Make multiplication sweet and meaningful with this festive Gingerbread Village craftivity!
Students build their own 2-D gingerbread houses and use windows to represent a multiplication sentence through arrays or area models. This activity blends hands-on creativity with real math reasoning—perfect for December, winter activities, math centers, bulletin board displays, or a holiday-themed lesson.

This resource includes two different aesthetics (cute/classic + simple/modern), clear student directions, teacher tips, ready-to-print multiplication problems, and a variety of gingerbread house templates. Whether you want a full craft or a quick no-prep math activity, you can tailor it to fit your class.

Why Teachers Love This Activity

✨ Festive & fun — perfect for December math lessons
✨ Meaningful math — students visually show multiplication understanding
✨ Differentiated — includes a variety of problems (1×1, 2×1, 2×2)
✨ Low prep or no prep — choose templates or let students design their own
✨ Fantastic bulletin board — create a Gingerbread Multiplication Village display!

Skills Covered

• Multiplication with arrays
• Area model multiplication
• Factors, rows, and columns
• Explaining math reasoning
• Visual representation of multiplication
  

Perfect For

• December math lessons
• Holiday or winter centers
• Small group work
• Bulletin board displays
• STEAM extensions