Five part series on making a simple animated Gingerbread character in Blender (Blender 2.50 or above), from the initial start-up file through modelling and modifying the mesh, Material assignments and UV unwrapping, to rigging and finally creating a simple walk cycle animation (an sequence that loops).
Download: KatsBits – Gingerbread Character Source (c. 7 MB | *.blend, *.tga). Zip includes each stage of the process as indicated throughout.