Gingerbread for kids
Tap a present. Each one hides something gingerbread.
Tap a present to see what's inside.
Or start with Gingerbread house🍎 For your classroom
Pick something gingerbread
| Activity | What kind | What a child does |
|---|---|---|
| Gingerbread house coloring page | Color | Decorate a gingerbread house with crayons: no icing, no mess. |
| The Gingerbread Man | Read | Read the story of the runaway cookie. |
| Gingerbread cookies | Cook | Mix, chill, roll, cut and ice gingerbread people with Crumb. A grown-up uses the oven. |
| The Kitchen | Cook | More recipes, step by step. |
| Banana snowmen | Cook | A no-bake winter snack. |
| Mug cookie | Cook | One warm cookie in a mug, with a grown-up at the microwave. |
| Winter activities | Play | More for a cold day. |
Gingerbread facts
- Ginger is a root: the part of the plant that grows underground.
- Gingerbread gets its brown color and spicy smell from ginger, cinnamon and cloves, plus molasses or honey.
- Gingerbread has been baked in Europe for centuries, long before gingerbread houses.
- Decorated gingerbread houses are often linked to Germany in the 1800s, after the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel was written down.
- Gingerbread people are said to go back to the court of Queen Elizabeth I of England, who is said to have had them made in the likeness of her guests.
A gingerbread story
Pip was the smallest gingerbread person on the tray. All the others had icing buttons. Pip had none.
"I will make my own," said Pip, and went looking. A raisin rolled by, but it was too wrinkly. A gumdrop sat on a shelf, but it was too sticky. At last Pip found a round white sugar pearl under the table.
Pip carried it back, pressed it on, and the pearl shone like a little moon.
"That is the best button of all," said the biggest gingerbread person, and everyone agreed.
A gingerbread day
Color a gingerbread house in the morning. Read the story in the afternoon. In the evening, bake something with a grown-up. Whoever uses the oven or a sharp tool should be the grown-up; children can measure, stir and decorate.
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Questions parents ask
What is gingerbread made of?
Flour, butter, brown sugar, molasses and spices such as ginger and cinnamon. Our own recipe is gingerbread cookies.
How can kids make a gingerbread house without baking?
Color one on the gingerbread house coloring page. For a snack, banana snowmen need no oven.
Is there a gingerbread story for kids?
Yes: The Gingerbread Man is in the free library, and the short story above is on this page.
Are these free?
Everything here is free through the end of 2026, with no ads, no sign-up and nothing to download.
Teacher? Share this page to Google Classroom. Children open it with no sign-up.
Checked against how Peabody works on 6 November 2026. Written with help from AI, from Peabody's own code and library. Peabody is a learning app, not an assessment: if you're worried about your child's learning, talk to their teacher. How Peabody's pages are made.