I like the creative part of making a gingerbread house every year. Here is my 2019 house and some things that worked great for me this year.
1. I bought a pre-assembled house, that let me get right to the fun part - decorating! Here is the kit I used this year and I got it on sale in the store.
2. I bought extra candy.
-Sour Streamers ended up being a great option, I could cut out shapes I wanted out of the long, sugared strips.
-I got really excited when I found Candy Buttons - they were the perfect colors to me
-I used Smarties as a porch and sidewalk
3. I bought cereal for the roof. This year I used Cinnamon Toast Crunch. And it's a bit painstaking to shingle a tiny roof, but I love the result. It turns your Gingerbread House into a Gingerbread Cottage!
4. I worked in the living room while watching movies. It's kind of a long process that takes a lot of concentration, but to keep it fun, I watched Christmas movies while I worked.
5. I used fake snow as a final touch. Some years I've added snow with frosting or powdered sugar, but I had bought fake snow for another project and used it to fill in between the house and the cardboard edges of the base and dusted some over the top of the house - it was a perfect touch. It looks like snow and adds some sparkle.
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