Christmas Tree Gingerbread Man Disguise for Kids [Free PDF Template]
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Your little ones will love helping the gingerbread man come up with a clever disguise to help him hide among the holiday fun.
They’ll dress him up in this Christmas tree gingerbread man disguise complete with lights or colorful ornaments. This holiday activity will get kids to imagine how their gingerbread friend might blend in with the Christmas decorations around him to stay safe from the dessert table!
Children will get into the spirit of the season when they create their Christmas tree design for their gingerbread friend. Get more disguise a gingerbread man project ideas to add some extra fun to a classroom project or family activity this December.
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Gingerbread Man School Project
Get kids excited for the upcoming holiday with the task of coming up with a hiding place for their gingerbread man. They’ll give a gingerbread man a Christmas tree disguise that looks ready to light up any room. He’ll be decorated with colorful pom pom ornaments or stickers for the tree lights.
This kids’ Christmas activity is great for imaginative holiday learning. They’ll build fine motor skills, strengthen decision making, and practice creative planning as they add details to their disguise.
Download our printable gingerbread disguise template, gather a few basic supplies, and read on below for the simple step by step instructions.
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Supplies
- Colored cardstock or construction paper
- Scissors
- Glue
- White Paint Pen or Crayola Bold & Bright marker
- Pom Poms or Christmas Light Stickers
- Christmas Tree Gingerbread Man Disguise Template (click the “click here to get your freebies” image at the end of the post)
Directions
Start by downloading and printing the template. Once the template is printed, gather the materials for this fun activity. Get those scissors ready, and let’s help the kids bring this gingerbread man Christmas tree to life!
Look for the gingerbread head piece and glue it onto the top center of the tree.
Next, find the eyes and glue them below the eyebrows.
Every Christmas tree needs a star! Glue the star right at the top of the tree. Hold it in place for a few seconds and admire how festive it already looks.
Now it is time for icing details. Look for the gingerbread arms and feet. Using a white pen or marker, draw wavy lines near the ends just like real frosting on cookies.
Glue the arms onto each side and back of the tree so they peek out from behind.
After that, glue the feet to the bottom and back so they stick out from underneath the tree.
Now for the fun part! Use pom-poms or light stickers and place them all over the tree to create ornaments. Let your child decide where each one goes. This is a great step for practicing fine motor skills!
Don’t you just love how adorable this Christmas tree gingerbread disguise turns out? We think your kids will have so much fun creating it. Be sure to check out our other favorite Christmas crafts for kids for even more festive holiday fun while you’re here.
Christmas Books for Kids
Dasher: This wonderfully illustrated Christmas book for kids gives you the back story on one of Santa’s favorite reindeer, Dasher! Girls will especially love to read this since Dasher is a girl.
Construction Site On Christmas Night: Fans of the fun characters of the construction site books have to add this Christmas-themed story to their collection. See how the trucks get ready for Christmas!
How To Catch An Elf: Kids everywhere love the silliness of this Christmas story. The rhymes and the illustrations will draw the kids in as well. This is a Christmas book kids will want to read every year!
Easy Christmas Crafts
Buddy The Elf Name Craft – Kids will love making this Buddy the Elf snow globe, especially if your crew loves the movie as much as we do. They’ll create a paper snow globe featuring Buddy and snowballs that spell out their names. It’s a fun way to build letter recognition and learn to spell their name.
Girl Elf Handprint Craft – Your jolly little elves will love creating this adorable girl elf, complete with hair made from their own hands. It’s a festive way to keep kids engaged and add a personal touch to their project. This activity will bring holiday fun to any day and make a sweet keepsake, too.
Paper Plate Gingerbread Man Craft
Ninja Disguise A Gingerbread Man Craft – Help the gingerbread man stay out of hungry hands this holiday season with a stealthy ninja disguise. Kids can transform this sweet cookie into a ninja warrior ready to dodge danger! It’s a fun and imaginative project that will get kid’s creativity going!
Elf Paper Bag Craft – Your pint sized helpers can turn a simple paper bag into a cheerful elf puppet! This project is lots of holiday fun and encourages kids to use their imaginations when they use their puppet to put on shows or tell stories.
Preschool Christmas Ideas
These elf activity printables bring some North Pole fun to learning time! Your little holiday helpers will search, sort, trace, and match on these four festive pages.
Parents and teachers can use these in their lesson plans or holiday home routines for an easy and fun learning activity. As preschoolers complete each elf themed page, they’ll use skills like reasoning, fine motor control, visual discrimination, and more.
Bring a dash of holiday cheer to writing practice with these reindeer tracing worksheets. They will have preschoolers tracing, coloring, and writing along with Santa’s reindeer.
These lessons will help kids gain confidence in forming the letter Rr, pencil grip, and fine motor control. Add these printables any time you need a no prep activity to keep the kids busy and engaged this holiday season. Download and print to have them ready!
Christmas Tracing Worksheets For Kids
Scissor practice just got extra sweet with these four gingerbread man cutting worksheets. Children will follow wavy, zig zag, and straight paths to reach the gingerbread man on two pages.
On the third page they’ll cut and paste the bottom half of a gingerbread man with the one that matches on top. On the fourth page, they’ll count up how many are in each box and paste the number next to the correct amount. Use them for a hands-on way to build skills this season!
Introduce numbers in a fun and stress free way with this reindeer counting worksheet. Kids will count the adorable reindeer and other festive objects, then write the matching numbers from 1 to 10.
This seasonal activity makes early math practice merry and encourages number recognition, counting, and observation. Plus, they’ll keep little ones engaged and entertained during the holidays.
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Christmas Tree Gingerbread Man Disguise
Materials
- Colored cardstock or construction paper
- Scissors
- Glue
- White Paint Pen or Crayola Bold & Bright Marker
- Pom Poms or Christmas Light Stickers
- Christmas Tree Gingerbread Man Disguise Template
Instructions
- Download the template, print it, and cut out the pieces you need.
- Start by gluing the gingerbread face onto the upper portion of the tree piece.
- Next, glue the eyes below each eyebrow.
- Glue the star to the top of the tree.
- Draw icing details on the gingerbread body pieces using a paint pen or marker.
- Next, glue the arms to the back and sides of the tree so they extend out from both sides.
- Glue the legs to the back and bottom of the tree so they stick out underneath.
- Finish by gluing on pom pom ornaments or placing Christmas light stickers all over the tree to decorate it.
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