Gingerbread house traditions

Gingerbread House Traditions

Have you ever read “Gingerbread baby” by Jan Brett? It is one of my favorite Christmas stories. Every year my mom brings out the Christmas box and we would all be so eager to read the Christmas books. Once we read a few books our Christmas spirit was hopping. Making gingerbread houses was also a family tradition we had. The fun thing with gingerbread houses is, even when you follow a tutorial there is always something a little different about each one.

This year we decided to have a gingerbread house contest with my husband’s family. Each pair brought their own supplies and we all decorated the night away!

For our house we used graham crackers and ginger bread cement  for the structure. For decorating used spiced drops, tootsie rolls, laffy taffy, candy canes, mini m&ms, sour patch kids, cinnamon bears and vanilla icing. To create the snow effect we used shredded coconut and sugar. I found the little cars at Target and added them as a finishing touch. It was a night of a little tension at times but mostly a whole lot of fun!

Gingerbread House Supplies

• Graham Crackers
• frosting or icing
• lots of small candy
• Cardboard wrapped in tinfoil for base
• friends and family

Instructions

• glue edges of the graham crackers together in desired shape
• let dry
• add candy of your choice
• let your imagination go
• enjoy

Here is a fun Christmas Candy tradition that you can add to your list of Holiday to do’s.

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