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Scented Gingerbread Man Ornaments – Kid Crafts!

Scented gingerbread man ornament

Here’s a gingerbread man that won’t try to escape from your oven. This gingerbread man is a very simple, fun project for kids to make. It’s a great sensory experience too!

Things You’ll Need:

* Sandpaper
* Gingerbread man cookie cutter or stencil
* Ribbon
* Cinnamon sticks

Step 1: Using a gingerbread man cookie cutter or stencil, trace the gingerbread man shape onto a piece of sandpaper. (If you don’t have a cookie cutter or stencil, see the resource section of this article for a printable stencil).
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Clay Pot Gingerbread Pals

These Gingerbread are too cute to eat! If you are looking for an easy holiday craft, this could very well be the answer you’ve been searching for.

You will need (for each character)
2- 1 1/2″ diameter wooden balls
2- 2 1/4″ diameter clay pots
2 buttons
shiny holiday ribbons
white small rick rack
white craft or hot glue
black finetip marker
large paintbrush
acrylic paints in light brown and pink
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Gingerbread Goodie Cans

This is a fun little Gingerbread craft project ~ a Gingerbread Goodie Can. Fill your goodie can with yummy Gingerbread treats! Print out the patterns and trace around. Then cut them out with the color of construction paper shown. Lines of detail were added with the black or red markers. To add a glisten to the eyes, simply apply a dot of whiteout. Visit here for the pattern.

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Gingerbread Sleigh

This would make a great kid craft and a great way for you and your family to spend some “family time” on this activity. So gather the children together to help build this special Gingerbread Sleigh complete with Santa and Rudolph!
WHAT YOU NEED

* 1 piece of cardboard for base(10 inches x 13 inches)
* 1 piece of cardboard (or heavy construction paper) for templates
* Reindeer cookie cutter
* Gingerbread dough (see recipe below)
* Royal Icing (see recipe below)
* 1 bag of shredded coconut
* 2 LIBBY’S JUICY JUICE boxes
* Aluminum foil
* Craft glue gun
* 1 pastry bag with a larger circular tip and a small writing tip or a small zip lock bag with a small hole cut in one corner (pastry bags and tips can be found in cooking, craft or cake decorating stores)
* 2 Mini Chewy SWEETARTS dispensers
* 2 Mini Chewy SPREE dispensers
* 1 bag of NESTLÉ CRUNCH, BABY RUTH or BUTTERFINGER Miniatures
* 1 bag of NESTLÉ JINGLES (NESTLÉ CRUNCH, BABY RUTH, BUTTERFINGER, NESTLÉ Milk Chocolate or NESTLÉ Dark Chocolate)
* 1 box of SPREE Candy Canes
* 1 NESTLÉ Santa Pooh
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