Materials
Sheet of sandpaper
Gingerbread Cookie Cutter
Scissors
Cinnamon sticks
Whole cloves
Whole nutmeg
Ric Rac
Googley eyes
Buttons
Glue
Scissors
Hole punch
String or yarn
Directions
Give your child a piece of sandpaper and talk about how it feels.Introduce new vocabulary words like bumpy, smooth, rough, etc. Place the cookie cutter on the sandpaper and trace around it. Invite your child to rub a cinnamon stick onto the sandpaper. Encourage her to try rubbing whole nutmeg and/or cloves. The sandpaper will smell so good! Cut out the gingerbread man shape and punch a hole at the top. Place a piece of string through the hole and tie the ends. Invite your child to decorate the gingerbread man using ric rac, buttons, yarn, googley eyes, etc. On the glue has dried, hang the sandpaper gingerbread man on your Christmas tree.