture viewer. In the picture viewer, click on the "printer" icon, in the print dialog box select the following settings: PAPER SIZE - Letter "8.5 x 11", PHOTO SIZE - "full page" and FIT - "fill page" next click on "print". 

* GINGERBREAD CLOTHES: Depending on what type of clothing your child wishes to make for their gingerbread people, measure and trace upper and lower body of gingerbread pattern on Christmas colored construction papers, wrapping or patterned papers to create the patterns. Cut the clothes pattern and set aside.

DONE BY CHILD

* color gingerbread cardboard patterns (optional)

* glue accessories & clothes on gingerbread 

* decorate gingerbread

 STEPS IN DOING THIS GINGERBREAD CRAFT

STEP #1: First, if you are using a light colored cardboard such as the one we used, make it darker by letting child color the cardboard pattern with any shade of choice similar to an actual gingerbread using oil pastel color or crayon.

STEP #2: Next, let child glue the clothes on their gingerbread. They may use yarns, ribbon, string, sequins and some gem stickers to accessorize gingerbread clothes. Let child decorate clothes using any accessories of their choice.

STEP #3: Next, let child glue beads for the gingerbread eyes using hot glue. Put hot glue on the spot and guide child to glue bead or button on it. After the eyes, let child glue details on head such as yarn hair (cut strands of yarn for hair) then add a head or hair accessory such as a bow, hat or cap (whatever you prefer) using liquid glue.

STEP #4: Next, let child decorate with glitter glue on edges of gingerbread clothing such as sleeves or bottom of dress. Set aside for awhile for the colored or glitter glue to set and so as not to smudge it when doing the next step. When colored glue has set, let child create a gingerbread shoes using crayons then accessorize gingerbread feet with colored or glitter glue.

STEP #5: Finally, let child create a mouth for their gingerbreads using colored or glitter glue of their choice. Set aside and allow the mouth to completely set.

And there goes your "CARDBOARD GINGERBREAD PEOPLE". Below are Lauren's version of doing this Christmas craft. Get the kids creating their own version of this craft today!

Get "The Gingerbread Man" book and more children's books @ thriftbooks.com

Adults can also create their version to use as Christmas decoration to hang on a wall, door or even on a Christmas tree as an ornament. You can use pattern paper or glue scrap fabrics as clothes, embellish with glitter dust, paint, sequins, beads or buttons as eyes, etc. Just scale the printable gingerbread pattern into your desired size before printing to create your unique cardboard gingerbread Christmas tree ornament or Christmas decoration.

MATERIALS FOR THIS CRAFT

* printer ; * empty box cardboard ; * oil pastel colors or crayons (optional) ; * regular scissors ; * craft scissors ; * yarns ; * assorted construction papers ; * Christmas wrapping papers or pattern papers (check out printable pattern papers above) ; * white or liquid glue ; * colored glues or glitter glues ; * beads or buttons ; * hot melt glue ; * glue gun ; * shape sequins or gem stickers

LEARNING IS MORE FUN WITH A STORY!

 

Below is a story about "The Gingerbread Man", an animated fairy tale by "OXBRIDGE BABY" wonderfully narrated and interpreted with colorful pictures and animation!

"The Gingerbread Man", A Christmas Animated Fairy Tale 

Click Here To Watch The Video @ DAILYMOTION!

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POST UPDATED: May 2023

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