Paint a gingerbread boy for the Christmas tree

Left, the simple wood cut of a gingerbread boy.
Right, a drawing of how he might look.

       Every child's Christmas tree should have a gingerbread man or woman. Hopefully, some of these will be edible! This version has a giant bow and swirly icing trim on his sleeves. He's a bit silly but what can you expect of cookie people?

• Color the sweet little gingerbread girl and boy...
• Color my Gingerbread Angel "Peace Among Men"
• Learn how to craft a gingerbread castle for your American Girl dolls
• Watch a video about the Gingerbread crafts from Northern Croatia

If you can't think of how to trim
a gingerbread boy, copy our 
version here and add a 
few of your favorite
candies.