How to make a paper gingerbread man cutout
Paper Gingerbread Man Cutout: try all 3 steps in the 3D player. Turn and replay every move. Print the complete diagram sheet or save it as PDF.
Fold a square in half, cut one joined outline through both layers, then open a symmetric gingerbread man with a round head, outstretched arms and two feet.
- You need
- Thin paper, a pencil, a ruler and scissors.
- Start
- Begin with a 20 cm square of brown paper, colored side up. Keep an edge at the top. Thin paper is easier to cut around the hands and feet.
Your model is ready
Smooth the centre crease. Draw two eyes, a smile and a row of buttons with a white pencil or marker. Stand the flat gingerbread man against a book or hang it on a card. The finished paper gingerbread man, with his arms out and his legs apart.
Step-by-step diagrams
- 1
Fold the square in half
Bring the left edge to the right edge. Match the corners and press the vertical fold. Keep the folded edge on the left.
- 2
Cut the gingerbread man
Start on the folded edge at the top of the head. Cut round the head, in at the neck, out along the top of the arm and round the rounded hand, back along the underside to the body, down the side and out along the leg, round the foot, and up the inside of the leg to the folded edge between the legs.
- 3
Open the gingerbread man
Open the centre fold gently. The head, arms, body and legs stay joined in one sheet.
- ✓
Finish
Smooth the centre crease. Draw two eyes, a smile and a row of buttons with a white pencil or marker. Stand the flat gingerbread man against a book or hang it on a card. The finished paper gingerbread man, with his arms out and his legs apart.
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