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Family Friendly Gingerbread House Competition

12/5/2013

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Graham Cracker Gingerbread houses
The Carothers 2013 Gingerbread Houses

Oh the fun of designing and constructing gingerbread houses! It is a great way to make some lasting memories for the Christmas season.

Last year I even went as far as to make the gingerbread house pieces from scratch. Not this year! I'm taking the easy way out! ;o)

We decided to use graham crackers for the house pieces and white chocolate for the "glue" instead of royal icing. I just melted the white chocolate and put it into a piping bag to use as the glue that holds everything together. This made the assembly time go faster because we didn't have to wait for the icing to dry before continuing on with the construction. We simply put the house in the frig for a minute as we were building it to harden the white chocolate. It worked out pretty well. 

Of course the best part for the kids is adding on all the candy pieces. You can really get creative with it. Pecans were even used to look like logs which is something I never thought to do before. Cereal was used to make some shingles on the roof. 

It is always fun to see what ideas the kids can come with.
Gingerbread house candies
gingerbread house chocolate graham crackers
gingerbread house assembly
assembling ginger bread house
This year we also decided to have a little family friendly competition with the construction of the houses. We paired off into two teams of two and the winning team will be treated to Sonic ~ Orange Cream Slushies ~. 

We need your help determining who the winners will be by voting on the house that you like most.


We will reveal the creators of the houses as well as the winners tomorrow evening. So hurry up and vote! :D 


graham cracker gingerbread house idea


House #1

gingerbread house made with chocolate graham crackers
gingerbread house
gingerbread house/church


House #2

gingerbread house/church
gingerbread house/church
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4 Comments
Kathy Carothers Baughman
12/5/2013 01:00:23 pm

I absolutely LOVE both, but picked #2 because it reminded me of a church. They both were well constructed, & looked very "festive"! :) Good job & well done to both teams!!

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Tracy
12/5/2013 03:03:03 pm

Thank you Aunt Kathy!!! I'll post the winners tomorrow evening with a pic of them with their smoothies. ;o)

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Linn
12/6/2013 01:51:04 am

How could I pick between my two favorite kids in the whole world??? I will personally pay for both to get Sonic slushies.

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Tracy
12/6/2013 03:02:36 am

Ha ha ha! Linn, just pick the house you like best. That's it. You don't worry about who is getting what. Just pick your favorite house. :D

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