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Gingerbread man coloring pages
Gingerbread people smell freshly baked, in our story anyway. These ones only need coloring.
A gingerbread man with a bow tie, a gingerbread boy and girl holding hands, a gingerbread house with candy canes by the door, and a scene from our book.
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Pick a color and tap a shape to fill it. Made a mistake? Undo. Save it, or print it for the fridge.
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Gingerbread man
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Gingerbread man coloring pages to print
One picture a page, in black and white, US Letter or A4.
Gingerbread man
He's wearing a bow tie, three buttons and icing on his hands and feet.
Ages 3 and up · big shapes · 1 page · PDF
Gingerbread friends
A gingerbread boy and a gingerbread girl holding hands, with sweets at their feet.
Ages 5 and up · 1 page · PDF
Gingerbread house
The roof is iced, the sweets sit in a row and two candy canes stand by the door. Lots of little shapes to fill.
Ages 5 and up · 1 page · PDF
Scene 9: The gingerbread people
Loading the presents into the red balloon.
Ages 6 to 8 · busy page · 1 page · PDF
Free for home and classroom use. To pass them on, please share the link to this page and not the file.
Ideas while you color
Icing first
Color the icing lines white or pink before the brown, so they stay bright.
Decorate a real one
Bake gingerbread people, then hand round the coloring page as the plan. Whoever sticks to it gets the first one.
How to draw a gingerbread man: Draw him yourself: he's mostly one smooth line.
Our own book
The Christmas Secret
A Christmas Eve picture book with a read-along · ages 3 to 7 · out on October 20
They help the snowmen load the presents into Santa's balloon in our book, still warm from the oven, with blue buttons.
Questions
Grown-ups ask
What colors do I need for a gingerbread man?
A light brown or orange for the cookie, white for the icing, and anything you like for the buttons and the bow tie. Ours has blue buttons.
How do I print these coloring pages?
Press US Letter or A4 under a picture and print the PDF at 100%, or "Actual size". Each picture is one page, free, with no sign-up. Every Christmas coloring page in one file comes by email, from the box on this page.
Can my child color them on a phone or tablet?
Yes, at the top of this page, with a finger. Nothing is saved or sent anywhere, and Save the picture keeps a copy on your device.
Can I print them for my class?
Yes, as many copies as your class needs. The cards say which ages each picture suits, so a mixed class can take one each.
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