By colorocket team
Gingerbread Coloring Pages
By colorocket team61 coloring pagesUpdated October 22, 2026
Every gingerbread cookie starts out plain and gets its character from the icing. These pages work the same way: the shapes are ready, and the colors, the buttons and the rest of the story are up to you. Some cookies wait quietly on the tray, others are already running for the door.
Start with one cookie, or take your time with a whole bakery. Print the PDF or color online.
Free Gingerbread Coloring Sheets
Choose from 61 pages to print as a PDF or color online.
Gingerbread Man in a Cocoa Mug
Count the marshmallows floating in the cocoa.
Gingerbread Girl with a Gumdrop Umbrella
Notice the snowflakes falling around her.
Gingerbread Hearts at a Christmas Market
Draw a pattern on the empty heart.
Blank Gingerbread Man to Decorate
Draw his buttons, clothes and icing yourself.
Gingerbread Baby with a Pacifier
Notice the little curl on top of the head.
Gingerbread Man Decorating Himself with Icing
Draw the icing he is still missing.
Gingerbread Man Disguised as a Superhero
Draw his superhero symbol on the cape.
Gingerbread Cottage in the Snowy Woods
Who lives in the cottage in the woods?
Gingerbread Man Walking His Gingerbread Dog
What is the gingerbread dog's name?
Gingerbread Man Covered in Icing Patterns
Start with the snowflake on his tummy.
Victorian Gingerbread House
Start with the scalloped shingles on the tower.
Gingerbread Man Sledding on a Tray
Start with the snow puffs behind the tray.
Gingerbread Man Disguised as a Pirate
What treasure is this pirate looking for?
Color These Pages Online
Pick any page, tap an area to fill it with color, and zoom in for the small parts. Print or share when you’re done.
Launch Your Imagination
Coloring is the start. Pick one mission and the page becomes yours.
- Decorate the blank gingerbread man: draw his buttons, his icing and an outfit, then give him a name.
- Dress the gingerbread man in a disguise of your own, like the pirate and the superhero, so the fox will not recognize him.
- Write a name in each gingerbread heart at the Christmas market stall, one for every person you would give one to.
- Finish the story on the back of the page: what does the gingerbread man do when the fox reaches the other side of the river?
- Color the gingerbread cookie pattern and wrap it around a box of homemade cookies as gift paper.
Ideas for Coloring Gingerbread
- Leave the icing whiteColor the cookie brown around the wavy icing lines and the buttons, so they stand out like real icing.
- Two browns for a baked lookColor the whole cookie light brown, then go over its edges with a darker brown pencil, as if it just came out of the oven.
- What if the gingerbread house were pink?Try pastel walls and a mint green roof on the Victorian gingerbread house.
- White gel pen icingAfter coloring the cookies in the tin or on the tray, add tiny dots and zigzags of icing on top with a white gel pen.
- Crayon resist snowDraw snowflakes with a white crayon on a snowy scene, then paint over them with blue watercolor and watch the flakes appear.
- Coloring onlineTap an area to fill it, zoom in for the candies on the carousel roof, and switch to Simple for twelve colors and a brush that stays inside the lines.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which gingerbread pages suit teens and adults?
The gingerbread man covered in icing patterns, the carousel, the Christmas market stall, the cookie wreath, the bakery interior, the tin of cookies, the Victorian gingerbread house, the mandala and the cookie pattern have the finest details and the most areas to fill.
Is there a gingerbread man template?
Yes. The blank gingerbread man is a plain outline with only a face, ready for your own buttons, icing and clothes, and the superhero and pirate pages show two disguise ideas. Print the PDF on US Letter paper.
Where does the story of the gingerbread man come from?
An American version called "The Gingerbread Boy" was printed in St. Nicholas Magazine in 1875. In most retellings the cookie runs from everyone who wants to eat him, until a clever fox offers to carry him across a river.
Who made the first gingerbread men?
Queen Elizabeth I of England is often credited with them: she had gingerbread figures made to look like the guests at her court.
