Gingerbread Man Holding a Candy Cane Coloring Page

The candy cane is nearly as tall as the cookie holding it. It rises up the right side of the page, hooks over at the top, and carries diagonal stripes along its whole length, which is the only place on this sheet where a second color is really needed. Red and white is the obvious choice. Green and white looks better than most people expect.

The gingerbread man stands beside it with one arm down and the other lifted toward the cane. Three open circles run down his front, a curl of icing decorates each foot, and a wavy band crosses each ankle.

His face has two dot eyes, a curved smile and a plain circle outline on each cheek. Those cheek circles are empty, not shaded, so they stay as light as the rest of him unless you decide otherwise.

Striped shapes are slow to color and that is their value here. The body can be finished in under a minute, and then the cane gives a child a reason to keep going, alternating along twelve or so bands. It is one of the few sheets in the set that holds a five year old's attention twice over.