You can’t catch me I’m the Gingerbread man!
That’s what this little fellow would call out as he ran away from being eaten all up, and so goes the fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm.
MY IDEA!
Within this post, we shall be using the Gingerbread man as the subject of the planned activity ahead!
I shall be incorporating him in a simple Christmas pop-up card!
MY THOUGHTS!
This reminds me of what goes on this time of the year, as Christmas is looming ahead of us, where panic sets in to buy, buy, buy those gifts!
The hustle and bustle have started again! Run, run, quick, quick don’t miss out on those deals!
CHECK OUT THOSE DEALS!
I can still see it, I am no exception, heads bowed down eagerly swiping through our smartphones, trying to find Black Friday, deals, and then there’s Cyber Monday, and don’t miss out on the deal of the day!
Finally being elated that you got in on time and bagged yourself a bargain! Phew!!!!
DUST DOWN THOSE CHRISTMAS TREES!
The Christmas trees have come out again hiding away in some secluded place like the attic or garage!, where they will be eagerly decorated with Christmas lights and colourful baubles!
SHOULD YOU PANIC BUY?
What about presents, who do we get them for? what do we get? There are so many temptations out there with quick buys and sometimes unnecessary gifting!
WHAT TO GET?
So what’s the answer? simple just ask what they would like, or need for Christmas, and suggest your budget possibly?
It might work, and it also might help get you out of a bind!
FAMILY TIME TOGETHER!
What’s important is the time you spend together with your family at the family table to share stories, eat together and just be one with each other. A time to get out those Gingerbread men for a nibble! Whoops!
THINK ABOUT!
But also a time to reflect on those not with us anymore and on those who are unable to reunite with one another over this festive occasion, because of unfortunate circumstances.
CHILDREN’S STORYTIME!
So what are we looking to bring to this post? Currently, in school at story time, the children have been listening to the fairy tale of the Gingerbread man and his demise, and I found this did capture the children’s attention.
I thought why not make this theme to be a super subject for our Christmas card-making?
MY INTENTION FOR THIS ACTIVITY!
There are different ways of presenting our little character, but for this project, I shall show you how to make a Gingerbread man Christmas pop-up cards!
CHECK OUT YOUR RECYCLED PACKAGING!
I will be using recycled brown packaging paper to write the message on, and some soft drink packaging card that has the right thickness, flexibility, and colour, that of a biscuit shade, to cut out a gingerbread man that you can insert within the card.