Sweet schoolwork
ABOVE: Arianna Sheppard poses with a gingerbread man her kindergarten class received from a school in Utah. The class participated in a program where they designed gingerbread men with a local theme and traded them with other schools from all 50 states.
LEFT: Elijah Heydt shows a gingerbread woman his class received from a school in Alaska. The gingerbread woman has mittens made of genuine seal fur.
BELOW: L.B. Morris Elementary School kindergarten teacher Shawn Bierman points out a gingerbread man on the wall where his class displayed the artwork received from schools in other states. At the time his class had received gingerbread men from schools in 39 other states, with more expected.
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