I hope everyone had a good Christmas! Josh and I spent last week in Vermont with his parents and brother's family. Josh thought it would be fun to make a gingerbread house with our two nieces,
Laska (almost 13) and Larissa (5). Rather than buying a prefab kit, he decided to make it completely from scratch, so he used his mom's gingerbread recipe to make the dough.
Larissa helped him roll it out.
The next day, he made icing and assembled the house.
It was a little rustic, but held together pretty well considering we had no architectural plans to work from.
Laska helped decorate cookies made from the leftover gingerbread dough.
And then they set to work decorating the gingerbread house.
Laska went for symmetry, while Larissa focused on adding candy that could be easily pulled off and eaten later.
Josh added icing icicles and marshmallow smoke coming out of the chimney.
I added a few final touches, but the credit all goes to Josh,
Laska, and Larissa for this sugary masterpiece, which made a lovely centerpiece for Christmas dinner the next day.
We gave the house a 'green' certification, since it is made entirely from consumable materials.
Larissa helped him roll it out.
The next day, he made icing and assembled the house.
It was a little rustic, but held together pretty well considering we had no architectural plans to work from.
Laska helped decorate cookies made from the leftover gingerbread dough.
And then they set to work decorating the gingerbread house.
Laska went for symmetry, while Larissa focused on adding candy that could be easily pulled off and eaten later.
Josh added icing icicles and marshmallow smoke coming out of the chimney.
I added a few final touches, but the credit all goes to Josh, Laska, and Larissa for this sugary masterpiece, which made a lovely centerpiece for Christmas dinner the next day.
We gave the house a 'green' certification, since it is made entirely from consumable materials.
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