My oldest son is in preschool. I LOVE getting to be involved with his class. I look for any reason I can come up with to be able to be a part of his preschool experience. My latest scheme was helping the kids decorate gingerbread men for the holidays. His teacher agreed to me bringing in some cookies and icing for each child. Now a normal person would do just that, not I. Since there are only 9 kids in his class, I made each of them a Gingerbread Man Decorating Kit!
I used Gingerbread 101 recipe from The Food Network. It is just perfect for the kids because it is a mild gingerbread, and slightly soft. If you are looking for a gingerbread with a hot spicy bite, and complex flavor, this is not the recipe for you. My 18 month old LOVED these.
I made enough gingerbread men for each child to have two. One to eat then and one to take home as a gift. I put them both in a cello bag and sealed it with a little piece of clear tape. (The bag will be reused.) Also in the kit I put a disposable pastry bag with white royal icing, little bags filled with M&M’s, Red Hots, and Mini Chocolate Chips, and a gift tag. After they decorate the second cookie they can put it back in the cello bag and attach the gift tag. I then put everything in a brown lunch sac and attached decorating directions and a picture of a gingerbread man with each child’s name printed on it.
Stephanie
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Aww, I love these kits! Super mom!
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Can you come be my mom?? You have such great ideas every week! I love seeing what you come up with next!
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Lanaya
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Great idea! Your son is lucky to have a Mom who makes such great goodies!
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Blythe
What a cute idea!! How fun! Thanks for linking up to Frugal Crafty Home blog hop.
Thanks so much! You have mine sitting there in front of the others!! YUMMY!
I’m impressed. You have just put all the other moms in that class to shame! These are very adorable.
That is such an adorable idea!
This is the cutest idea I have seen in a long time. I wish my daughter was still young! Thank you so much for sharing this with us.
Cynthia at http://FeedingBig.com
What a fun and sweet idea! I love that you included the frosting and sweet candies to top them off. I can just imagine each child’s delight as they opened their bag and decorated their cookies. Thanks for sharing your idea!
These are the cutest things ever! I just bought candy for our gingerbread houses yesterday. Now I need to make a cute little kit for each of my boys. Thank you so much for sharing your great idea! I’ve pinned it. Merry Christmas to you and yours!
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Awwww how sweet of you!
Such a cute and idea and beautifully photographed. I think that some adults and seniors would enjoy this also.
What a fun idea. I’m sure the kids loved it!
Melissa
http://www.lovebugliving.com
I want you to be MY mom!!! What fun for the kids!
Those are adorable! Love this idea!
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oh my Stephanie, what a great idea! I bet it was a hit hit. Thanks for sharing last week at the link party supporting Sandy Hook!
What a great idea!! I love it! Thank you for sharing at Sharing Saturday!!