one christmas tradition i have never ever done in my life is decorate a gingerbread house. maybe it's lame, but for some reason i have ALWAYS wanted to do it. so i told myself this was the year. besides, it was something fun i could do with the kids, right?so i bought one of the kits, and some extra candy. the boys and i were totally excited to make a super cute yummy-looking little house. (or more accurately, the boys were totally excited to get to eat a bunch of candy.) and although i will admit to seriously underestimating the mess factor and a certain 2-year-old, we did have a great time.
i gave up my perfect fancy gingerbread house fantasy after about 30 seconds, and just let the kids happily decorate it however they wanted to. initially, there was a slight problem getting the sides of the house to stay together with just the icing, but a little elmer's glue did the trick. (i know, gross. but we weren't planning on eating the actual house, anyway.)
the end result...was pretty much the most hideous gingerbread house i have ever seen. it's awesome. i think we've got a new christmas tradition on our hands!
xoxovelvet
4 comments:
that was smart to use glue - that would keep me from eating off the house for sure!
I love it, it's all about having fun and you clearly did! (:
It is all about fun! They did a great job! I have always wanted to do that as well. Good tradition to start with the kiddos.
You have inspired me to get a gingerbread house kit and make one with the girls tomorrow :-) Never done it before either
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