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How to draw Gingerbread Person

Learn to draw gingerbread person in five picture steps. Begin with cookie body, then build up to face and collar icing. Draw in your browser, color the finished model, or practice with its tracing outline.

Finished example: Gingerbread Person
Finished example: Gingerbread Person

Five picture steps

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  1. Step 1

    Begin with cookie body. Leave room around the shape for the next parts.

  2. Step 2

    Add round head. Compare its position with the first step.

  3. Step 3

    Draw icing on arms and legs. Keep the earlier shapes visible as you work.

  4. Step 4

    Build in candy buttons. Look at where these parts touch the earlier shapes.

  5. Step 5

    Finish with face and collar icing. Choose your own colors or follow the finished example.

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