How to Draw a Gingerbread House (Easy Step by Step)
A gingerbread house looks tricky but is built from a few simple shapes. You will use a rounded roof, straight walls, a circle, arches, and some wavy icing. It is a fun one to draw around the holidays or any time you want something sweet.
- Easy
- 15 minutes
- 9 steps
You need: paper, a pencil, an eraser, and crayons or markers for coloring.
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How to draw a gingerbread house step by step
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Step 1: Curved roof top
Start low on the left with a little curl, then draw a big rounded arch up to a soft point in the middle and down the other side. Finish with a small curl at the right end, like a hat with rounded corners.
Step 2: The two walls
Draw one straight line going down from just inside each curl of the roof. Make both lines the same length.
Step 3: Wavy icing
Along the bottom edge of the roof, draw a row of little scallops, like a wavy curtain. Each scallop is a small smile shape that joins the next one, and the row stretches from one wall to the other.
Step 4: The ground line
Draw one flat line across the bottom, connecting the ends of the two walls. Now your house has a floor to stand on.
Step 5: Round window
Draw a small circle in the middle of the roof, near the top. Make it a nice round ring.
Step 6: The arched door
In the middle of the house, draw a tall door that looks like a tunnel: two straight sides with a round arch on top. Start both sides at the ground line.
Step 7: Heart and small arches
Draw a tiny heart in the upper part of the door, with two bumps on top and a point at the bottom. Then draw a small arch on each side of the door, like a half circle sitting on the ground line.
Step 8: Candy canes
Next to each side of the house, draw a tall straight line standing on the ground. At the top of each one, curl a small hook, and make the two hooks point away from the house.
Step 9: Gumdrop dots
On the roof, draw two small filled dots, one on each side of the round window and a little lower. Fill them in solid, like gumdrop candies.
All done!
Go over your lines with a marker, then color it in.
Finished your gingerbread house? Keep the pencils out and learn how to draw a nutcracker or how to draw a sleigh next.
Tips for drawing a gingerbread house
- Draw the roof first and keep its two sides about the same size, so the house does not tip over.
- The icing waves are the trickiest part. Draw them as a row of small smiles, and make each one about the same size.
- Start the door and the small arches at the ground line and curve up and over, so they look like they are sitting on the floor.
Free gingerbread house coloring page
Want to go straight to coloring? Open this gingerbread house coloring page at full size and print it. It is the same drawing you just learned, with clean lines ready for crayons or markers.
How to color your gingerbread house drawing
Try warm brown for the walls and roof, white for the icing waves, and red and green for the gumdrops and candy canes. For a creative twist, add stripes to the candy canes and a snowy hill under the house.
Gingerbread house fun fact for kids
Gingerbread has been baked in Europe for hundreds of years, and the Brothers Grimm published the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel, about a house made of bread and sweets, in 1812.
Questions about drawing a gingerbread house
What shapes do I need to draw a gingerbread house?
You need a rounded arch for the roof, two straight lines for the walls, a circle for the window, and arches for the door and the small side arches. The icing is a row of little curves.
How do I make my gingerbread house look cuter?
Add a little heart on the door and round gumdrop dots on the roof. Soft, rounded corners on the roof also make it look friendly.
How do I draw the wavy icing on the roof?
Draw a row of small smile-shaped curves along the bottom edge of the roof. Let each curve touch the next one so they look like a wavy line.
