Gingerbread People

   I love the smell of gingerbread baking, as the sweet aroma fills the house. Yum! These gingerbread people don't have the same scent, but they sure are cute! 

  I cut out some simple gingerbread shapes, gathered materials, and set everything out. That's it. The great thing is, you can use whatever you have on hand to decorate the little guys (or girls, as I was constantly corrected while we made them!). If you aren't in the mood for a mess, crayons are fine; if you're feeling a bit more daring, bring on the glitter! (My secret with glitter - add it to glue. It's still messy but not as much as keeping it loose.)

 We used:    
     Tie-dyed pom poms from our friends at CraftProjectIdeas.com (available at WalMart) 
     Star beads from CraftProjectIdeas.com 
     Googly eyes from CraftProjectIdeas.com 
     EZPaints (because I wasn't in the mood for too huge a mess!) 

  Kay made one gingerbread girl a creepy, many-eyed one, mostly because when she added 3 googly eyes I noted, "Wow! 3 eyes, huh?" and that seemed to inspire her to add even more! She's also proud of her ability to make faces (which is a relatively recent development) so she made an adorable one too. (I'm biased and I know it!)

It's Fine Motor Fridays time! My co-hosts' ideas sound especially fun this week...

Frozen Inspired Winter Writing Salt Tray 
Still Playing School 

Tooth Fairy Finger Puppet and Tooth Castle Craft 
Lalymom

Fine Motor Shaving Cream Heart Dig 
House of Burke

Montessori Toddler Colour Activities 
Racheous - Lovable Learning

Play Dough Search & Find Playmobil Activity 
Little Bins for Little Hands

Pincer Grasp Activity 
Powerful Mothering

Copying Patterns with Building Blocks 
Craftulate

Dot Sticker Spelling Scramble 
School Time Snippets