A long-lasting, sweet-free twist on making a gingerbread house!

Materials

Cardboard Gingerbread House from make-it-your-own.com (Art, crafts and activities for kids)

  • Cardboard box (we used a floral box and small shipping boxes)
  • Additional cardboard for the roof
  • Glue gun (to be used by an adult)
  • Craft glue
  • Craft knife (to be used by an adult)
  • Scissors
  • Craft tray
  • Smock

These ideas are suggestions of embellishments, but use whatever materials you may have:

  • Rick rack
  • Ribbon
  • Sequins
  • Jewels
  • Beads
  • Wood shapes
  • Tissue paper

Directions

Candy Decorations

  • Put your wood shapes into your craft tray, don your smock and paint them.  Allow them to dry overnight.  Glue folds of tissue paper at each end to make them appear like candies for your house.

Cardboard Gingerbread House from make-it-your-own.com (Art, crafts and activities for kids)

Cardboard Gingerbread House from make-it-your-own.com (Art, crafts and activities for kids)

Cardboard Gingerbread House from make-it-your-own.com (Art, crafts and activities for kids)

Cardboard Gingerbread House from make-it-your-own.com (Art, crafts and activities for kids)

Constructing Your House

  • Have an adult cut out two sides to your roof (as seen in the photograph, this looks like a triangle on top of a small rectangle and would be slightly less than the width of 2 of the sides of the box).  Glue gun this into the inside ends of your house.

Cardboard Gingerbread House from make-it-your-own.com (Art, crafts and activities for kids)

  • Glue a flat rectangular piece onto these two pieces to form the peak of your roof.  We suggest scoring the one side of the cardboard with the craft knife so that it folds more easily.  Trim the edges of your roof.

Cardboard Gingerbread House from make-it-your-own.com (Art, crafts and activities for kids)

  • Have an adult cut out any doors or windows that you may like.
  • With your craft glue and selected materials, decorate your gingerbread house.

Cardboard Gingerbread House from make-it-your-own.com (Art, crafts and activities for kids)

Cardboard Gingerbread House from make-it-your-own.com (Art, crafts and activities for kids)

Cardboard Gingerbread House from make-it-your-own.com (Art, crafts and activities for kids)

  • Allow it to dry overnight.
  • Wouldn’t it be fun to hide a present under this?  Or create a little town, making a different house or building each year.

Cardboard Gingerbread House from make-it-your-own.com (Art, crafts and activities for kids)

Cardboard Gingerbread House from make-it-your-own.com (Art, crafts and activities for kids)

Cardboard Gingerbread House from make-it-your-own.com (Art, crafts and activities for kids)

 

Cardboard Gingerbread House from make-it-your-own.com (Art, crafts and activities for kids)

Purpose

  • Creating a three dimensional structure
  • Working together

Safety Notes

  • It is recommended that an adult use the craft knife and the glue gun.  Be sure to store these items out of the reach of small children.
  • Beads and other small objects can be choking hazards.  Keep them our of reach from children ages 0-3 or those that tend to put things in their mouths.
  • Be sure to wear a smock and use a craft tray to protect surfaces and clothing.
  • String like materials such as rick rack can be a strangulation hazard and therefore are not for play and should be used with adult supervision.
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