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Gingerbread Craft

Get creative this holiday with this paper plate gingerbread craft! Fun DIY ideas for kids of all ages to add festive joy and gingerbread magic to your celebrations.
Cook Time30 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Course: Paper Plate Craft
Servings: 1 Gingerbread Man Craft
Author: Alli Ward

Equipment

Ingredients

  • Paper plates one per craft
  • Brown paint or crayons to color the plate.
  • Hole Punch
  • White Yarn
  • Construction Paper Black and Pink
  • White Chalk Markers

Instructions

  • Begin by painting a paper plate with brown acrylic paint. Let the paint dry completely.
    step 1 paint the paper plate brown
  • Once the paint is completely dry, use a single-hole punch to punch holes all around the edge of the plate.
    step 2 hole punch around outside
  • Cut a long strand of white yarn. Tape the beginning of the yarn to the back of the paper plate.
    step 3 yarn lace tape
  • Now, begin lacing the yarn through the holes. For this one, we went over and under.
    gingerbread yarn lace
  • Continue lacing until complete. Then, tape the final end of the yarn to the back of the paper plate.
    gingerbread man paper plate lace
  • You can also lace your gingerbread man by going around the outer edge with the yarn.
    gingerbread man paper plate lace edge
  • Next, punch two 1” circles of black cardstock and two 1” circles of pink cardstock.
    cut circles out of paper
  • Glue the black circles in place for the eyes. Use a white chalk marker to make a simple smile for the gingerbread man.
    marker mouth for gingerbread
  • Finally, glue the two pink circles in place for cheeks at the ends of the smile to complete this super fun gingerbread man craft!
    add cheeks to gingerbread face
  • Viola, you have the cutest gingerbread faces around.
    gingerbread preschool crafts

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