This week we’re focusing on gingerbread men and houses. Today we did two crafts. One was set up as an Imagination Table activity. I put out gingerbread man and gingerbread house cutouts along with stickers, rickrack, and glitter glue pens. As is often the case, I had an idea of what the kids would do, and they did even more amazing things. I’ve learned that with these types of activities it’s better to not make a sample–just put the materials out, and see what they do with them. This activity was no exception. The kids amazed me, as you can see in the collage above. A couple of the kids even made a second picture so we could hang a few on the wall.

Also, they love this kind of stuff. They can take it so seriously…

My little artists!

Our second craft was Amy Karol’s Holiday Garland, as pictured in the top left-hand corner of the collage. I spent a good portion of my day cutting out the gingerbread men and sand dollars, then one of my kindergarteners punched the holes in them. While they had open gym time, I threaded the gingerbread men and sand dollars on red ribbon and hung it over the stockings we made last Friday (one for each of the students in the school. They look so cool covering the wall!). It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

I hope the rest of the week is as fun as today was. Stay tuned for more gingerbread updates. There may be a gingerbread town in our future… I can hardly wait!