Bring the delightful scent and charm of the holiday season to your home without turning on the oven! These 15 adorable DIY Gingerbread Man Crafts are perfect winter activities for kids and require absolutely no baking! Get ready for some sticky, spicy-sweet fun.
Adorable DIY Gingerbread Man Crafts
Felt Gingerbread Man Cut out the classic man shape from brown felt and let kids glue on small buttons, rickrack trim, and white pom-poms for frosting.
Paper Bag Gingerbread Puppet Decorate a small brown paper lunch bag with white paint squiggles and construction paper cheeks to create a simple puppet.
Salt Dough Gingerbread Ornament Mix up a batch of salt dough, use a cookie cutter to shape the men, bake until hardened (if needed), and decorate with paint and glitter.
Paper Plate Gingerbread Man Paint a small paper plate brown, then use puffy white paint or glitter glue to draw the smiling mouth, buttons, and "frosting" hair.
Popsicle Stick Gingerbread Glue six craft sticks together, paint them brown, and use puff paint or thin yarn to create the frosting details.
Handprint Gingerbread Man Trace a child's hand on brown paper, cut it out, and let them decorate the fingers and palm with glitter and sequins.
Foam Sheet Gingerbread Use brown foam sheets for the body and add details using contrasting colored foam stickers and marker outlines.
Cinnamon Stick Gingerbread Man Glue two wider craft sticks together for the body, then attach small cinnamon sticks as the arms and legs for a great scent.
Clothespin Gingerbread Man Paint a wooden clothespin brown, add tiny painted details for the face and buttons, and attach a small ribbon scarf.
Button Gingerbread Man Glue overlapping brown buttons onto a cardstock shape and use white buttons or tiny pom-poms for the icing.
Pinecone Gingerbread Paint a pinecone brown, then use small felt cutouts or plastic beads to create a mini vest and face accessories.
Cereal Box Gingerbread Cut the gingerbread shape from a cereal box, cover it with brown paper, and decorate with white paint markers.
Snowman & Gingerbread Chain Cut alternating shapes of snowmen and gingerbread men, punch holes, and link them together with string to form a garland.
Brown Paper Bag Gingerbread House Decorate a large brown paper grocery bag with paint and paper scraps to look like a gingerbread house, then place it over a box.
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