Paper Bag Gingerbread House Craft [Free Printable Template]
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Kids will love turning an ordinary brown paper bag into a festive gingerbread house this holiday season! This paper bag gingerbread house craft gives them the chance to decorate with candy canes and gumdrops without any sticky mess. You’ll only need a few simple supplies for your little ones to create their colorful creations and make sweet memories.
This gingerbread house craft is a sweet way to keep little hands busy and imaginations cooking up designs. After you’ve tried this fun activity, be sure to explore even more Christmas crafts that will keep kids creating all season long!
Gingerbread House Paper Bag Craft
Who knew a paper bag could turn into something so sweet? Kids will love designing a gingerbread house with bright colors and candy decorations of their choosing. They can mix and match to bring their house to life.
There are two fun ways to create this gingerbread house paper bag craft. Kids can color in a black-and-white template before assembling it on a paper bag, or they can cut and paste colored pieces using construction paper or cardstock to build their masterpiece.
Download our template and grab a few supplies so everyone can start designing their own houses and create a whole village to decorate with this Christmas.
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Supplies
- Brown paper bag
- Colored cardstock or construction paper
- Scissors
- Glue
- Markers
- Tape
- Gingerbread House 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 house to life!
Let your child grab their favorite crayons or markers and start decorating each candy and house piece with bright, festive colors. It’s a great way for kids to express their creativity and warm up their motor skills.
Take your brown paper bag and help your child glue the decorated door piece at the bottom center of the front side. This marks the entryway to their very own gingerbread house.
Glue the window piece above the door. This helps your child start building visual structure and design.
Place a candy cane on each side of the door. These add a sweet festive touch and make the door area pop with color!
Gently fold the top of the paper bag to the back. This will create a flat surface to help the roof piece sit nicely on top when you’re ready to glue it.
Now glue on the main roof piece, lining it up with the folded top. This step makes it instantly look like a real gingerbread house!
Decorate the roof with all those sweet peppermint and candy cutouts. Let your child choose where to place each piece.
Flip the paper bag over, stuff the inside of the paper bag with paper or a some small rocks, so the house can stand upright. Use a small piece of tape or glue to hold down the folded top.
Isn’t this paper bag gingerbread house just the cutest? It’s such a fun and easy way to get crafty with your little one this holiday season. While you’re here, be sure to check out our favorite paper bag crafts!
Christmas Books For Children
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
Torn Paper Grinch Craft – Your little Whos will have a blast making The Grinch out of torn paper! Let them rip, tear, and glue the Grinch’s face either in a smile or a mischievous look.
It’s up to them which look they choose! This activity is a jolly way to keep the fun of the story going, so be sure to grab our free template.
Handprint Christmas Gnome Craft – Even the gnomes are getting in on the holiday fun! Kids will love creating these jolly little Christmas gnomes using their handprints for the fluffy beards.
They can add bright Christmas lights and choose festive colors to give each gnome a one-of-a-kind look that’s full of holiday cheer.
Polar Bear Christmas Craft – Your little cubs can get into some chilly fun with the cutest Christmas polar bear! This jolly bear comes decked out in a Santa hat and holding a candy cane, ready for holiday smiles. It’s a playful way to keep kids busy while counting down to the big day!
Santa Chimney Craft – Santa’s making his grand entrance coming down the chimney! Kids will have so much fun creating Santa popping out of the chimney on his way to deliver more gifts. It’s a festive way to get creative, add some holiday cheer, and keep little hands busy while they wait for Christmas to arrive!
Preschool Christmas Activities
These free printable reindeer tracing worksheets are full of merry fun for little learners! Kids can trace a festive reindeer, then color it in to bring it to life.
The pages filled with zigzag and wavy lines will help them strengthen fine motor skills as they guide their pencil through the paths. The Rr letter tracing page lets them practice writing the letter in uppercase and lowercase using dashed lines as a guide.
These gingerbread man do a dots are full of sweet fun for the holiday season! Kids will love using their dot markers to dot their way through letters, numbers, and adorable gingerbread friends.
It’s a cheerful mix of play and learning as they count, recognize letters, and build fine motor skills with activities from dotting the letter Gg to decorating a gingerbread man! These pages are a festive way to keep little hands happily busy!
Christmas Dot To Dot Printables
These Christmas pattern worksheets make learning time jolly! Festive images like gifts, ornaments, and snowmen will capture kids’ attention and turn practice into play.
As they figure out what comes next, they’re giving their little brains a big boost in logic and problem solving, and cutting and pasting helps their fine motor skills grow stronger. Each festive puzzle is a merry challenge that keeps kids engaged.
Bring the fun of a favorite holiday book to life with these Merry Christmas, Mr. Mouse companion printables! Kids can size up mice from biggest to smallest, practice writing the letter Mm, and enjoy dotting their way around a merry Mm page. These playful activities make learning feel festive and fun!
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Paper Bag Gingerbread House Craft
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Materials
- Brown paper bag
- Colored cardstock or construction paper
- Scissors
- Glue
- Markers
- Tape
- Gingerbread House Template
Instructions
- Download the template, print it, and cut out the pieces you need.
- Begin by coloring the candy and house pieces if using the color-in version.
- Next, glue the door piece to the bottom center of the paper bag.
- Glue the window above the door.
- Then, glue the candy canes on each side of the door.
- Gently fold the top of the paper bag to the back.
- Glue the roof piece across the folded top of the bag.
- Next, glue the peppermint decoration to the center of the roof.
- Finish by decorating the rest of the house with remaining candy cutouts.
- Fill the bag with packing paper or small rocks so the house can stand upright. Flip the bag over and tape or glue the back of the folded top to hold it in place.
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Free Paper Bag Gingerbread House Craft Template
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Template for gingerbread house paper bag please
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Gingerbread house paper bag craft please
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Gingerbread house paper bag craft
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I’d love a copy of the Gingerbread house template please.
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Can’t wait to make these!! The kids will love them
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Would have really liked this article if it really came with a template…
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this will be perfect for parent gift gifbags!
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Cant wait!
Yay! Have fun!