How to Make a Paper Sack Gingerbread Man

If you're looking for ways to keep your little ones busy while they're waiting for Christmas, put them to work making an adorable paper sack gingerbread man. They're inexpensive to make, and so easy that even the youngest children can make one with a bit of adult assistance.

Things You'll Need

• 1 brown paper grocery bag
• Colored markers or pencils
• Newspaper or cotton stuffing (optional)
• Glue stick
• Fabric scraps
• Buttons
• Glitter
• Paper punch
• Yarn or narrow ribbon

Instructions

1. Cut the seams from the paper bags and flatten the bags so you have two smooth pieces of brown paper.

2. Draw a gingerbread man on one of the bags and cut it out. Lay the gingerbread man on the uncut bag and trace around it. Cut out the second bag so you have two identical gingerbread men shapes.

3. Give the gingerbread man a face, and decorate him with markers, colored pencils, buttons, small pieces of fabric and glitter.

4. Lay the gingerbread men shapes one on top of the other, and punch holes around the edge of the bags.

5. Stuff the gingerbread man very lightly with a bit of cotton quilt batting or wadded up newspaper, if desired.

6. Lace some yarn or narrow ribbon through the holes in the bag to join the top gingerbread man to the bottom gingerbread man.

7. Have a puppet show with your gingerbread man, or attach a piece of ribbon or yarn and hang it from the doorway or in a window.