Lizzy and I spent the evening making this gingerbread house log cabin.
They have a gingerbread display at school, and of course tomorrow is the deadline. I wouldn’t want to take my time, plan, that would be too easy.
We started with a kit and embellished (and embellished and embellished). I need to remind myself (often) that ‘less is more’. OH WELL!
We built the chimney out of Honey Maid Graham Crackers and white chocolate, the bricks are Nabisco Shreddies and just like last year our roof shingles are Frosted Mini Wheats.
Are you making a gingerbread house this year? If you have … share a photo with us (leave the a link in the comments or email it to me and I’ll share it for you).
MK xo
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Fantastic job. Lizzy is sure to win the contest.
Oh. my. you always come up with the cutest stuff. This is no exception.
I definitely won’t be attempting gingerbread houses this year. Levi would just eat everything before we put it together. Maybe next year.
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We have a kit and still need to do it…
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I know that I have said this to you on many occasions (to your face, too) DANG, but I covet your camera. Oh, and your kitchen skillz. Aaaaand, well, will you adopt me?
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With someone like me as a brother the house wouldn’t make it until morning.
Mmm it looks delicious! And I love the set-up of the photos…the Christmas tree light bokeh in the background is fab!
RE: your comment: Yeah, the colors of the yarn aren’t quite as bright IRL as in the second pic, but I agree with you — I like the second pic better!
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MK and Lizzie: Nice work. I’d personally start with eating the roof. No kidlets in our house so no house building for us…off to wrap some presents.
Beautiful job.
Beautiful bokeh too.
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Wow great job!!
Wow, that looks amazing! Looks too good to eat.
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Too cute!! Are the logs Pirolines? Looks fantastic.
That is a great gingerbread house. My daughter is a little too young for that activity (18 months) and I can’t wait to be able to do it.
Happy Holidays
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Ok … this gingerbread house … coupled with your Marie Antoinette Halloween costume SOOOO qualifies you for Mother-of-the-Year. You have my vote!
xoxo
Jodi
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That is sooo cute. I’ve done a brownstone with chocolate grahm crackers before, but this is adorable. I want to make this when my stepdaughter is in town for Christmas. The baby is just too young to enjoy it.
Beautiful!!!!! It’s just stunning!
I really wanted to buy a gingerbread house kit but they are kind of hard to find here, I’ve only seen them in a couple of stores (probably because it’s traditionally a North American thing to do at Christmas time). I could make my own gingerbread, I suppose!!!
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You house came out nice. Love the twinkling lights in the back.
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Woooow! How cute!! The chimney is cool, quite realistic :) and I love those Christmas lights in the background ^_^
Here’s one thing THIS Mommy Knows: those gingerbread houses are WAAAAAAAY too high-maintenance for this mama. :-)
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So yummy and pretty…but what are the “logs?”
wow. everytime I come back to your site it gets cooler and cooler. however, it’s making me hungry and i’m back on WW for the holidays. dangerously delicious gingerbread house you’ve got there. I love constructing things with food. =)
Now THAT’S a gingerbread house!!! Beautiful!
Hey – i like the way they did the log walls on the gingerbread house. My family makes they every year and they can get pretty elaborate. But no one in my clan had thought of that type of outer wall.
What is nice is to get coconut and mix it with the icing sugar and make snow men. What is also nice is to put a bit of blue colour into watery icing sugar and make a skating rink out site the house and to stack up pieces of pretzel to make a fire.
Well looking at that just makes me feel so inadequate! I am utterly useless in the creative department so I totally take my hat off to you. My kids are always embarrassed by my efforts. My ‘snowscene’ christmas cake is the stuff of legend.
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Now thats very cute its looking great on cards for at lest now.
You and you’re kid is so creative.Gingerbread log cabin is beautiful.
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Yes, that was my question! Cinnamon sticks?
Not cinnamon sticks but Rondolettie cafe style cookies. I bought them in Safeway.
I love the photos of the ginger bread house. Great photos!
The best part about gingerbread houses is when you come home from a hard days work at the end of the day, your gingerbread house’s bathroom doesn’t need renovating, or the kitchen cupboard door isn’t hanging off – All you need to do is bite it with a hot cup of coffee!
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