16 Gingerbread Man Templates and Templates
The gingerbread man is famous from the folk tale where a freshly baked cookie leaps out of the oven and runs away, shouting that no one can catch him. These templates give that cookie lots of personality. He cheers with arms up, dances, wears a bow tie, holds a lollipop, carries a gift box, hugs a heart, laces up ice skates and puts on a Santa hat. One template has peppermint candy buttons, and a gingerbread girl wears a bow and dress. Plain outline, simple and easy bow tie versions are perfect for little hands. Because the shape is so recognizable, these templates are a favorite for crafts. Kids can trace them onto brown paper bags or craft foam, glue on buttons and rickrack, and add yarn to hang them as ornaments. In classrooms, teachers often read the story aloud and then send a paper gingerbread man on a "run" around the school. Real gingerbread gets its spicy flavor from ginger, cinnamon and cloves, sweetened with molasses.
Blank cookies for decorating
Cute Gingerbread Man, Gingerbread Man Simple and Gingerbread Man Outline are easy pages with smooth edges and open bodies. Kids can draw smiles, gumdrop buttons and wavy icing lines before coloring, so every cookie turns out different. The two compact figures are a good size for stencils, and the large outline works well traced onto brown card stock to make sturdy ornaments or gift tags for the tree.
A fully iced cookie and a baking activity
Gingerbread Man Fun is the medium page, covered in piped swirls, a wavy waistband and a neat bow tie. Warm brown with white icing and a red bow looks freshly baked. For a holiday activity, color the page as a design plan, then bake real gingerbread cookies together and decorate them to match. Kids can also read the classic runaway cookie story aloud and act out the chase.
