My First Gingerbread House
Of The Season....
This house will be auctioned off at the School Carnival week. It is relatively simple compared to many I have constructed and decorated.
In some circles, I have been called The Gingerbread Mom...
Over the years, I have built hundreds and hundreds of Gingerbread Houses. Small ones, large ones and everything in between. As a gift to my children's school classes each year, I give a Gingerbread House Making Day. Each child makes a small Graham Cracker Gingerbread house. Scout Groups, Church Groups, and neighborhood children have all participated in this tradition with me. Each Christmas season, I literally help build hundreds of these small houses with children.This is one of my favorite Christmas Time Traditions.
The large houses are a perfect gift to give someone who is hard to figure out a gift for.
I wrap them in cellophane and tie them with a beautiful bow. This makes a beautiful presentation. People use the large ones as Centerpieces and the small ones as favors at place-settings.
I started making Gingerbread Houses when I was 13 years old and sold them for $5. Wow! Add a 0 to the 5 and that is the minimum I get for most of the houses I make now.
Several Gingerbread House Making Days are already scheduled for the upcoming month... watch for the exciting reports here!
5 comments:
Do you make your gingerbread pieces or do you buy them? I never make gingerbread houses because I don't know how to make the pieces of gingerbread, and the "kits" you can buy seem really pricey.
I used to make all my own pieces, bake them, cut them etc. However, now I buy the pre-made kits and use their pieces, yet do my own decorating and design. The Pre-made kits are usually under $10 and very worth the price. I dont like the icing in those kits. I make my own Royal Icing. It is 3 Egg Whites, 1 1/2 pounds of powdered sugar, 1/4 tsp Cream of Tarter. Beat it in an electric mixer until the icing stands is shiny and can stand up on it's own in "peaks".
Use a cake decorting bag and tip. It is easier than the bags they provide in the kits.
Only for the really large, custom houses, do I make my own pieces anymore.
I want to come!! I really do!! Can I be your other "Catherine"??
Get on the plane NOW!
Oh my heck! This is sooo cute!
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