Gingerbread Houses and Beyond: Christmas Candy and Cookie Construction Projects

by Julie Finn December 13, 2010, 7:30 am 1 Comment

If you’ve ever wanted to try baking your own gingerbread house from scratch, this is the year to do it. You can build a house out of any of your favorite gingerbread recipes, as long as they bake into a firm cookie. This gingerbread house tutorial tells you how to use your regular cookie cutters, or just a ruler, to bake all the pieces that you’ll need for your house.

For decorating, the gingerbread house decorations tutorial has a secret ingredient that makes the process fool-proof. Can you say “melted chocolate”?

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Written by Julie Finn

I'm a writer, crafter, Zombie Preparedness Planner, and homeschooling momma of two kids who will hopefully someday transition into using their genius for good, not the evil machinations and mess-making in which they currently indulge. I'm interested in recycling and nature crafts, food security, STEM education, and the DIY lifestyle, however it's manifested--making myself some underwear out of T-shirts? Done it. Teaching myself guitar? Doing it right now.

Visit my blog Craft Knife for a peek at our very weird handmade homeschool life, and my etsy shop Pumpkin+Bear for a truly odd number of rainbow-themed beeswax pretties.