Christmas is the season of giving! Have you started wrapping Christmas gifts? If you haven’t, I have this creative idea for you. Add some fun to your gift bags this year with these gingerbread house paper bags. Yes, I designed and drew all of them. They’re super cute and easy to make.

Easy Gingerbread House Paper Bag — follow the full step-by-step tutorial below.

I have a ton of brown paper bags at home that I have accumulated over the year. Throwing them away would just be a waste, so I decided to reuse them for the upcoming holiday. As a creative person, I didn’t want them to be plain and boring, so I turned them into these cute little gingerbread houses! They turned out amazing. It was so fun brainstorming for ideas and colors. I highly recomment this holiday activity.

If you are looking for easy Christmas crafts you can do with your kids, family, friends, or coworkers, look no further than this DIY gift bag. It is a great alternative to the traditional gingerbread house if you are not a fan of the mess, stress, and time-consuming process. It still gives you the creative freedom to decorate your own gingerbread house with all these lovely pastel colors. Keep on reading for the full tutorial.

Easy Gingerbread House Paper Bag — diy paper gingerbread house

How to Make Gingerbread House Paper Bag

Learn how to turn a plain brown paper bag into a cute gingerbread house paper bag.

Start by cutting the corner of the paper bag. You can cut one corner or both corners.

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Draw your design using a pencil.

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Start drawing the outlines. If you want the colors to pop out, fill the shapes with white first before using the colored markers.

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Color the big parts first. Let the ink dry completely before using a different color. Use a ruler to draw the straight lines. Make sure to wipe the edges of the ruler after every use to keep the ink from spreading.

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Decorate the window, door, and columns just as you would with real ginger bread houses.

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Decorate the roof and add the finishing touches.

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Add a bow to complete the look.

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Creative Ideas and Variations

If you don’t know what design to draw, try looking for inspirations online. You can find a lot of beautiful gingerbread house ideas on Pinterest. Here are the other two designs that I made. As you can see, I used the same colors and incorporated the same designs to all three paper bags to make them look cohesive.