Category: Gingerbread Houses

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Vintage Santa’s Village Gingerbread House

Santa’s Village were the first franchised theme parks in the world. There were two Santa’s Villages in California 1950s & 1960s – today they are both closed. One was near Los Angeles, at Skyforest, near Lake Arrowhead in the San Bernadino Mountains. The parks sat on fifteen forested acres, eleven colorful buildings housed Santa Claus and his toy workshops. It was a fairyland setting for his gnomes, elves, Gingerbread kids and little animal friends make up a children’s and grownups’ paradise the year round.” A REAL Gingerbread House, where a Good Witch bakes Gingerbread every day. Visit here for more information and spectacular photos on this vintage theme park.

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Gingerbread Animal Houses

Aren’t these the neatest! A Cat Palace & House for a Mouse Gingerbread House. These photos are from the Rational Animal event in the Dana Discovery Center of Central Park. The goal was to educate people about the need for all animals to have a home, den, or nest. Educational activities relating to animals were a big part of the fun for the kids.

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NECCO Wafer Gingerbread House

In celebration of NECCO’s 150th anniversary in 1997, NECCO’s candy experts teamed up with baking instructor Susan Logozzo to offer a step-by-step guide for creating a traditional Gingerbread House with some special twists for creative decorating with candy.
You will need (for each character)
2- 1 1/2″ diameter wooden balls
2- 2 1/4″ diameter clay pots
2 buttons
shiny holiday ribbons
white small rick rack
white craft or hot glue
black finetip marker
large paintbrush
acrylic paints in light brown and pink
Visit here to get the rest of this project.

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Miniature Gingerbread House

This ‘mini’ craft has big flavor. Kids can decorate this Miniature Gingerbread House and enjoy as a Christmas treat, or as a decoration for years to come.
What you’ll need:

* 7 graham crackers
* Frosting for glue (recipe below)
* Assorted small candies for decorating
* Ribbon
* Pastry bag and tip or Ziploc bag and scissors
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Fantasy Gingerbread Candy House

Set aside a day or two and enlist lots of help from the kids to create a memorable piece of family architecture with this Fantasy Gingerbread Candy House. You might want to document the roof-raising with photos or a video.
WHAT YOU NEED
* Gingerbread Dough (see recipe below)
* House template
* Scissors
* Plain paper (at least 8 1/2-inches x 11-inches)
* Ruler
* Pencil
* Rolling Pin
* Tree or girl and boy cookie cutters (optional)
* Baking sheets
* Wide spatula
* Cooling racks
* Royal Icing “Glue” recipe (see below)
* Base such as a board, baking sheet, flat platter or cake stand
* Foil (if using board as base)
* Narrow spatula
* Plastic pastry bag or sandwich bag
* Colored icings in tubes (with decorating tips)
* Mini Chewy SWEETARTS
* Mini Chewy SPREE
* SPREE Candy Canes
* BABY RUTH Fun Size Bars
* NESTLÉ CRUNCH Santa Pooh
* NESTLÉ BUTTERFINGER, NESTLÉ CRUNCH Fun Size Bars or Miniatures, or NESTLÉ Milk Chocolate JINGLES
* NESTLÉ CRUNCH Medallion
* Flake coconut (optional)
* Craft hot glue gun with craft hot glue sticks (optional)
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Birthday Party Gingerbread House

This one is NEAT! Gingerbread for Birthdays! Why not make this fantastic Birthday Gingerbread House instead of the usual birthday cake. Put on Your Party Hat! Kit includes everything to make a Gingerbread birthday surprise:

* Spicebrook Forest Birthday Candies
* Gingerbread Spice Mix
* Instruction Manual
* One easy cookie dough recipe makes seven houses
* Pastry Cloth and Rolling Pin Cover
* Cookie Cutter Set
* Made in America

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Gingerbread House Floral Bouquet

This would make a lovely gift for the New Year! This is a charming basket, shaped and decorated like an old-fashioned Gingerbread House….and the hand-painted detailing looks like real candy. The Gingerbread House Bouquet arrangement brings sweet memories of the holidays and the New Year and the bouquet is a perfect gift for all ages! Visit here to get yours.

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Gingerbread Baby Shower House

I came across this lovely and really unique idea for baby shower cake, why not have a Gingerbread baby shower house. The bit I have learned is that there is a bakery in San Francisco that makes them. The houses are so darling is baby soft pastel colors. I have lots of relatives that seem to have babies in December so this would make a Fabulous presentation at one of our gatherings. So cute!