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Kids will love helping the gingerbread man stay safe this holiday season by giving him a clever disguise! This time, we have him dressing up as Pete the Cat, who’s everyone’s favorite groovy book character.

Our Pete the Cat gingerbread disguise craft turns a plain cookie cutout into a cool blue cat wearing his bright yellow shirt and colorful buttons. It’s a fun way to keep that mischievous gingerbread man from getting caught! Find even more disguise a gingerbread man project ideas to try out as a festive classroom activity or as a family activity at home.

Collage featuring four images of the Pete the Cat gingerbread disguise craft template, showcasing the completed project and close-ups of assembly.

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Pete The Cat Gingerbread Project Idea

Kids will have a blast turning their gingerbread man blue, adding Pete’s yellow shirt, and decorating it with his signature groovy buttons. This Pete the Cat gingerbread activity is hands-on fun that brings a favorite storybook to life.

This easy holiday craft for kids encourages imagination, builds fine motor skills, and helps with color recognition as they draw, cut, and paste their gingerbread cat creation. They’ll reinforce early learning skills without even realizing it.

Download our Pete the Cat gingerbread template and follow the step-by-step instructions below to create your own cool cat cookie. It’s a fun, festive project that will have your kids excited for the holidays.

Supplies

Colored cardstock or construction paper
Scissors
Glue
White Marker
Pete the Cat Gingerbread Template (click the “click here to get your freebies” image at the end of the post)

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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 Pete the Cat gingerbread to life!

Hands holding a black and white Pete the cat craft template on a blue Christmas lights background.

Grab the body piece and glue the eyes onto his head.

Hands gluing yellow eyes onto a blue paper Pete the cat craft figure with a background of blue fabric and Christmas lights.

Find the small white triangular nose piece. Place and glue this piece right below the eyes, centered on his face.

Hands applying a small white paper nose to the blue Pete the Cat craft figure.

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Take the yellow shirt cutout and glue it right onto the blue body piece. Make sure the shirt collar lines up just below his head.

Hands attaching a yellow shirt cutout onto the blue Pete the Cat paper craft body.

Let’s add the three paper buttons: blue, red, and green. Glue them straight down the center of his yellow shirt.

Hands sticking three colorful paper buttons (green, red, and blue) onto the yellow shirt of the Pete the Cat craft.

Now for the fun part! Grab the white marker or gel pen. We’re going to draw the white wavy icing patterns onto his legs and arms.

Hands drawing white zig-zag icing patterns onto the blue Pete the Cat legs using a white marker.

Almost done! Take the blue, curled tail piece. Glue the tail to the back of the craft, positioned near the bottom side.

Hands gluing a blue, curled tail to the back of the finished Pete the Cat gingerbread craft figure.

Don’t you just love this cute Pete the Cat gingerbread disguise? This is such a fun and creative way to celebrate the holidays! Be sure to check out some of our easy Christmas crafts for kids while you’re here!

Hands holding a completed Pete the Cat gingerbread disguise craft made from blue, yellow, and colorful paper cutouts.

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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!

A completed craft featuring two blue Pete the Cat gingerbread disguise paper crafts lying on a white surface with a blue Christmas lights background.

Christmas Paper Crafts

Polar Bear Christmas Craft – Have your little cubs make this adorable polar bear dressed in a Santa hat ready to spread holiday cheer. Just download our free template, grab some paper, scissors, and glue for the holiday fun to begin.

Max Grinch Dog Torn Paper Craft – Kids will love making Max, the Grinch’s loyal pup with his single floppy antler out of torn paper! They’ll rip, arrange, and glue bits of paper to recreate this sweet Whoville dog.

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Fork Painted Reindeer Craft – Let kids paint in a whole new way with this fork painted reindeer! Instead of brushes, they’ll use forks to create fun, fuzzy fur textures for their reindeer. It’s a hands-on project that will add holiday cheer to any day. Just grab some paint, paper, and our free template to begin!

Grinch Snowman Craft – This sneaky snowman has a brilliant idea to disguise himself as The Grinch to avoid the sun from melting him! Kids will love helping him out with this costume from a favorite holiday book. It’s a merry mix of creativity and holiday fun, so it’s great for classrooms or a disguise-a-snowman project at home!

Christmas Preschool Activities

These gingerbread activity sheets are the sweetest treat for keeping little ones entertained this holiday season! They’re filled with festive learning fun, since they mix cheerful holiday themes with hands-on practice that kids adore.

Inside this set, you’ll find gingerbread mazes, matching puzzles, and counting challenges that will boost early learning skills like problem solving, basic math, and visual discrimination. These printables are a merry must-have for classrooms, holiday prep, or cozy afternoons at home!

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These Christmas tracing worksheets sneak learning into holiday fun! Kids will love tracing their way through each page to build fine motor skills and pencil control while also having some festive fun.

They’ll complete a Trace the Snowman sheet, explore two pages of Line Tracing Practice, and learn their letters with an Ss Letter Tracing Practice page. Each activity keeps little hands busy and minds growing. These printables will be a cheerful addition to your classroom or learning time at home!

Christmas Pattern Worksheets

Bring holiday fun straight to your table with these reindeer cutting worksheets! Kids will love snipping, matching, and counting with these festive reindeer themed activities that make fine motor practice exciting.

They’ll match numbers, match different halves of a reindeer, and cut along the paths that range from straight lines to wiggly ones. Each activity encourages kids to focus, increase coordination, and gain confidence. These printables are a fun way to mix holiday cheer with building skills that’s fun for little learners!

Hands holding one of two finished Pete the Cat gingerbread disguise crafts showing the blue cat body, yellow shirt, and colorful buttons.

Combine early math learning and holiday fun with this set of Christmas pattern worksheets. They will color, cut, and paste to complete festive patterns featuring gifts, Santa, and more.

These pages will help preschoolers recognize and extend patterns. You’ll receive eight Christmas themed complete the pattern activities for different kinds of patterns. They’re designed to keep little learners happily engaged while building strong foundational math skills!

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A completed craft of the Pete the Cat gingerbread disguise made from paper, surrounded by craft supplies like blue, green, red, and yellow cardstock, glue sticks, and scissors.

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