This craft is a great Christmas craft.  Our version pictured below is a very traditional gingerbread man, but encourage your children to dress and decorate their gingerbread person (man or woman) however they would like.  Add a dress and shoes, a hat or jacket or even some yarn hair!  Use our template to cut out the basic shapes of the project.  This is also a great project for a toddler or preschooler to do.

Brown, red and white craft foam
2 googly eyes
3 buttons
Glue
Scissors
Pencil
Gingerbread man template

Click on Printables and print out the Gingerbread Man template. 

Trace our gingerbread man template onto a piece of brown craft foam and cut it out.

Cut some squiggly white strips for the icing along the gingerbread man's arms and legs and glue them into place.

Cut a bow out of red craft foam and glue into place. 

Cut a "smile" out of red craft foam and glue into place.

Glue two googly eyes onto the gingerbread man's face.

Glue the buttons onto your gingerbread man.

This craft is reprinted courtesy of AllKidsNetwork.com.