Disguise a Gingerbread Man project: free letter to parents, instructions and writing page

Everything a teacher needs to send the Disguise a Gingerbread Man family project home, and everything a parent needs to finish it: a project letter, a writing page, a planning sheet and the blank gingerbread man. Free to print, as a picture or a PDF.

Project letter to parents

A one-page note that explains the family project. The due date and your name are left blank, so write them in before you copy it.

Send it home with a blank gingerbread man template. Give families at least one weekend.

Project instructions

1. Pick a disguise together. Anything works: an animal, a job, a sport, something for Christmas. Here are 56 ideas.
2. Print a blank gingerbread man, or a ready-made page for your idea.
3. Plan it first: what is the costume, and what will you make it from?
4. Color the gingerbread man, then glue on real materials: felt, cotton balls, foil, yarn, buttons, tissue paper.
5. Let it dry flat overnight. Write your child's name on the back.
6. Fill in the writing page: what is he disguised as, and why will nobody catch him?

Writing page: My Gingerbread Man in Disguise

The writing page that goes with the craft. Children draw the disguise, name it, and finish two sentences: why they chose it, and why no one will catch him.

For kindergarten, let them dictate the sentences. For second grade and up, ask for a full paragraph on the back.

Planning sheet

A page to plan before the glue comes out: the idea, a materials checklist, a sketch and three steps. Useful when the project is graded or part of a contest.