The tradition of creating gingerbread houses brings families together and fills the season with creativity, laughter, and a little sugary mess.

Have that same festive fun without all the mess with this gingerbread house name craft! This adorable project lets little ones make a gingerbread house that’s complete with their name.

Grab a gingerbread cookie and a warm drink to enjoy while exploring even more gingerbread man activities that will keep the holiday cheer going.

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Christmas Name Activity

Creating this handmade holiday keepsake is a wonderful way for kids to practice spelling their names and letter recognition. It’s an engaging, hands-on activity that makes a personalized piece of Christmas decor they’ll be proud to display.

Download our free editable template so you can customize it to each child. You can print out the letters of each child’s name on the circles, or leave them blank to give kids a chance to write their own letters by hand. Either way, they’ll enjoy the process of decorating a gingerbread house that’s uniquely theirs!

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Supplies

Colored cardstock or construction paper
Glue stick
Scissors
Black marker
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Gingerbread house Photo cut and paste printable craft mockup

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Directions

Start by downloading the template and printing it out. Once the template is printed, gather the materials for this fun activity.

Hand holding the Gingerbread House Name Craft template

First, glue the outline of the door piece to the center of the house piece.

Hand gluing the base door of the Gingerbread House Name Craft

Next, glue the door to the door outline.

Hand gluing brown door of the Gingerbread House Name Craft

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Draw the door knob on the right side of the door.

Hand drawing the door knob of the Gingerbread House Name Craft

Color in the peppermint sticks and position them on both sides of the door and glue them in place.

Hand gluing the house decorations of the Gingerbread House Name Craft

Now, glue the roof on top of the gingerbread house.

Hand gluing the roof of the Gingerbread House Name Craft

Glue the window on both sides of the top portion of the door.

Hand gluing the window of the Gingerbread House Name Craft

Glue the candy decoration above the door.

Hand gluing the red and white peppermint candy decoration of the Gingerbread House Name Craft

Next, help your child to glue the ground snow to the bottom of the house.

hand gluing the snow of the Gingerbread House Name Craft

Place the roof snow to the top of the roof and glue it down.

Hand gluing the snow on the roof of the Gingerbread House Name Craft

Now, glue the chimney to the top and back portion of the snow.

Hand gluing the chimney of the Gingerbread House Name Craft

Position the chimney snow to the top portion of the chimney and glue it in place.

Hand gluing the snow on the chimney of the Gingerbread House Name Craft

Finally, encourage your child to glue the names along the roof snow.

Hand gluing the letters of the Gingerbread House Name Craft

Be sure to check out our Christmas crafts while you’re here! There are so many fun ideas!

Hand holding finished example of the Gingerbread House Name Craft

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Childrens Christmas Ideas

Keep kids engaged and learning during the holidays with our collection of children’s Christmas ideas! We’ve put together a list of hands-on projects and activities that are perfect for capturing the magic of the season while keeping little ones busy and building new skills.

These ideas are sure to spark excitement and bring extra joy to your holiday season. Read on below for some cozy holiday books to enjoy together, inspiring DIYs, and educational activities that will get kids into the holiday spirit!

Two finished example of the Gingerbread House Name Craft

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 To Make

Santa Name Craft – Spread some holiday cheer with this festive Santa! It’s a holly jolly way for kids to practice spelling their names, build fine motor skills, and create a personalized Christmas decoration.

Related: Christmas Do A Dot Printables

Gingerbread Man Card Craft – Have some sweet holiday fun with this adorable gingerbread man card. It’s a fun way for kids to spread Christmas cheer! Once they’re done making their card, they can use it to send a festive greeting or use it as a cute gift tag.

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Disguise A Snowman As A Reindeer Craft – Let’s help our frosty friend hide from the sun with a clever reindeer disguise! Kids will love dressing up a snowman as a sneaky reindeer to keep it from melting away.

Handprint Manger Craft – Bring the Christmas story to life with a special, personalized manger scene featuring kids’ own handprints! This sweet craft lets little ones create a unique keepsake of baby Jesus in the manger.

Free Christmas Printables

Make learning sweet and festive this season with these free printable gingerbread man color by numbers pages! Kids will love uncovering the colors of each gingerbread boy, girl, and house while practicing number recognition and fine motor skills.

These printables are perfect for classrooms, too and will keep students engaged in holiday learning. Each page adds a little magic to the season and helps kids work on important skills all while having holiday fun!

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Add a dash of holiday cheer with these free elf coloring pages! Just download, and you’ll have hours of colorful fun lined up for the kids. These charming coloring sheets aren’t just a blast to color, they’ll also boost fine motor skills and spark creativity.

Try this Grinch Paper Plate Craft

Four unique pages are included and they’re perfect for a quick, festive activity at home, in the classroom, or even for library storytime.

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Make learning merry with these free printable Santa worksheets! Preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten kids will enjoy these fun and festive activities that are great for some no prep fun. On these three worksheets, kids will trace the letter Ss, the word “Santa,” follow a letter maze, and label and color in Santa.

These activities are a good way for them to practice letter recognition, fine motor skills, scissor skills, and handwriting!

Finished example of the Gingerbread House Name Craft

Holiday fun is in store with these Christmas ornament line tracing printables! These pages are great for little learners to make it easy to strengthen fine motor skills and set the stage for future writing.

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As preschoolers trace each line, they’re building essential skills like hand-eye coordination, fine motor skills, and confidence. They’ll trace simple curves to playful shapes with the perfect blend of learning and Christmas cheer. Grab your crayons, and let the tracing fun begin!

Did you make this activity with your kids or students? We’d love to feature them on our social media!

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