The Funnest Tradition
Do you know the funnest way to design a house, decorate it, eat candy, be as creative as you can, and have a great time with a friend? I do. It is making a gingerbread house.
Now it is a christmastime tradition with my friend Claire and I. The picture is of the one I made this year. It's our second year doing it. We have lots of fun. One of my favorite things about it is designing the house. To me, four walls and a flat roof is boring. It's easy too. You build it on a paper plate. The walls, and the roof is made of graham crackers. Everything is stuck together with frosting. It is decorated by candy. Nerds, peppermints, mini candycanes, chocolate chips, m&m's, marshmellows, pretty much anything. If you make one, be carefull that you don't over load it with candy, or it might collaspe. Although, even if it does, it's not the end of the world. That happened to my friend, but she just made it a carpet, and the house didn't have a roof. If you have andy questions or comments, please contact Clare.
posted by Clare at
2:46 PM
1 Comments:
This sounds like one fun tradition! The kindergarten classes at our elementary school do this every year. I remember when your cousins would bring home their houses and we would sit it down on the table and pick off our favorite candy. Over a period of days the house would take on some interesting looks—a gaping hole in a wall or roof—and get progressively smaller until all that was left was the styrofoam base.
I like the fact that you take on an architectural challenge and don't stick with the boring box shape. And I also loved the fact that you could look at a collapsed house in a new light. A carpet! Brilliant! In fact, I'm thinking you could start another new tradition and make gingerbread carpets for the holidays.
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