The holiday season and Christmas time are near. No holiday celebration is hardly complete without colourful, comforting and tasty gingerbread cookie treats. Is it a tradition in your house to decorate these delicious cookies with colourful frosting, gumdrops and candy?

These fun creative printable worksheets encourages young children and students to experiment and plan new gingerbread cookie designs for the holiday season.

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Printable & Activity Objectives

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Age: 6 to 9 year olds, Activity Time: 1-2 hours, Items Needed: Colouring pencils.

In this activity, your child will learn about the history of gingerbread cookies and design the decorations on a different number of gingerbread cookies.

It will help your child or student:

  • Learn about the history of gingerbread and how a spice from Asia became a mainstay ingredient for these Christmas delights.
  • Develop an openness to new food and cultures.
  • Get creative with food preparation by recreating new and exciting designs.

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Classroom Resources

Simple steps to start:

  • Research and find out more about gingerbread cookies. Here's a fun video about the history of the gingerbread cookie/man:
  • Get started on the printable worksheets.

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What's in the Printable Worksheet Pack

This printable pack consists of 3 printable worksheets which challenge your child or student to create decorations for 8 different gingerbread cookies. Let's get creative!

Happy holidays!

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