I am sure everyone is busy doing their Christmas baking! I wanted to provide you an easy tutorial on how to make the PERFECT gingerbread house with your kids. Grab your paper and pen and take good notes. Really, it is easy and fun. If you are thinking to yourself that you already know how to make a gingerbread house, you may not know how to make this one. You know...the Perfect One.
Step-By-Step Instructions:
1. Invite a friend who has a good sense of humor and who is NOT a perfectionist. Also, make sure she has NEVER done a gingerbread house as well.
2. Buy a gingerbread kit. It is much easier and everything is provided. Do NOT read the instructions until the kids are gathered around and ready to decorate the gingerbread house.
3. Cut a big hole in the icing bag. This way the icing comes out in clumps instead of nice neat lines. Smear the icing on with your fingers. (Make sure you lick your fingers before and after your smear the icing.)
4. The kit instructions will suggest you put the icing on and hold the pieces together for 1 minute. No need to do this. The kids are ready to decorate!
5. Gather the cute kids around the table and build up the anticipation of making a gingerbread house.
6. Make sure you have a very active 2 year little boy. This way most of the decorations get eaten.
There you have it. A "Perfect" gingerbread house! Oh, wait until you see the next picture. It shows how "Perfect" it is.
That is why you DON'T want to hold the pieces together for 1 minute. It just would not turn out like this!
Final step: Make sure you have lots of fun and laugh alot.
Merry Christmas from our house to yours!
5 comments:
this was so much fun to read...i love your great attitude! i wish i could say that decorating our gingerbread train was fun--my hubby was in charge and believe me, he is NOT the friend you want to have over! hahaha...
Ha ha ha ha ha!!! This looks like ours, every stinkin' time we make one.
This brought back some funny memories of about 4 years ago: at the PBC staff Christmas party they had the "makin's" for gingerbread houses on each table (not all the same) & had a timed contest. It was hilarious to see what adults could (& couldn't) do! And I think ours turned out like yours...
Love. It.
What a fun experience for the kids... what a precious memory for the mom. ;)
Love you, friend!
This cracks me up! So funny! I love the reality of these pictures...because you're right, its supposed to be FUN for the kids! We just did our gingerbread house last night. And I think my kids ate just as much candy as they stuck on too!
Merry Christmas!
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