If your kids have been busy collecting popsicle sticks from their delicious treats, or if you’ve got a bunch of craft sticks, why not make the coolest craft stick gingerbread house this holiday season? It’s just as sweet as the real deal and a whole lot easier to make! Decorating this one is just as much fun and you can use up all kinds of bits and pieces from previous crafting sessions.
Follow along with our easy-to-follow steps, and soon you’ll have your kids creating a miniature gingerbread haven.
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Have you ever made a real gingerbread house? They look amazing, they smell great but they can be quite stressful to make. If you have young kids, this popsicle gingerbread house might be a better alternative.
This Christmas craft can also be used as an ornament for your Christmas tree, or as a cute keepsake if you add your kids photo to it.
How to Make the Craft Stick Gingerbread House
What you need:
- pencil
- scissors
- glue
- hot glue or liquid glue
- 6 wooden craft sticks
- brown acrylic paint
- paintbrush
- pom-poms (in different colors)
- brown construction paper
- red color paper
- white paper
- red marker
- a button (optional)
Step by Step Tutorial
You will need six craft sticks to create the frame for the gingerbread house.
Paint the craft sticks brown on both sides.
Let them sit for a while so the paint dries.
Use low-temperature glue gun or white glue and glue four of the sticks together to make a square frame.
Add two more to create the roof.
Have kids cut a triangle out of brown construction paper that will fit the roof.
Apply glue on the craft sticks or on the edges of the paper triangle.
Glue the paper triangle to the back side of the craft sticks.
Cut a square from brown construction paper to fit the house part.
Glue the square paper on the back of the gingerbread house.
It’s time to decorate. Let’s make the snow. Kids can either paint it directly on the house or they can cut white paper instead.
Add the snow to the roof.
Add pom poms or colorful paper to the house.
The more the merrier.
Cut out a rectangle with rounded edges for the door, and glue the doors on the house.
You can also add the knob (buttons work great for that).
Candy canes always go well with the gingerbread house and the season itself.
Draw one, cut it out, and glue it to the house.
Why not have two?
All done!
We are thrilled with how festive this gingerbread house looks!
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