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Yummy ABC Gingerbread Man Cookies

December 5, 2016 • 3 Comments

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Run, run, as fast as you can.  You can’t catch me.  I’m the ABC Gingerbread Man.  Today we’re reading the Gingerbread Man as part of this week’s Virtual Book Club for Kids and we’re making some very yummy letter cookies.

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Gingerbread Man

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The Book

The Gingerbread Man by Jim Aylesworth is a classic version of the story.

The Activity

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Materials Needed: your favorite gingerbread cookie and frosting recipe, candy eyes, and alphabet cookie cutters

Make ABC Gingerbread Man cookies to add a little alphabet practice into your cookie making and learning.

  1.  First, you will want to use your favorite gingerbread cookie recipe.  This is the one that we used.—>CLICK FOR RECIPE  It was super easy to prep and manipulate.  Plus, it only needed to chill in the freezer for 10 minutes before using the cookie cutters with it.
  2. Roll out the dough and use alphabet cookie cutters to make your shapes.
  3. When the cookies have cooled, use your favorite frosting (we used some that we had leftover from our gingerbread house making the day before this activity) and candy eyes to make details on each cookie.
  4. Share and eat!

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We had fun decorating some of the cookies by matching the decorations to a word for each letter. For example, T was toothy and J was joyful.

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Take your gingerbread cooking making up a literacy notch with these ABC gingerbread man cookies.

Make ABC Gingerbread Man cookies to add a little alphabet practice into your cookie making and learning.



Time to explore some more activities to do with The Gingerbread Man story.

Alphabet Activities

Creating a Gingerbread Alphabet Chain – Kori at Home
Gingerbread Letter Stamping
Gingerbread Spin a Letter and Build Doh Mats – Sea of Knowledge
Name Activities
Gingerbread Name Activity – Books and Giggles
Gingerbread salt name writing tray

Number Activities

Counting with Gingerbread Men – Powerful Mothering
Gingerbread Number Match
Gingerbread Spin a Letter & Trace / Build Doh Mats – Sea of Knowledge
Gingerbread Man DIY Maths Manipulatives – Rainy Day Mum
Build a Gingerbread Boy Number Game– Toddler Approved
Gingerbread Man Number Line Game – Adventures of Adam

Sensory Activities

Gingerbread Man Story – Printable Finger Puppets

Cooking Activities
Yummy Honey Gingerbread House Cookies Decorating – Preschool Powol Packets
Decorate a Gingerbread Man – Mama Smiles

Science Activities

Build a Gingerbread House STEM-CraftCreateCalm
Color Activities
Gingerbread Color Patterns from My Storytime Corner

Pre-Writing Activities

Gingerbread Man Puppet Craft – Artsy Momma
Gingerbread Man Lacing And Craft – To be a Kid Again
Movement Activities
Gingerbread Scavenger Hunt with Free Printables – Sunny Day Family

Shape Activities

Scissor Skills Gingerbread house-Sugar Aunts
Roll a Gingerbread Man- Teach Beside Me
How to Sew a Gingerbread Ornament With Your Child – The Educators’ Spin On It

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About Jodie Rodriguez

Jodie Rodriguez is a mom of two young boys and an early childhood/elementary educator with over 20 years of experience. Jodie's passion is helping parents, teachers, librarians and anyone else interested in nurturing and reaching ALL of our youngest growing readers.

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  1. Patricia Tilton says

    December 5, 2016 at 12:56 pm

    wHAT A GREAT GINGERBREAD ACTIVITY FOR CHILDREN! lOVE jAN BRETT’S GINGERBREAD BOY STORY AND KEILA DAWSON’S KING CAKE BABY!

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  2. Patricia Tilton says

    December 5, 2016 at 12:54 pm

    What a fun gingerbread activity for kids! I like Jan Brett’s Gingerbread book to and Keila Dawson’s King cake baby.

    Reply
    • Jodie Rodriguez says

      December 9, 2016 at 7:02 pm

      Oh yes! I just found a new one too called the Ninjabread Man.

      Reply

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