Kindergarten students Leonah Williams and Lauren Pelletier create gingerbread house ornaments Tuesday afternoon using kits provided by their teacher, Tanya Perrault, at Spruce Mountain Primary School in Livermore. Principal Michael Glynn read “How to Catch a Gingerbread Man” over a computer screen, then each class did activities related to the story. Pam Harnden/Livermore Falls Advertiser

Kyler Surman reacts Tuesday afternoon when his Christmas lights headpiece falls over his eyes at Spruce Mountain Primary School in Livermore. He is holding the gingerbread house ornament he just made. Pam Harnden/Livermore Falls Advertiser

Vera Toner, left, and Elizabeth Jordan use toothpicks, gumdrops and miniature marshmallows Tuesday afternoon to create a structure that could trap a gingerbread man at Spruce Mountain Primary School in Livermore. After students in the school heard a reading of “How to Catch a Gingerbread Man,” an adult sized gingerbread man ran through classrooms and each class spent the afternoon on related activities. Pam Harnden/Livermore Falls Advertiser