Okay, we’re out of order this week! We will do our cooking activity today instead of Friday. Can you guess what we’re making? That’s right-gingerbread men!
I make my gingerbread men from a mix, for two reasons: (1) I am not brave enough to make them from scratch with preschoolers; and (2) my classroom budget does not allow for the 500,000 different ingredients necessary to make gingerbread cookies from scratch! If you are brave and rich, go for it! If not, buy the bag and be done with it! Have your students help you mix and roll the cookies, then let each child cut out a cookie (put it on a small square of waxed paper with their name on it). You can have everyone cut out the same shape or let them choose between a gingerbread man or woman….or, doggone-it, let them cut out whatever shape they please! It’s up to you.
Once your cookies have baked, you can let your students decorate them for fine motor. Mix up several colors of icing and put it into piping bags or Ziploc bags, cut the corners, and let them go to town. If you use canned icing, you may want to mix some powdered sugar into it to thicken it a bit, as canned icing can get pretty then when you try to pipe it. Please don’t get bent out of shape if their cookies don’t look perfect-piping is fun and all your kids probably want to do is get as much icing on their cookie as possible! Of course, once they have decorated, it’s time to eat! Have fun!
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