Disguise a Gingerbread Man Printable (10 Free Disguises)

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Help a little cookie go undercover with this disguise a gingerbread man printable! Kids can turn their gingerbread man into a pirate, astronaut, snowman, or another unexpected character using the cut-and-paste pieces. The free 20-page PDF includes 10 disguises in color and coloring versions, so you can choose a quick craft or spend a little longer decorating.

The challenge is simple: give your gingerbread man a new look so nobody realizes he’s a cookie. A cowboy hat might do the trick, but a dinosaur costume could be even more convincing!

If your kids enjoyed our disguise a reindeer printable, this gives them another holiday character to hide. You can also find more projects for a gingerbread-themed afternoon in our gingerbread crafts and activities.

Why You’ll Love This Gingerbread Disguise Craft

• Ten characters to choose from: Kids can pick a holiday disguise, an adventure-themed outfit, or something silly.
• Two ways to make it: Use the colored pieces or let kids choose their own colors.
• Simple supplies: Paper, scissors, and glue are the main things you need.
• A story starter: Once the disguise is finished, kids can explain who their gingerbread man is pretending to be.

10 Gingerbread Man Disguise Ideas

The free gingerbread disguise templates come in one PDF with 20 pages: 10 full-color designs and 10 matching outline versions for coloring. Each page has a gingerbread body, the pieces for its disguise, and a small finished example to help with placement. The outline pages have black-and-white craft pieces, but their small example pictures are in color.

• Grinch: A green gingerbread character with a Santa-style hat and outfit.
• Snowman: A top hat, scarf, and candy cane.
• Cowboy: A cowboy hat, bandana, eyes, and mustache.
• Astronaut: A space helmet, eyes, and a control-panel piece.
• Elf: A pointed hat, eyes, and a belted elf outfit.
• Pirate: A pirate hat, eye patch, mustache, and hook.
• Police officer: A police hat and uniform.
• Angel: Hair, eyes, and wings to go with the dress on the body.
• Dinosaur: Dinosaur head pieces, eyes, and a belly panel.
• Baby: A diaper, pacifier, rattle, eyes, and a curl of hair.

You only need to print the page for the disguise your child wants to make. For an open-ended project with a shape kids can decorate from scratch, try our gingerbread man templates too.

Materials

• The gingerbread man disguise printable
• White printer paper or cardstock
• Scissors
• A glue stick
• Crayons, colored pencils, or markers for the coloring version
• Optional: construction paper for a background

How to Disguise a Gingerbread Man

1. Choose a disguise. Look through the characters together and choose a color or outline page. Ask your child who their gingerbread man will pretend to be.

2. Color before cutting. If you’re using an outline version, color the gingerbread body and costume pieces while they’re still on the sheet. It’s easier than trying to hold the tiny pieces afterward.

3. Cut out the body and accessories. Cut around the outside of each piece. Younger children may need help with eyes, mustaches, and other small details. Keep the gingerbread face intact; separate eyes and facial details are glued on top, not cut out of the face.

4. Arrange the disguise. Place the pieces on the gingerbread man before adding glue. Use the small finished picture as a guide. For pieces that sit behind the body, such as the angel’s wings, check the placement before attaching the front layers.

5. Glue everything in place. Add a little glue to each piece and press it down. Let the glue dry, then display the character on its own or attach it to a construction-paper background.

Tips for a Smoother Craft Time

• Keep pieces together. Give each child a small tray or envelope so the little accessories don’t disappear.
• Use a light layer of glue. Too much can wrinkle the paper and make small pieces slide around.
• Help with tricky cutting. You can cut the smaller pieces ahead of time and leave the coloring, arranging, and gluing to younger kids.
• Let the colors be their choice. The example is a placement guide. A purple dinosaur or a rainbow space suit works too!

Gingerbread Man Project Ideas for the Classroom

Turn the craft into a short gingerbread disguise project by asking children to explain their choices. On a separate sheet of paper, have them finish: “I’m not a gingerbread man! I’m a…” Then add a sentence about how the costume will help their cookie stay hidden.

Younger children can tell their story aloud while an adult writes it down. Older children can write a few sentences about where their character goes and what happens when someone nearly discovers the disguise. These are optional activities to add alongside the craft; the PDF contains the cut-and-paste designs.

Give each character a secret identity using our gingerbread man names, then invite kids to introduce their characters to the group. A classroom display titled “You Can’t Catch Us!” would be a fun way to show them off.

For children who want to keep choosing clothes and creating outfits, our gingerbread dress-up dolls are another activity to try.

Printing Tips

Open the PDF and select the individual page you want before printing. Check the print preview to make sure the whole design fits on your paper, and keep the body and accessories at the same scale.

Regular paper works well for a craft that will be glued to a background. Cardstock makes a sturdier character if you plan to handle it for storytelling. Use the outline pages with your printer’s grayscale setting if you want the small colored example to print in gray as well.

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