How to Draw a Gingerbread House
Children will have fun learning how to draw a gingerbread house in 6 simple steps.
Create along with these clear 6 drawing steps. You’ll learn the basics for drawing a gingerbread house.
This lesson only takes about 20 minutes and includes a pdf you can easily print or download. The pdf lesson even contains a coloring book page with just the line art. This pairs well with crayons. This is perfect for very young children requiring extra guidance and simply looking to color in a gingerbread house.
Enjoy the process of learning how to draw a gingerbread house. Go beyond the lesson…don’t forget to add some unique details. It is officially time to get creative!
Materials
- Pencil
- Drawing Paper
- Crayons or Colored Pencils
- Black Marker (optional)
- How to Draw a Gingerbread House Printable PDF (see bottom of lesson)
This tutorial will instruct you how to draw a gingerbread house. We will pay attention to the shapes of each part and variety of lines drawn making sure that the drawing looks great.
Time Needed: 20 minutes
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Draw The House
Draw a square in the middle of your paper. This will become the main part of the gingerbread house.
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Add The Roof
Then draw a triangular shape on top. Add wavy lines inside to make it look like the snowy frosting that covers the roof.
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Draw The Chimney
After that, draw a rectangle on the right side of the roof. Add another small rectangle above. We can add some wavy lines so that we have snowy frosting to shade in later.
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Add Doors And Windows
We will complete the gingerbread house by adding a door, windows, and other decorations to the side of this house made of sweets!
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Draw More Decorations Outside
We will then complete the linework by adding lollipops and cupcakes outside the house.
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Color Your Drawing
Now we are ready to color our gingerbread house drawing. Add plenty of bright colors to make the candy and sweets look tasty!
How to Draw a Gingerbread House PDF Download
Click the link below to view or download this drawing lesson. The PDF is a printable drawing lesson for How to Draw a Gingerbread House. The last page of the downloadable PDF includes a coloring book page with just the outlines and an extension exercise for prompting kids to get creative!