Christmas Craft for kids ~ Yarn Wrapped Gingerbread Men
Run, run as fast as you can! You can’t catch me. I’m the Gingerbread Man! This is one of my favorite gingerbread man crafts we have made. I mean really…who can resist a fluffy gingerbread man. Ha! Read on to find out how we made him.
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We love making yarn wrapped crafts. A few of our favorites include yarn wrapped bees, spiders and bats and now fuzzy gingerbread men.
Materials needed:
- Gingerbread Man ~ we used the gingerbread printable found here.
- Cardboard
- Brown Yarn
- Goggly Eyes
- Pom Poms
- Glue
- Scissors
How to make a yarn wrapped gingerbread man:
Cut a gingerbread man shape out of your cardboard. You can print out gingerbread man template out here. I cut little slits along the outside of the gingerbread man to help keep the yarn from slipping, although that is just preference.
Cut a long length of brown yarn. Tape one end to the cardboad. Wrap the yarn around the cardboard every which way direction until you have a fluffy gingerbread man.
When you reach the end of your yarn, tape or tie it off on the backside of the gingerbread man.
This is such a great fine motor activity for kids. Wrapping yarn can be a little tricky for little fingers.
