20 Gingerbread House Coloring Pages - Free!

Christmas

Drawing of a gingerbread house colored by Coloring Together — Colored by the Coloring Together artists. See gallery.

Quick! Let's go into the little gingerbread house we colored, because a great rain of gingerbread house coloring pages is in the forecast. We have to find our materials, because we have a lot of work to do. How about you go for it and help us?

All over Coloring Together the gingerbread house coloring pages are scattered, because since it's Christmas, these drawings could not be missing. If you grab your materials and go for painting the gingerbread house coloring pages, we are sure you will learn and have a ton of fun.

Do you know how we know? Because every time we color, we improve our artistic skills, so never forget that practice makes perfect. If you want to become a great artist, you have to put in the effort and color a whole lot.

And what better way to do it than with animated gingerbread house drawings? Or do you prefer gingerbread house drawings for kids? There is a lot of variety so you can choose the one you want! You can use your markers and the line technique, or paint the images with wooden pencils, with any of them it will turn out great!

Once you finish your work of art, send us a photograph. We have a very special gallery, dedicated to the art of the big and little artists who visit us. So go for it, we are sure you will do a great job with them.

Ready to start? We already have all the gingerbread house images to print and color. All that is left to do is give them color and personality, and we believe that if it's you, we will be able to pull it off.

Gingerbread houses coloring pages

Why color gingerbread houses pictures?

What do you think of when someone mentions gingerbread houses? You surely imagine a very sweet little house, full of treats all over. Or maybe you think of the best time of the year: Christmas!

Well, gingerbread houses are related to both, did you know that? Gingerbread houses come from Germany, and their popularity grew with the famous tale of Hansel and Gretel, by the Brothers Grimm.

Today, gingerbread houses are a very popular dessert, especially at Christmas. It consists of gingerbread shaped like houses. It is surely a very complicated job!

Would you like to learn more? Then come with us! At Coloring Together we not only collect the most beautiful gingerbread house images to color, but we also add fun facts so you learn in the process. What do you say? Are you ready to start?

Learn while coloring Gingerbread houses

It is believed that gingerbread arrived in Europe at the end of the 11th century thanks to the crusaders, who brought it into the continent from the Middle East.
According to a French legend, gingerbread was introduced to Europe in the year 992, by the hand of the monk Gregory of Nicopolis.
Gingerbread houses have their origin in 19th-century Germany, along with the famous tale by the Brothers Grimm, Hansel and Gretel.
It is said that it was Queen Elizabeth I of England who created “gingerbread,” treats shaped like people that were offered to guests as a form of appreciation and recognition.
In several European countries, baking gingerbread became a specialty, so much so that it became a profession.
Some researchers believe that the first gingerbread houses were inspired by the tale of Hansel and Gretel.
The Fairmont hotel in San Francisco builds a large gingerbread house every year. It usually measures 6.7 meters tall and 7 wide. That is a whole lot! In it they use around 7,750 pieces of gingerbread and 371 kg of candy.
In Europe, gingerbread was usually sold in special shops. You couldn't get it just anywhere!