Last Saturday, Denise invited over our preschool kids (and their siblings) to make gingerbread houses...FROM SCRATCH!! She baked all of the gingerbread pieces, following a pattern to get them just the right size. The quality blew me away! We each whipped up a batch of sticky, sturdy frosting to hold our houses together. It worked better than a store-bought kit we tried last year (when La and I whipped out the hot glue gun to repair a broken roof =).
Here is how it all began. The moms decided to "glue" the houses together with frosting before having the kids come decorate.
Robby spent much more time eating than decorating:
The Gingerbread chef, hard at work:
Barbara and Bryn beginning their masterpiece
The finished village...and some hyper kids
Our darling house. All symmetry is attributed to Erica. "Symmetrical" is her new favorite word.
The other side of our darling house:
I'm happy to report the masterpiece made it home in the trunk of our car and although Rob threatened to eat the chimney, is still in tact.
Monday, December 10, 2007
Gingerbread Madness!
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Those look great. I was just going to post the ones we did last night!
ReplyDeleteyum! i'll take one please...pre-assembled and decked out, of course.
ReplyDeleteOH my! That is adorable and looks SO fun! I totally want to eat it though :o) Props to your friend for making her own gingerbread! It looks like a total blast and I love the finished project! Good job! You can tell Erica I thought it looked VERY symmetrical!
ReplyDeleteIt looks amazing! What fun! The kids look like they had a lot of fun with the house. It is very symmetrical. Way to go Erica! And good luck with the temptation to eat it! Our Cookie train only lasted 2 days. (=
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun project. I love Christmas time, alwas fun things to do. Thanks for sharing the cute pictures.
ReplyDeletemade from scratch...you guys are awesome! They turned out really cute. We were lazy and did the gingerbread kit from Costco ;)
ReplyDeleteThose look amazing--what fun! And I loved to see the pictures of those beautiful moms, too. Although one is MIA. :)
ReplyDeleteThese houses are amazing! I am so impressed. I feel guilty that I just purchased a pre-assembled kit for my family! Your kids are beautiful. I love looking at your blog.
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