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Gingerbread Drawing Ideas for People, Houses and Villages

Three gingerbread people, houses, icing patterns or scenes per press, each with how to draw it.

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Gingerbread person in pyjamas with a teddyStripes down the body and legs. The teddy hangs from one hand by its arm.
A gingerbread house inside a snow globeA glass dome on a wooden base. The house sits on a hill of icing with flakes all round it.
Six faces from two dots and a lineChange only the mouth and the tilt of the eyes: happy, sleepy, shocked, cross, shy, smug.

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Gingerbread people 20

A chain of five gingerbread people Draw one, then repeat it so the hands overlap. Give each a different set of buttons.
A cracked gingerbread person mended in icing Draw the crack as a jagged line across the middle, then short stitches of white over it.
A gingerbread family in height order Four figures stepping down in size, then a gingerbread dog at the end of the row.
A gingerbread person seen from behind The plain side: no face, no buttons, only the baked edge and a few cracks.
Gingerbread astronaut with an icing helmet A white ring round the head, a square pack on the chest and a line down each arm.
Gingerbread baby with a single curl Bigger head, shorter limbs, one spiral of icing on top and a dot for a dummy.
Gingerbread chef in a tall icing hat The hat is a puffy cloud on a straight band. Add an apron with one pocket.
Gingerbread dancer with a frilled skirt One arm up, one out. The skirt is a row of scallops flaring from the waist.
Gingerbread grandparent in round icing glasses Two circles joined by a short line, wavy hair and a cardigan with big buttons.
Gingerbread guitarist with an icing guitar Pipe the guitar across the body in white. One arm bends to reach the neck.
Gingerbread person doing a star jump Arms and legs at four even angles. Two small curved lines under each foot show the jump.
Gingerbread person in a cape and a mask The cape spreads behind both shoulders. The mask is one band across the eyes.
Gingerbread person in a piped jumper Zigzags across the chest and three short lines at each wrist for the ribbing.
Gingerbread person in pyjamas with a teddy Stripes down the body and legs. The teddy hangs from one hand by its arm.
Gingerbread person peeking over a mug Only the head and two hands show above the rim. Steam curls up beside one ear.
Gingerbread person running off the baking tray One foot still on the tray, one in the air, and a look back over the shoulder.
Gingerbread person stamped with stars No icing at all. Press small star shapes into the dough all over and shade inside each.
Gingerbread person with odd buttons Three buttons, none matching: a round sweet, a square one and a star.
Gingerbread skater with a scarf flying One leg out behind, arms wide, and a striped scarf trailing the opposite way.
Gingerbread snowboarder, arms out Knees bent on a long rounded board. Tilt the whole figure to one side.

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A gingerbread house half built Three walls up, one still flat on the table, and a mug propping the wall that will not stand.
A gingerbread house that has fallen in Roof panels slid to each side, walls leaning out, icing smeared and sweets rolling away.
A terrace of three narrow gingerbread houses Shared side walls, three different doors and three roofs at slightly different heights.
Gingerbread barn with a wafer door A roof that bends twice on each side. The big door is one wafer marked with an X.
Gingerbread beach hut in bold stripes Upright stripes in two colours of icing, a pointed roof and one step up to the door.
Gingerbread cabin that is all roof Two tall panels lean together in an A. The door sits in the triangle at the front.
Gingerbread caravan on biscuit wheels A rounded box with one curved window, a striped awning and two round biscuits underneath.
Gingerbread castle with cone turrets Square walls with a notched top edge. Each corner tower wears an upside-down ice cream cone.
Gingerbread clock tower with an icing dial A tall square tower, a round white face near the top and a pointed cap above it.
Gingerbread cottage with a cereal thatch Cover the roof in short overlapping strokes, all pointing down, and let them overhang the walls.
Gingerbread doghouse with a bone over the door An arched doorway in a small gabled front. Pipe the bone white above the arch.
Gingerbread greenhouse with clear sweet windows Thin gingerbread bars and large see-through panes. Draw a plant behind the glass.
Gingerbread igloo tiled in icing blocks A dome with a short tunnel door. Pipe curved rows of bricks that get smaller toward the top.
Gingerbread lighthouse with icing bands A tapering tower, three white hoops and a small lantern room with a sweet for the lamp.
Gingerbread tower block, one lit window a floor A tall slab with a grid of windows. Colour one per row yellow and leave the rest dark.
Gingerbread treehouse up a pretzel ladder A small hut on a thick trunk of stacked biscuits. The ladder rungs are pretzel sticks.
Gingerbread windmill with wafer sails A tower that narrows toward the top and four long wafers crossed on its front.
The six flat pieces of a gingerbread house Two pointed end walls, two side walls and two roof panels, laid out before they are joined.

Icing and sweets 14

A brick wall in white icing lines Level lines first, then short uprights that step half a brick along on every row.
A door wreath of piped dots A ring of green dots two deep, a few red ones scattered on it, and a bow at the bottom.
A fence of sweets, round and square in turn A row along the base of a wall. Give every sweet a small white highlight.
A lattice window of crossed icing lines Slanted lines one way, then the other, inside a square frame. Thicken the frame.
A name piped in joined-up icing One flowing line with thick downstrokes and blobs where the icing starts and stops.
A piped snowflake with six arms Three lines crossing at one point. Add two short V shapes to every arm, all at the same height.
Button sweets in three sizes Flat-topped domes. Shade one side, leave a bright spot on the other, add a shadow below.
Candy-cane stripes on a porch post Slanted bands in red and white that wrap the post. They curve, because the post is round.
Icing hair in five styles Squiggles, loops, spikes, a side parting and one tall swirl, on five plain heads.
Icing icicles hanging from an eave A wavy line along the roof edge with drips of different lengths, each ending in a rounded point.
Icing snow drifted on a window sill A thick soft shape that sags over the front edge and has a small shadow underneath.
Scalloped roof tiles piped in rows Rows of small U shapes from the bottom of the roof up, each row covering the last one's top.
Six faces from two dots and a line Change only the mouth and the tilt of the eyes: happy, sleepy, shocked, cross, shy, smug.
Swirls and dots round an icing heart Pipe the heart in the middle. Mirror two curls each side and finish every curl with a dot.

Villages and scenes 16

A baking tray from above, twelve shapes on it Three rows of four, all plain and pale. Leave the same gap between each.
A cookie cutter beside the shape it cut The thin metal outline stands next to a pale dough figure and the hole it left behind.
A decorating table with a piping bag The bag lies on its side with a bead of icing at the tip. Bowls of sweets, a half-done biscuit.
A forest of gingerbread trees in three sizes Overlap them so the small ones sit behind. Each gets a different icing pattern.
A gingerbread house inside a snow globe A glass dome on a wooden base. The house sits on a hill of icing with flakes all round it.
A gingerbread park with a bench and a lamp A wafer bench, a lamp post with a sweet on top, and a path of chocolate buttons.
A gingerbread person building a gingerbread house One holds a wall steady while another pipes the join. A bowl of sweets waits beside them.
A gingerbread sleigh pulled by gingerbread reindeer Flat biscuit shapes standing upright, joined by a rein of piped icing.
A gingerbread street at night, every window lit Dark blue sky, brown house fronts and yellow windows. White roofs catch the only light.
A gingerbread train crossing a wafer bridge An engine and two trucks loaded with sweets. The bridge stands on two stacks of biscuits.
A gingerbread village dusted with icing sugar Roofs at different heights. Stipple white over everything, thickest on the upward-facing parts.
A mouse carrying off a gingerbread star The star is nearly as big as the mouse. A trail of crumbs leads back to the plate.
A plate of crumbs and one gingerbread leg A round plate, scattered specks and a single leg left near the rim.
A skating pond of pale blue icing A smooth oval with a wavy edge. Two gingerbread skaters leave thin curved lines on it.
Five gingerbread fronts numbered 1 to 5 A row of doors, each with its number piped above. Make every door a different shape.
Gingerbread mountains with icing snow caps Tall triangles propped against each other. Pour white from each peak in an uneven line.

Other gingerbread shapes 14

A garland of gingerbread moons and stars Thread them on one drooping line, moon then star, each with a small hole at the top.
A pair of gingerbread mittens on a string Two thumbs pointing inward and a looping line of icing joining the cuffs.
A small gingerbread house perched on a mug rim Cut a slot in one wall so it sits on the edge of the cup. Show steam rising behind it.
Gingerbread bear holding a nut Round ears and a curved body. Both arms fold in over one almond shape on the chest.
Gingerbread bell with a bow A wide-mouthed bell with a round clapper showing below and a looped bow on top.
Gingerbread cat with icing whiskers A sitting cat outline, tail curled round. Three white lines each side of a dot nose.
Gingerbread engine with biscuit wheels A box cab, a round boiler and a funnel, on three round biscuits marked with spokes.
Gingerbread heart with a piped border A row of small shells all the way round the edge and one word in the middle.
Gingerbread letters spelling a name Fat rounded capitals, each outlined in white. Tilt every other letter.
Gingerbread reindeer with pretzel antlers A side-on biscuit body with two twisted pretzels stuck in at the head.
Gingerbread snowflake with holes cut through A six-sided biscuit with a small round hole near each point. The table shows through.
Gingerbread star with a star piped inside Five points with rounded tips. Follow the outline again in white, a little way in.
Gingerbread teapot and two cups Flat side-on shapes. Pipe a flower on the pot and a matching line round each cup.
Gingerbread tree built from stacked stars Six stars, each smaller than the one below and turned a little. A sweet sits on top.

How it works

Gingerbread is two colours and a rule: warm brown for the biscuit, white for the icing, and every edge rounded. These 82 gingerbread drawing ideas cover people, houses, icing patterns, whole villages and other shapes.

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Gingerbread man drawing ideas

Gingerbread people holds 20. The outline never changes: a round head, stubby arms and legs, no neck. What changes is the icing, so one becomes a chef in a tall hat, another an astronaut, another wears a piped jumper.

Houses, then the icing on them

Gingerbread houses has 18 buildings, from a cabin that is all roof to a castle with cone turrets. Icing and sweets gives the details to add: scalloped roof tiles, icicles on the eaves, a lattice window, a fence of sweets.

Draw the biscuit outline twice, a hair apart, and shade between the lines. It gives the dough thickness.
Leave the icing as bare white paper and colour the brown round it.

Questions and answers

How do you draw a gingerbread man?

A circle for the head sitting straight on a rounded body, with four short limbs that end in curves. Add two dot eyes, a curved mouth, three buttons and a wavy icing line at each wrist and ankle.

What is an easy gingerbread house to draw?

Gingerbread cabin that is all roof: two tall panels leaning together with a door at the front. Then add Scalloped roof tiles piped in rows and a door wreath of piped dots.

What colours do I need?

One warm brown, plus a darker brown for the edges and shadows. White paper does the icing. Save red, green and yellow for sweets and lit windows.