Get ready to add a sweet touch to your holiday crafts with our delightful gingerbread man templates! Perfect for Christmas decorations, festive cards, classroom projects, or family activities, these templates let you design and decorate your gingerbread characters without the baking. NOTE: This post may contain affiliate links. Read the disclosure for details.
Fun Activities with Gingerbread Man Templates
From colorful frosting and candy buttons to silly faces and unique outfits, each gingerbread man is a blank canvas ready for your imagination! Our Gingerbread Man Templates are also the perfect companion for fun crafts and activities. The following ideas will get you started!
Gingerbread Math Counting Game
Objective: Practice counting and number recognition. Instructions:
Ask them to place the correct number of decorations on each gingerbread man to reinforce counting skills in a festive way! Print out gingerbread man templates and number each one. Give children small buttons, pom-poms, or stickers to match the number on each gingerbread man’s tummy.
Gingerbread Man Story Time & Puppet Show
Objective: Encourage storytelling, language skills, and creativity. Instructions:
Let children color and decorate their gingerbread man templates, then glue each one to a craft stick to make a puppet. Read a classic story like The Gingerbread Man and encourage children to act out scenes with their puppets, or let them create their gingerbread adventures. This activity promotes imagination, language skills, and helps children connect storytelling to their creations.
Gingerbread Shape Match-Up
Objective: Teach shape recognition and sorting. Instructions:
Print and decorate gingerbread man templates with different shapes for features (circle buttons, triangle hats, square presents, etc.). Provide cut-out shapes in matching colors, and have children place each shape in the correct spot on their gingerbread man. This activity helps young children with shape recognition, spatial awareness, and fine motor skills, all while adding a touch of holiday fun.
These activities bring creativity, learning, and holiday cheer together, making gingerbread man templates perfect for engaging young children!
How to Get Started
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Basic gingerbread man template
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