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Interactive Gingerbread Man Online Coloring Page for the Kids

Don’t have your box of color crayons handy? Not a problem. We found this Web page that has a great bit of fun for the kids. No need to worry about marking up the table cloth when a pen goes wide off the paper. This interactive color site has a fun Gingerbread Man that kids of all ages (yes, that means us too!) can color between the lines using their computer. There is a wide variety of color choices so no two finished pieces of art will look the same.

If you want to keep the creation, a print feature is provided for too. The default printing looks like a full size page of paper so the Gingerbread Man will be enjoyed by many.

There are many other holiday coloring outlines available, so there is something for just about everyone.

Christmas Online Coloring Pages

Boy and Christmas Tree
Boy with Christmas Tree on Sled
Christmas Bells
Christmas Candles
Christmas Carolers
Christmas Poinsettia
Christmas Puppy
Christmas Stocking Coloring Template Outline
Printable Christmas Tree Template Outline
Christmas Tree and Chair
Fireplace with Stockings
Gingerbread Cookie
Gingerbread Man
Letters from Santa
Old Fashioned Santa with Toys
Puppy in Stocking
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
 Santa and Attack Dog Color Game
Santa Claus
Santa Going Down the Chimney
Santa’s Hat Template Outline
Santa’s Reindeer in Snow
Teddy Bear in Gift Box
Trimming the Tree Decorations

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Gingerbread Men, Women and House Stand Ups and Wall Stickers

Sometimes you will find Gingerbread Men and Houses where you weren’t looking for them. Normally, Gingerbread fun items are in with the Holiday area of stores that are general retailers or specialty stores. Who would have thought… ToysRUs?

The fun finds we had are Gingerbread Men, Women and House Stand Ups. These are not little doll size, the Gingerbread People stand 44 inches tall and the House is 60 inches tall. These are available directly from ToysRUs’s Web site. I have included links to the pages I found, not sure how long they will be good or if these are regular year round offerings.

Gingerbread Man Standees – Set of 2: The set of 2 freestanding Gingerbread Man stand at 44 inches high x 33 inches wide and are made of cardboard.

Gingerbread Man Standee (Not sure if this is the house or just a even ‘bigger’ Gingerbread Man): The Gingerbread Man stands at 60 inches tall and made cardboard. Assembly is required.


Gingerbread Wall Graphic: Decorate your walls with our Gingerbread Wall Graphic. Just peel and stick the removable decals to your wall to add some fun to your holiday party.

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The Gingerbread Man you can’t eat

If you have been looking around the Internet for the last couple months for Gingerbread, you may have found a bunch of links about a new ‘android’ called “Gingerbread”. Well, we thought we should clear up what that is so you can move onto the editable type of Gingerbread Men.

Gingerbread is a new version of an operating system from Google. It is found on many cell phones these day across all of the different service providers. Think of Android like you do of Windows on your computer. The difference is that Google encourages companies to put their own ‘face’ on top of the Android operating system… that way it’s their power in the background but looks like the way Samsung or HTC wants their phone to work. There is a lot of rumors talking about a new version of Android ‘Gingerbread’ coming out soon for the little notebooks called netbooks or iPad like ‘tablet’ computers.

The big announcement yesterday was for the first cell phone to come up with the new version of the Google Android OS. It doesn’t have any ‘face’ on it so the phone works and acts just the way Google wants it to. If you want to read more about it, TrustedReviews did a post about what makes the ‘Gingerbread’ version different.

You may recognize the ‘Android’ logo:

Here is the old green ‘Android’ standing next to an editable house!

And since this version of Android is called ‘Gingerbread’, the icon has changed over at BestBuy to have a little fun of joining the two together:

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Where do you start when eating your Gingerbread Man Cookie

December 4th this year is National Cookie Day. While most people will be eating little round cookies, some of us stick with our old favorites, the Gingerbread Man.

A question Dunkin Donuts asked this year of our fellow Gingerbread Man cookie eaters, “What do you start eating your cookie?” This question wouldn’t matter to them round cookie eaters but to us, we have that decision to make every time… Head? Arm? Leg? I’m not sure how I would answer if just asked, maybe a better test would be to just watch people. This is the second time they did a survey, with the question going out to 500 people.

From the survey, Dunkin Donuts found that 64% of the respondents start at the head!

Does this matter? According to Dr. Alan Hirsch, Neurological Director of the Smell and Taste Treatment and Research Foundation in Chicago:

“If one chooses to bite the head first, it indicates an achievement-oriented individual, a natural leader, who won’t take no for an answer. If the initial bite is the right hand, it reflects an individual who tends to be skeptical and pessimistic, while those who initially bite the left arm have a flare for creativity and are more extroverted. Those who first choose the legs tend to be more sensitive, reveling in the company of others”

Jump on over to the Dunkin Donuts site for the full story. Towards the bottom of the article is a couple nice recipes too!

Cookie Diva Mousepad

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Sneak a peak at the Fort Concho Gingerbread Competition

We have to admit we didn’t know about this annual event. But, some friends where buzzing through and took some pictures to let us know what we were missing. There is some real talent at Gingerbread House building in Fort Concho! Great job to all 28 house builder entries this year.

If you would like to know a bit more, there are two local TV station mentions worth a look. This one is about a San Angelo family and their yearly get together to put their contest entry together. And another TV News video on the competition… it’s great to see so many folks joining in to do a local event like this one. There was some very loving work put into so many wonderful creations.

Here is one shot from the Jackson Family… be sure to visit their site to see many more pictures they took of the houses on display.

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Allergy Friendly Gingerbread House Kits


For the many of you that suffer from peanut, tree nut, wheat, gluten, soy, egg, dairy, and sesame allergies you can certainly still enjoy your Christmas  and make a yummy Gingerbread House to be proud of! We found The Allergen Friendly Gingerbread House kits from A & J Bakery in Rhode Island. The kits come with a pre-baked Gingerbread House, 5 types of Allergen friendly free candy and a variety of non-edible decorations for your decorating pleasure. A & J Bakery will also include instructions for the construction of the house. The Allergen Friendly Gingerbread House kits are available online or in the bakery store. Cheers!

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Gingerbread Crafts and Activities with the whole family

Gingerbread Women, Men and Houses isn’t just cookie making. There are a lot of fun things the Gingerbread Fan Family can do together. There are many craft ideas online, a few even offer templates and project outlines so there is a lot less resource hunting having to be done. And, I will admit it, they usually cover up my lack of drawing ability with already laid out artwork. Whew!!

Two sites you might be interested in.

“Crafts for Kids” offers a page of fun resources, free for you to use:

Also, a resource for finding craft bits is Etsy. Usually people think of this site as having only completed work created by others. This is a link as an example to Gingerbread bottle cap art bits. You get quite a few for just a couple dollars that will take hours for your family to use as everyone creates their own favorite art.

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Hyatt Regency Austin Gingerbread Village – Open for 2010

Last year there was a lot of energy around the Hyatt Regency Austin Gingerbread house. It opened at the beginning of December so we went looking this year and found a few facts… but sadly no pictures! Looking to our friends out there that happen to be in the Austin area to snap a few fun shots.

As a reminder, this display opens on December 1 and shuts down on December 27th. This year they said they would have a new building based on the state capital. Fun!

It took the Hyatt staff over 248 hours end-t0-end and is made from 80 pounds of icing and 35 pounds of candy.

For pictures from last year, here is a Flickr page with many images. As well, here is a post all about what it took to make the 2009 village.