Create an Adorable Gingerbread House Paper Plate Craft for Kids

Create an adorable gingerbread house with a paper plate and construction paper!

This festive Christmas craft combines painting with paper decorations, perfect for kids who love holiday crafts and sweet gingerbread treats.

Gingerbread House Paper Plate Craft Materials

Gather these supplies to create your gingerbread house decoration:

Essential Supplies:

• 1 paper plate
• Construction paper (white, red, blue, yellow, green, brown)
• Brown paint
• Paintbrush
• Glue stick or craft glue
• Scissors
• Black marker
• Gingerbread house template (printable)
• Pencil (for tracing)

Step-by-Step Gingerbread House Paper Plate Instructions

Follow these simple steps to create your gingerbread house craft:

Step 1: Cut and Paint the Paper Plate

• Cut the top part off your paper plate as in the picture above.
• Paint the entire plate with brown paint to create the gingerbread color
• Allow to dry completely

Step 2: Create the Frosted Roof

• Cut the roof template and trace it onto white construction paper

• Cut small rectangles from different colored construction paper (red, blue, yellow, green) to represent sprinkles or candy decorations

• Glue the colorful rectangles onto the white roof piece

Step 3: Attach the Roof

• Glue the decorated white roof piece to the top of the brown paper plate house (Important don't glue the bottom edge as we need to place some windows under this piece)
• Glue the bottom snowy border to your plate. (Important don't glue the top edge as we will slip the door, tree and candy cane under this piece)

Step 4: Add the Chimney

• Cut a rectangle from red construction paper
• Cut wavy frosting details from white paper and attach to the top of the chimney

• Glue the chimney to the left side of the house

Step 5: Cut and Trace Additional Templates

• Cut the remaining templates: Christmas tree parts and candy cane
• Draw an cut a red door, a wavy edged white base for the door, dark blue squares for the windows, light blue window squares, some dark blue strips to separate the windows, a green wreath, some red strips to wrap around the wreath and the candy cane, a small yellow circle for the door knob and a smaller candy cane piece from white paper.

Step 6: Assemble the Details

• Assemble the door (red with white frame and yellow doorknob)
• Create the Christmas tree from green paper

Step 7: Attach All Decorations

• Glue the door to the center bottom of the house
• Attach the two windows on either side of the upper house area
• Add the candy cane on the left side
• Place the Christmas tree on the right side
• Attach the wreath at the top
• And you are done

Final Thoughts on This Gingerbread House Paper Plate Craft

This DIY gingerbread house paper plate craft transforms simple materials into a festive Christmas decoration.

The combination of painted plate, colorful sprinkles, and fun holiday details makes this an engaging seasonal project for kids developing their crafting skills.

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