Gingerbread house art projects for kids

Paper Gingerbread House🎅🏻 follow @abcdeelearning for more kids ideas. abcdeelearning · Original audio

Just before winter break, my kids classes (ages 7-14) made gingerbread houses with candy using watercolor. Our focus here was on creating a pleasing composition using a variety of elements (candy!). Everything we painted had to be edible - doorknobs, door mats, windows, footpaths, trees....so.... candy and cookies! We created realistic dimension on our glossy, sticky candy using highlights and shadows, and our snow (icing sugar) looks fluffy because we also added shadows using a faint blue…

Here’s a simple paper craft project that has so many possibilities. It’s a simple fold - honestly! Watch through a couple of times and you’ll be off. Try it with a dark brown piece of card stock for a gingerbread house, decorated with a white chalk pen and real live sprinkles. Or even actual sweeti

Art Education Connections for Teachers: Some of the key terminology that can connect with this lesson includes form, texture, variety, proportion, space, perspective, culinary art. What is the origin of gingerbread houses? The tradition of decorating gingerbread began in Germany in the 1800's, and became highly popularized by that eerie witches house made of sweets

How To Paint A Gingerbread House Learn how to paint a Gingerbread House with acrylic paints on canvas. This was so much fun to paint! I've been wanting to do a gingerbread house painting for

Use craft sticks and stickers to make this adorable gingerbread house craft! This Christmas craft is perfect for preschoolers!

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Skip the mess of the traditional & go with a Brown Paper Bag Gingerbread House instead! It's sure to be just as sweet BUT less messy!