Easy Paper Crafts: Gingerbread Man & Gingerbread Woman

Make one or many of the easy paper crafts gingerbread man and gingerbread woman shapes.

Use different colors of paper cut into strips, triangles and circles to add unique designs to each.

Challenge children to be creative with their designs.

Here are just a few:
Easy Paper Crafts Gingerbread Man and Gingerbread Woman six in a chain
The materials and tools are basic for this project.

Easy Paper Crafts: Gingerbread Man and Gingerbread Woman Materials and Tools:

Paper - construction paper, craft paper, paper bag or any type of paper 
Colorful paper for decoration - or use coloring crayons, pencils and pens 
Easy Paper Crafts Gingerbread Man and Gingerbread Woman Pattern
Scissors
 
Glue (glue stick or tacky glue) 
Ruler 
Hole punch 
Pencil 
Yarn (optional for making a chain) 
Easy Paper Crafts Gingerbread Man and Gingerbread Woman materials and tools

The Steps for How to Make the Easy Paper Crafts: Gingerbread Man and Gingerbread Woman:

Print the Easy Paper Crafts Gingerbread Man and Gingerbread Woman Pattern.

Cut around the gingerbread man and gingerbread woman pattern pieces.

Select the paper for the gingerbread. I used craft paper, but a paper bag, construction paper or other type of paper works just as well.

Hint, if your paper is not flat, iron it with a dry iron. My craft paper was curled into a cone shape. A minute or two with a hot, dry iron flattened the paper.

Use the hole punch to make small circles for the mouth, eyes, buttons and polka dots.

Cut 1/4 inch strips of paper for waist bands, stripes and ruffles.

Cut small triangles for a bow tie.
Easy Paper Crafts Gingerbread Man and Gingerbread Woman step 1 cut pattern and materials
This gingerbread man has a red shirt, a red tie and red pants.

The gingerbread woman has a lime green blouse and lime green skirt with a ruffled edge.

Fold the strip of paper back and forth to make the simple ruffled edge.

His buttons are white, hers are lime green.
Easy Paper Crafts Gingerbread Man and Gingerbread Woman step 2 add red and green decorations
The next gingerbread man and gingerbread woman have red mouths and black eyes.

He has yellow suspenders and a blue tie.

She has a purple blouse and a yellow polka dotted skirt.
Easy Paper Crafts Gingerbread Man and Gingerbread Woman step 3 add yellow decorations
The next two have black eyes and white dots for their mouths.

She has a yellow halter top with a purple skirt.

He has a yellow, diagonally striped t-shirt and blue shorts.
Easy Paper Crafts Gingerbread Man and Gingerbread Woman step 4 add stripes for decoration
To make a chain, use the hole punch to make holes in the gingerbread man and gingerbread woman hands.

Tie the hands together loosely with yarn bows to make a gingerbread chain.
Easy Paper Crafts Gingerbread Man and Gingerbread Woman step 5 use yarn to make a chain
Of course, if time is an issue, simply print the  Easy Paper Crafts Gingerbread Man and Gingerbread Woman Pattern and let children color the shapes.

On a color printer the pattern prints in a ginger color.

The gingerbread man and gingerbread woman shapes make great package tags especially for gifts either to children or from children.

Make a gingerbread man and gingerbread woman as a garland to stretch across a wall or above a bed in a child's room.

This project can be fun for children and adults alike.

Have fun!

Make one or many of this inexpensive, fast and Easy Paper Crafts Gingerbread Man and Gingerbread woman for fun and whimsy any time of the year.
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