With a deadline, a new release, and the holidays, I'm super-busy this month, but last night #1 and I made time to assemble and decorate our annual Christmas gingerbread house. He gets credit for the design and most of the construction. He's getting really good at it.
Since we were short on time, we went with a simple, classic looking design. It's Santa's House! (Our idea of it, anyway...)
As you can see, this year he used wooden supports to keep the pieces in place while the frosting cement dried. Smart, huh?
I make and roll the gingerbread, make the frosting, and help decorate. This year's house has a large front picture window made of crushed cherry Jolly Ranchers baked into the house. The left side has three more windows, two made of apple Jolly Ranchers, and one more of cherry. Festive, huh?
The ground of this year's house is Rice Crispy treat, molded directly onto the custom base while it was still warm.
This year we used gumdrops for bushes, peppermints for roof tiles, and pull-apart Twizzlers and red hots to line the roof.
Here you can see how transparent the windows are. That's one of my favorite parts. There's also a green licorice belt walkway lined in old-fashioned peppermints, a white-fudge pretzel fence, and candy-cane gates.
We shook powdered sugar all over for snow, and #1 carefully made frosting icicles hanging from the roof.
Here, from the side, you can see the actual North Pole (a giant candy-cane stick) and the side windows.
So, what do you think? What are your holiday traditions?
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15 comments:
I am, as always, awed by your gingerbread house. Just...wow!
It looks great! The windows are awesome. Did you come up with that on your own?
Great job! I did a gingerbread gas station this year :)
I love gingerbread houses but we didn't have time for one this year. Those windows are so neat I would love to try making some the next year we have time for it. :)
Wow! The only time we've ever done a gingerbread house was from one of those box kits. I sometimes wish the houses would be more edible but then again I prefer soft cookies and they don't work as well for building houses. Maybe one day I'll try to make a homemade gingerbread house, maybe. Yours looks amazing, by the way.
Wow.
That is one professional-looking gingerbread house!
Merry Christmas Rachel, to you & yours.
Rob
what an awesome gingerbread house! good job =)
Oh nice! Great job on that house!
wow! your gingerbread house looks amazing!
Nice job! :D
Awesome as always. Are Holiday traditions include staying up late waiting for "Santa" in the darkness of our rooms, lol. And the anual family argument before the nights end. And I doubt we'll do it this year since not everyone in my family will be here but usually we play some football.
Hope your Christmas is something special. :)
How beautiful! I hope you and yours have a great Christmas!
That is amazing, I have never seen such an awesome gingerbread house before. I live in Australia and no-one ever makes them here.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your family.
I always LOVE the gingerbread houses y'all make. :) I especially like the giant peppermint stick!
I've been waiting to see your gingerbread house this year. As usual it looks great.
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