Save Gingie with a Gingerbread Disguise!

Christmas time is coming, so it’s time to break out all the Christmas crafts and projects you can muster to make the season magical for your students. Teach Starter is here to help with our Gingerbread Disguise Project! This downloadable activity brings a touch of holiday magic to your students’ fingertips, allowing them to get creative with craft supplies and let their imaginations run wild while creating a unique disguise for a friendly gingerbread man.

A Variety of Ways to Use Your Gingerbread Disguise Template

This versatile resource is designed to be used with both upper and lower-level students. Here are some options for implementing this project in your classroom.

1. Kindergarten/Preschool Project – Make copies of the already-disguised gingerbread boy and girl found on the last page of your download. Cut them apart and have students use crayons, oil pastels, watercolour, or even glitter to decorate their gingerbread cookies. You can also use these as colouring pages or fun decorative elements for a Christmas display.
2. Early Years School-to-Home Family Project – Send home the family project letter, along with one of the blank gingerbread person templates. Encourage students to work with their families to disguise their gingerbread person and return it to school. From there, you can display your students’ adorable projects however you like!
3. Upper Years In-Class Art & Writing Task- Provide students with the student letter and one of the blank gingerbread templates. Introduce the project and hold a class discussion about how students could disguise their gingerbread men. From there, have them disguise their template using their preferred materials. To add a curriculum-aligned component, add in one of the fun narrative writing prompt pages and have your students write to tell a fun Christmas adventure starring their gingerbread person.

This project includes a variety of resources to help you implement the Disguise a Gingerbread Man project in your classroom with students of any age. This creative project has no limit, so your students can get as creative as they want while disguising their gingerbread men.

Need Ideas for Your Disguise a Gingerbread Man Project?

Some fun ideas for gingerbread disguises are

• Dress your gingerbread as a bumblebee by adding wings and stripes
• Grab the orange paint and turn him into a jack-o-lantern
• Green scales and construction paper spikes can turn him into a ferocious dinosaur
• Get lucky on Christmas Eve by dressing him as a leprechaun.
• A touch of red and some black spots create a great ladybug disguise.

Not only does this Gingerbread Disguise Project provide a delightful hands-on activity, but it also encourages teamwork, critical thinking, and artistic expression. It’s an ideal addition to your holiday lesson plans, bringing the joy of the season into your classroom and your students’ homes.

Download & Print Your Gingerbread Disguise Project

Use the dropdown icon on the Download button to download the PDF version of this resource.

Before you go, check out our other printable Christmas crafts and paper ornament templates!

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