Do your kids love all things Christmas?! Everyones’ kids do, right?

The Christmas season is a time to be extra festive, spend more time together as a family, and of course, do more holiday crafts!

If your family has a Christmas tradition of making gingerbread men or houses, you’ll love creating these gingerbread man paper bag puppets.

They’re a simple Xmas craft that can bring the whole family together! Or if you’re doing them at school, they’re great for a class party!

Read on below or watch our video tutorial to see how to make this gingerbread man paper bag craft with your kids or students.

Also, be sure to check out all of our gingerbread man activities for kids for even more ideas!

Gingerbread Man Puppet

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One great thing about making paper bag puppets is they’re so simple to make! All you need are a few common supplies, which you probably already have and you’re set.

They’re a cheap holiday season craft kids will enjoy making.

Supplies

• Kraft paper
• Colored card stock or construction paper
• White card stock
• Black marker
• Scissors
• Glue stick
• Brown paper bag
• Gingerbread man template (click the “click here to get your freebie” image)

Directions

Download the gingerbread man template, print, and cut out the pieces.

Glue the circle buttons to the middle of the gingerbread man’s body.

Use the black marker to draw four small circles on the circle buttons you just glued on to make it look more like a real button.

Glue the icing details on the end of the arms and the legs. Use the scissors to cut the excess ends off.

Position the gingerbread man’s hair and the top of his circle head and glue into place.

Glue the eyes just below the hair.

Place the pink circle cheeks below the eyes and glue in place.

Use the black marker again to draw a smile between the two pink cheeks.

If you’re making a gingerbread girl, glue the bow onto the top of her head. If you’re making a boy gingerbread, glue the bow to the top of his body piece.

Glue the completed gingerbread body to the lower part of the brown paper bag.

Glue the completed head to the flap of the brown paper bag.

Isn’t this one of the cutest and simplest Christmas crafts for kids? We just love how cute each paper bag gingerbread man turned out! 

Looking for some more fun Christmas activities to keep the kids busy? We’ve got you covered with this Christmas printables bundle! There are color by numbers, pattern block mats, do a dot printables, letters from Santa and so much more. No more hours of screen time – these activities will keep them engaged and happy!

Gingerbread Man Template Options

Like many of our other crafts, we’ve included two different options in our gingerbread man puppet download.

If you’re doing this craft with several children, you’ll want to use the first printable template included. These pages have the pieces separated on each page by the color paper you need to print them on.

By using this version you’ll only need to cut the paper gingerbread men once, so there’s less work involved.

The second one has all the small template pieces on one page. Use this one if you’re doing this craft with one or two children.

You’ll need to print the template out on white card stock, cut the pieces out, and then trace the gingerbread man outline onto the colored paper you want to use.

Don’t forget to download the gingerbread puppet template by entering your info in the form at the end of the post.

Gingerbread Man Themed Family Night

If your family loves to get together and have fun, having a simple gingerbread man themed get-together would be a perfect holiday activity!

You can easily make it adaptable for adults and kids of all ages. Here are some fun ideas:

We suggest getting your favorite gingerbread man children’s book to start off the night. Read the story to get into the holiday spirit then move on to the Christmas activities!

The younger kids can make these cute gingerbread man puppets, while older kids can decorate a real gingerbread cookie. 

You can make gingerbread people cookies ahead of time with this recipe or buy some pre-made gingerbread man cookies like these. A gingerbread house would also be super cute!

Everyone can have fun and at the end of the night, finish off the fun by eating your cookies!

For an educational activity try out these free printable gingerbread man worksheets. They’ll help kids with handwriting practice, fine motor skills, letter recognition, and more.

Kids who love coloring will also want to add in these free gingerbread man dot to dot printables. There’s a boy, girl, and Santa Claus themed one!

More Gingerbread Man Crafts

Want some more adorable gingerbread crafts? No problem! These really fun gingerbread man crafts are always a hit with the kids. They’re perfect for personal or classroom use, and are a fun way to get into the holiday spirit. Add in one of these cute and fun Christmas crafts:

Grinch Gingerbread Man Craft – Love doing the disguise a gingerbread man activity each Christmas? If so, this year, you’ll want to turn him into the Grinch! This is a fun and easy craft that kids will love to create!

Photo Gingerbread Man Paper Craft – There’s no better way to get into the holiday spirit than by turning your little ones into the gingerbread man! This fun photo craft is simple and only requires a few materials that you probably already have around the house. Your kids will love seeing themselves so festive!

Gingerbread Man Headband Craft – This gingerbread man craft is so much fun for kids to make! They can create it from paper or print it in black and white and color it. Either way, they’ll love wearing their gingerbread man headband around the house or out and about!

Paper Plate Gingerbread Man Craft – This easy paper plate craft is the perfect activity for young artists! It’s a great way to get hands-on with painting, and it’s also a lot of fun to be creative with the decorations. Plus, it’s an easy way to make a cute holiday decoration or Christmas tree ornament if you add some string.

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Free Printable Gingerbread Man Template