Sunday, December 30, 2012

Gingerbread Houses

We put together four big houses and three little houses.  We then spread out the candy, some in cute white dishes and then a slew of old Halloween candy on cookie sheets.  We also added sugar cones for trees, square pretzels for windows, and little gingerbread people to add to their scenes.  The kids worked and ate on these for HOURS!  Then Grandma and Grandpa came in, to judge the various teams’ houses.

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I thought Thomas’ little mini marshmallow snowman was so cute!

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Grandma and Grandpa were the judges.  They loved Karley and Rebecca’s sassy snowman and Starburst chimney.

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They loved Ashley and Sydney’s pretzel windows with M&M shutters, Nerd shingles, and their Rudolph reindeer made of toothpicks, red gumdrops, and tootsie rolls.

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Shelby and Kaylee rocked their landscape with a licorice sidewalk, gumdrop lawn and awesome Christmas tree.

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They even had a Santa going down the chimney AND Rudolph making an appearance.

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These three created a perfectly shingled roof with Sweet Tarts and candy balls around the edges.  I do believe they ate more than the put on.

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It was seriously HOURS of laughing and creating!

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