{"id":275,"date":"2008-12-20T06:00:31","date_gmt":"2008-12-20T10:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gingerbreadfun.com\/?p=275"},"modified":"2008-12-19T11:58:19","modified_gmt":"2008-12-19T15:58:19","slug":"gingerbread-house-building-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gingerbreadfun.com\/?p=275","title":{"rendered":"Gingerbread House Building Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gingerbreadfun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/images.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-276\" title=\"images\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gingerbreadfun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/images.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"79\" height=\"124\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Even the most seasoned Gingerbread house architect can use a few helpful hints. Here are some suggestions that might help to make your construction more enjoyable and trouble free.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0 Cut all windows and doors before baking.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 You may build your house in stages over a few days or a few weeks time.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Bake pieces one day, attach pieces for construction at another time, and add decorations even later.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 When you get ready to construct the house, spread your icing directly on a strong piece of cardboard, plywood, or a flat unbreakable tray to cover area where house will be built. This helps to create a strong foundation.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 To prevent having a lopsided house, be sure to hold the cookie sides in place until dry, or they won&#8217;t line up. My kids had trouble with this step because they were so excited to decorate the house with candy.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 You don&#8217;t need a large quantity of candy to decorate. Variety is the key and less is truly more.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Food coloring can be added to brighten up your gingerbread house. However, certain food coloring will thin out your mortar and in most cases the candy will provide enough color for your house.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even the most seasoned Gingerbread house architect can use a few helpful hints. Here are some suggestions that might help to make your construction more enjoyable and trouble free. \u2022\u00a0 Cut all windows and doors before baking. \u2022 You may build your house in stages over a few days or a few weeks time. \u2022 &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gingerbreadfun.com\/?p=275\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Gingerbread House Building Tips&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,4],"tags":[232,16,22],"class_list":["post-275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gingerbread-decorations","category-gingerbread-houses","tag-building-gingerbread-house-tips","tag-gingerbread","tag-gingerbread-house"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gingerbreadfun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gingerbreadfun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gingerbreadfun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gingerbreadfun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gingerbreadfun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=275"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.gingerbreadfun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":277,"href":"http:\/\/www.gingerbreadfun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275\/revisions\/277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gingerbreadfun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gingerbreadfun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gingerbreadfun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}