My sister and her family have a fantastic tradition of decorating Gingerbread Houses for Christmas. Each family member has their own kit which they assemble and decorate to their liking. It's always fun to see what they come up with...
We followed suit with a shared Gingerbread House, the basis of which Samuel created with cardboard. He was so proud of himself!
The kids on the other hand were more excited about the decor. After all, to ensure our house was sound we needed to test (taste-test that is) the building materials to ensure they were top quality.
There were!
I made some heavy duty royal icing cement and we went to town with the graham crackers which served as our drywall.
Our side (Iris, Ava, and I) was a haphazard collection of goodies placed every which way. Of particular note was the sour ribbon siding which I thought added a pretty classy touch-especially since some of the pieces were half-eaten!
Hey, they're good!
The other side (Isabella's & Dad's) was much more orderly and reflected a more "traditional" style-very symmetrical. You should have heard them howl when we tried to sneak rogue pieces of candy onto their side!
So touchy!
I don't know that our gingerbread house will win a national Food Network Competition, but maybe we'd win a prize if we entered in this goofball?
What do you think?
1 comment:
That is a great tradition, anything to do with sugar always provides a lot of fun at our house!
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