Christmas Gingerbread Man
ShareNo matter how fast you run you can’t catch the Gingerbread Man! We’re turning our classroom into a gingerbread classroom! I’ll keep updating as we go. This is part of our Christmas celebrations. Parent.com has a plethora of family friendly gingerbread and Christmas videos.
Individual Gingerbread Houses
Gingerbread Men
Raisins, buttons, ribbons, glitter, and a little “teacher glue” (tacky glue). Free pattern on Printables!
Gum Drops
Free Pattern On Printables!
Lollipops
You’ll need an old turntable or lazy Suzan. You might be able to use a spin art kit if you have one handy. These are just paper plates. You can do it without poking a hole in the middle just tape the plate to the turn table. Turn it on and let it spin. The kids can use 2 or 3 different colors of paint. When the paint is dry we add tongue depressor stick and wrap in cellophane.
Happy Hooligans has a super cute paper plate gingerbread man face. So cute.
https://happyhooligans.ca/paper-plate-gingerbread-man/
Cookies
Homemade Gingerbread Cookie Recipe.
Gingerbread House
This is an for pic of our gingerbread house. This was achieved with paper plates cut around the edges. And boarder strips flipped to their white side. I’ll get an after shot when we’ve got it all together!
This is the beautiful 3D actual gingerbread house from Inner Child Fun we’re trying to copy.
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Just tape a paper plate to the turn table of an Fisher Price record player turn it on 33rpms and give a kid a paint brush. Some how they seem to know what to do!
These are simple painting and gluing activities.
These trees were purchased at thrift stores. We just plopped ‘em in the sensory table with beads and ribbon. They know what to do next!
This is a store bought magnetic tree, might have been Scholastic. Really can’t remember where I picked this up.
These snowmen are fabric paint on a carpet squares. Nice gift for parents.
Hand print Santa. No need to draw a face, this is so cute as is.
These were made by using masking tape to cover the paper and create the stripes. Kids paint then remove the tape.
Each child marble painted two canes. Make sure they’re facing the right direction if you want to hang them is shown.
These kids are painting on the under side of paper bowls with masking tape on them to make a pattern to look like peppermint candies. Next let them dry then wrap them in cling wrap to look like wrapped hard candy.
The big reveal! The children had a great time decorating this cute house. Hopefully it will hold up and we can use it again in the spring. The outer (now inside) is printed with butterflies and flowers. I saved the box so we can stash it for the long winter.
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