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Gingerbread People

Make a gingerbread person with your preschooler -- without all the calories.
By: Trish Kuffner, author of The Preschooler's Busy Book

Gingerbread People


Materials

  • Thin cardboard or brown construction paper
  • Pen or marker
  • Scissors
  • Glue
  • Lace, ribbon, fabric scraps
  • Pieces of cereal, small candy, or licorice

Directions

  1. Draw the outline of a gingerbread girl or boy on thin cardboard or brown construction paper.
  2. Your child can cut it out and dress it by gluing bits of lace and ribbon or scraps of fabric onto the figure.
  3. Make a face out of cereal or candy.

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