Make a gingerbread house inspired scene with bits and pieces of paper and wrapping. Making a real gingerbread house is lovely but sometimes it’s good to just have a rummage through odds and ends of paper and card and create something festive.
I always keep wrapping paper scraps and christmas card pictures as they make great almost free craft materials.
Here’s some inspiration for your pictures..
Here’s my finished gingerbread house street scene
This would be a great activity to make at home in those days between Christmas and New Year or on Christmas Eve!
All you need to make a gingerbread house inspired scene
- Paper for the background – I put two A4 pieces together with tape. (Have the tape on the back of your picture)
- Paper to cut into house shapes and trees. I went with simple shapes.
- Wrapping paper and Christmas cards cut into shapes
- Small hearts, snow flakes, circles
- Optional – glitter, sequins, tinsel
- Glue
Use whatever you like – and whatever you have.
If you want to do this with very young children prepare the shapes of paper beforehand and make them slightly bigger so they are easier to hold and stick. Children’s interests vary so if children love making they will spend a bit longer creating a paper picture. If you are doing this at home make your own version alongside your child or create a street scene together.
Older children can be encouraged to make the shapes for the trees and houses themselves and create their own gingerbread paper art from scratch. Give them lots of choice of materials.
There’s an idea in this post for making a mini ‘gingerbread’ house using biscuits. It’s very easy to do and lots of fun!
If you would like to make an edible gingerbread house here’s a link to a Mary Berry recipe.