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Christmas & winter · Grades 4–6 · 15 steps

How to Draw a Gingerbread House

Gingerbread House from The Drawing Fix™. An easy step-by-step drawing for Grades 4–6. Draw it with your class in about 15 minutes, one step at a time. Free to use and print. No sign-up.

By Christopher Allen · Ontario elementary educator15 stepsAbout 15 minutesUpdated Nov 5, 2026
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This one asks for a little more patience: overlapping shapes, pattern and detail. It is a calm, focused few minutes, and the finished drawing looks like real art.

Before you start: a pencil, an eraser, a sheet of paper and something to colour with.

Draw lightly at first. Dark lines come at the end, once the shapes look right.

Step-by-step: how to draw a gingerbread house

  1. Step 1. Walls

    Draw the square cookie walls.

  2. Step 2. Roof

    Draw the big triangle roof.

  3. Step 3. Icing edge

    Add the scalloped icing under the roof.

  4. Step 4. Chimney

    Draw the chimney on the right side of the roof.

  5. Step 5. Door

    Add the arched door.

  6. Step 6. Windows

    Draw two square windows.

  7. Step 7. Window crosses

    Add a cross inside each window.

  8. Step 8. Roof candies

    Add round candies on the roof.

  9. Step 9. Wall icing

    Add zigzag icing along the base.

  10. Step 10. Gumdrops

    Add gumdrops by the door.

  11. Step 11. Fence

    Draw a picket fence on the left.

  12. Step 12. Smoke

    Add a swirl of smoke.

  13. Step 13. Snow ground

    Draw the snowy ground line.

  14. Step 14. Snowflakes

    Add three snowflakes in the sky.

  15. Step 15. Create

    Make one part completely yours.

The pink line is the new part in each step.

Make it theirs

  • Add falling snow with dots or tiny stars.
  • Draw a second, smaller one beside it.
  • Fold the paper and turn it into a card for someone at home.
  • Colour last. There is no wrong colour for a gingerbread house.

Teaching it with the projector

The projector version draws each step slowly on the board, pauses while students copy it, then checks in before the next step. Nobody has to talk, so you are free to walk around and help.

Quick Fix: 10 steps, about 10 minutes. Good for a brain break or the last few minutes before recess. Full Focus: all 15 steps, about 15 minutes, with the extra detail.

Open Gingerbread House on the projector → It works on any classroom screen. No accounts, no student names, no ads.

Curriculum connections

Visual arts: the elements of design (line, shape, pattern and texture) and creating art for a purpose. Language: listening to and following multi-step directions. Directed drawing also builds fine motor control and focus.

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