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Gingerbread House

Gumdrops, candy canes, peppermints, oh my! In this tasty adventure, we'll learn how to draw a gingerbread house together, paint snow and icing, and bring it all to life with bright colors for the candy. This lesson is a great chance to practice negative space, where we create the appearance of snow by painting around it ❄️ 🍭

Traceables in 3 Easy Steps

If drawing is hard for your learner, make a quick traceable! Traceables can help younger artists build fine motor skills and confidence.

Download "Gingerbread House" traceable

1. Print it out

Choose a paper size that is slightly smaller than your watercolor paper.

Choose the print size for the traceable
Printed traceable example

2. Shade the back

Flip your traceable over and use a pencil to shade the back. When you hold your paper up to the light, you will be able to see the traceable on the other side.

Shade the back of the traceable with pencil
Double check the back is fully shaded

3. Transfer to watercolor paper

Place your traceable on your watercolor paper with the scribbled side down. Firmly trace over the lines. When you remove the traceable, you will see a faint sketch has transferred over to your watercolor paper. This gives your learner a guide to draw over during class!

Trace over the lines onto watercolor paper
Finished faint sketch transferred onto watercolor paper
paint over your sketch
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Customer Reviews

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Decker Family
Difficulty: 1

Gingerbread House finished masterpiece

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Radue Family
Difficulty: 1

I would like to make a request for a paint video of a house made out of dots

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Huber Family
Difficulty: 1

A nice quiet bedtime activity

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The Maddox Family
Difficulty: 1

Easy fun and creative

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The Gille Family
Difficulty: 4

Gingerbread House finished masterpiece

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The Brosowske Family
Difficulty: 1

I love Christmas

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The Gribbins Family
Difficulty: 1

Gingerbread House finished masterpiece

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The Winegar Family
Difficulty: 2

I’m more of a drawer than a painter. So I’ll be using pencils.

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The Nayak Family
Difficulty: 3

I loved painting the candy canes

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The Leader Family
Difficulty: 3

I loved deciding which candies to use for my house

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