The holidays are approaching, and this paper plate Gingerbread Man craft is so much fun for kids to do! This is a great project for preschool-aged kids (and older) as it is easy to make and kids can unleash their creativity when making one.
The kids can make him as straightforward or as complex as they want, and he’s a great way to use up any extra paper plates you may have. Thinking about making a Christmas bulletin board? These will look great on it!
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We have a lot of Christmas crafts for kids (just check these fun crafts – Printable Elf Christmas Craft or make a Paper Reindeer Garland).
For all the kids who adore coloring, we also made a bunch of Christmas Coloring Pages.
If you’re looking for a simple craft to do around the Christmas holidays with kids, then this paper plate craft is for you.
Using limited materials, you can easily do this activity!
It’s a great craft to do alongside a holiday story as well.
How to Make the Paper Plate Gingerbread Man
What you need:
- paper plate
- acrylic paint (brown, white, and pink)
- green paper
- pencil
- black marker
- paintbrush (a thin and a wider one)
- scissors
- 3 red pom-poms
- glue stick
Step by Step Tutorial
Grab the paper plate and paint the paper plate brown.
Paint a wavy white line on the edge of the plate.
Kids may need help with this part of the craft!
Draw eyes, eyebrows, mouth, and a heart-shaped red blush with a pencil.
Perfection is not needed here; have fun with this step.
Draw over the eyes and mouth with a black marker.
It is an entertaining opportunity for kids to be creative!
You can make red blush with pink paint.
So simple, yet it adds so much to the gingerbread man.
Draw the mouth with white paint, and you can also paint the insides of the eyes with a white dot.
On green paper, draw three leaves with jagged edges.
Cut them out and glue them on the head.
Glue 3 small pom-poms on them.
The final look for the paper plate gingerbread man is below.
You can make the gingerbread man a girl or a boy!
Add a cute bow if you want to make it into a girl.
Have fun crafting!
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