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Disguise The Gingerbread Man Project Ideas

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Disguise The Gingerbread Man Project Ideas

Let’s help the Gingerbread Man hide from Santa this holiday season with some CRAFTY disguises!

Today’s “Disguise The Gingerbread Man Project” post is a collection of various ideas YOU and your child can try today, to help him do his best NOT to get eaten on Christmas Eve.

All these gingerbread man disguise ideas are super simple and we hope our images inspire you!!!

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Are you ready to take on the challenge today?! All my “disguise” ideas can be found below, with little snippets of what YOU can do to achieve the look. All of our ideas are super easy, inexpensive and perfect for the upcoming holiday season! Plus we included a FREE printable to make it all happen super fast!

So friends… just imagine all the fun kids can have with this “gingerbread man disguise project” when you set up the table with various crafty materials, lay out the “gingerbread man disguise” mission and let them go to town!

Be sure to share with your “agents” some of our ideas in this blog post to get the juices flowing but also let them come up with their own costumes, as they take on the gingerbread man challenge! On that note, don’t forget to share those ideas with us by using the #gluedtomycrafts special brand hashtag so we can see them!

Also remember to bookmark this “Gingerbread Man Disguise Themed Craft Roundup” post on your computer because it will GROW as the season goes by {as well as year after year!} We don’t want you to EVER feel “STRESSED” trying to think of NEW ways to get creative with the kids this holiday season. We have made it our mission to share as much craftiness as we can!

A gingerbread person made from brown paper is cleverly disguised as a unicorn, complete with a gold horn, white yarn hair, googly eyes, a pink nose, and gold glitter on the hands and feet, set against a red background with small hearts.

Unicorn Gingerbread Man – we used puffy paint, yarn and some cardstock for this one

A paper craft gingerbread superhero in disguise, with a red mask, googly eyes, and a yellow circle with a dollar sign on its chest, placed on green and star-patterned papers.

Superhero Gingerbread Man – this idea is great for boys and girls! Just puffy paint and cardstock!

A gingerbread man-shaped craft is decorated with cotton balls to disguise the gingerbread man as a snowman. It features a black paper top hat, orange paper nose, black eyes, and glittery buttons on colored paper.

Snowman Gingerbread Man – cotton balls make this gingerbread man hide like a snowman!

A paper craft gingerbread man disguised as Santa, with a red hat, white beard, googly eyes, and a gold belt buckle, sits on green paper with patterned sheets below. @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS appears at the bottom left.

Santa Gingerbread Man – just a little cardstock paper to bring him to life!

A gingerbread man craft made from brown paper is cleverly disguised as a Minion, featuring a single eye, blue overalls, large buttons, and white icing details along the edges, all set against a red background.

Minion Gingerbread Man – the big part of this is that LARGE wiggle eye for the goggles!

A green paper gingerbread figure is cleverly crafted to disguise the gingerbread man, featuring a red Santa hat, angry eyebrows, googly eyes, a frown, and buttons. Displayed on brown paper with festive backgrounds. @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS is at the bottom.

The GRINCH – just change from light brown cardstock paper to GREEN!

A paper mermaid craft on a blue background, made with colored paper shapes, googly eyes, a red nose gem, a black bow on the hair, a gold glitter top, and a green glitter tail—perfect to disguise the gingerbread man! The handle @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS is shown.

Mermaid Gingerbread Man – a little under the sea love can be found in our mermaid friend.

A handmade cat-shaped gingerbread craft designed to disguise the gingerbread man features googly eyes, button decorations, and a brown pipe cleaner tail on a red background, with @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS text label at the bottom.

MEOW! Cat Gingerbread Man – this idea could easily be turned into a dog as well!

A handmade reindeer craft on green paper, made from a brown gingerbread-man-shaped cutout disguised as a festive reindeer with googly eyes, red nose, gold pipe cleaner antlers, wavy white icing lines, and colorful buttons.

Reindeer Gingerbread Man – all you need is cardstock paper and pipe cleaner antlers!

A gingerbread person craft disguised as royalty, featuring a glittery crown, googly eyes, red gem nose, and a red cupcake liner skirt on green paper with decorative backgrounds. @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS is written in the corner.

Princess Gingerbread Man – another idea using cupcake liners for a tutu!

Text saying LET'S GET CRAFTY! in teal letters, surrounded by colorful stars and heart shapes on a white background—perfect inspiration for making handprint clay ornaments.

With these creative and fun disguise ideas, the Gingerbread Man is sure to stay safe this holiday season! From superheroes to snowmen, the possibilities are endless for crafting unique and imaginative disguises.

Gather your supplies, let your creativity run wild, and enjoy this festive activity with your little ones.

Don’t forget to share your masterpieces with us on Instagram or Facebook using #gluedtomycrafts – we’d love to see how you’ve helped the Gingerbread Man hide! Happy crafting and happy holidays!

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