by Abby Klein
3. Have an adult take one rectangular cracker and one square cracker and dip two sides of each into the melted sugar. Stand them up on their edges, corner to corner, with one of the dipped edges of each cracker on the paper plate, and stick them together.
4. Have an adult take the other square cracker and dip three sides into the melted sugar. Connect it to the other end of the rectangular graham cracker already on the plate with one of the dipped edges on the bottom, touching the plate.
5. Finish the bottom of your house by connecting it to the two squares already on the plate.
6. Have an adult use a wooden spoon to spread some melted sugar along the top edges of all four graham crackers “glued” to your plate.
7. Have an adult take the other two rectangular graham crackers and dip one long side of each into the melted sugar and stick those two sides together at an angle to make a roof. Then sit them on top of the base of your house. Let the “glue” set for a few minutes.
8. Now you can do the rest! Using a plastic knife, spread white frosting all over your house.
9. Decorate your gingerbread house with whatever candies you have collected. You can use some of Freddy’s friends’ ideas or come up with some of your own!
10. Everything is edible, so you can eat your gingerbread house after you make it.
YOU WILL NEED:
Brown construction paper
Scissors
Markers
Glue stick
Decorative materials: glitter, pom-poms, buttons, lace, ribbons, sequins, etc.
DIRECTIONS:
1. Fold the brown construction paper accordion-style (back-and-forth folding).
2. Draw half of a gingerbread man along the paper’s folded edge, and then cut along your outline.
3. Carefully unfold the paper to reveal your chain of gingerbread people.
4. Round the corners of the first and last gingerbread men.
5. Decorate your gingerbread people—be creative!
6. You can create a holiday garland by connecting a few gingerbread man paper chains together.
What did the gingerbread man put on his bed?
A cookie sheet
What did the old gingerbread man use to help him walk?
A candy cane
Why did the gingerbread man go to the doctor?
Because he was feeling crumby
Why is the gingerbread man so cold at Christmastime?
Because it’s Decembrrrrrrrrr
Who is Santa’s bodyguard?
The Ninjabread Man
ABBY KLEIN has been a first-grade and kindergarten teacher for twenty years. She and her husband and two children live in Vermont. They have four dogs.
JOHN McKINLEY has been drawing all his life. For the Ready, Freddy! books, he hides the word “fin” in every picture. He and his family live in Northern California.
#1: Tooth Trouble
#2: The King of Show-and-Tell
#3: Homework Hassles
#4: Don’t Sit on My Lunch!
#5: Talent Show Scaredy-Pants
#6: Help! A Vampire’s Coming!
#7: Yikes! Bikes!
#8: Halloween Fraidy-Cat
#9: Shark Tooth Tale
#10: Super-Secret Valentine
#11: The Pumpkin Elf Mystery
#12: Stop That Hamster!
#13: The One Hundredth Day of School!
#14: Camping Catastrophe!
#15: Thanksgiving Turkey Trouble
#16: Ready, Set, Snow!
#17: Firehouse Fun!
#18: The Perfect Present
#19: The Penguin Problem
#20: Apple Orchard Race
#21: Going Batty
#22: Science Fair Flop
#23: A Very Crazy Christmas
#24: Shark Attack!
#25: Save the Earth!
#26: The Giant Swing
#27: The Reading Race
#1: Second Grade Rules!
#2: Snow Day Dare
#3: Secret Santa Surprise
#4: Best Prank Ever
#5: Haunted Hayride
#6: Gingerbread Jitters
Text copyright © 2016 by Abby Klein
Illustrations copyright © 2016 by John McKinley
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