How to Draw a Gingerbread House: Easy Step-by-Step Art Lesson for Kids
Here you’ll find an easy step-by-step tutorial for how to draw a Gingerbread House Tutorial Video and a Gingerbread Coloring Page.
Gingerbread House Drawing
Drawing Gingerbread Houses
This How to Draw a Gingerbread House tutorial keeps things simple, but includes just a few extra touches to make the house look a bit more real. An added side gives it some depth, and a little man and candy in the yard make for some extra color too.
When it comes to coloring your drawing, here’s a tip that will keep your student’s snow looking white and fresh. All they have to remember is NOT draw the little snow circles first with a black marker. They need to stop when they’re done tracing the house and candy and draw the snow circles with the sky blue crayon or marker instead. When they color in the background they will have some very pretty and soft looking snow without any black outlines. It makes for a much lighter and more delicate looking sky.
Also, older students might also enjoy including a few shadows as shown in the sample above. It only takes a bit of gray to make the shapes really stand out in the white snow.
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Gingerbread House Coloring Page
Materials
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- Drawing Paper. Don’t substitute it with copy paper or construction paper. The surface will get fuzzy, erasing might cause holes, and the colors will generally not look as bright. *affiliate link
- Stabilo Markers. The large pack provides lots of fun color choices, several shades of each color, including a few choices for skin. The tips are perfect for coloring, and there’s even a promise that they will work after being uncapped for 8 weeks! *affiliate link
- Pencil. The Ticonderoga brand are the most reliable, make nice dark lines when you need them, and are the easiest to erase. *affiliate link
- Black Sharpie Marker. Great for making a crisp outline to your drawing. Use them when you want your outline show up, but not be so heavy that it detracts from other things. *affiliate link
Watch a fun Gingerbread House Short Video
Step by Step Directions for a Gingerbread House
Time needed: 45 minutes
Easy Gingerbread House Drawing
- Draw a basic house shape.
- Add a side to the house and a door.
- Draw some snow dripping from the roof.
- Erase the lines and add two candy canes next to the door.
- Draw a small window in the front.
- Add the candy decorations around the window.
- Draw a chimney and a large lollipop next to the house.
- Add a gingerbread boy and a horizon line.
- Trace the drawing with a marker and color.
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