Gingerbread Houses

For the last couple of years, I've bought the gingerbread house kit from the store. We've had fun putting them together but the houses didn't actually taste very good, especially because we don't eat them right after assembly. Maybe that's the trick, I don't know. That aside, in our experience, fun to decorate, pretty to look at, not yummy to eat.

So this year I decided to try something different! Sugar cookie house and royal icing plus a few candies to decorate with! Not quite as cool as the 3-D houses, but still fun and much tastier. I did consider making gingerbread cutout cookies rather than the sugar, but knew for sure the sugar would get eaten! I iced a few houses brown for the gingerbread affect, a few white and left a few plain. I also made several colors  of royal icing to decorate the houses plus marshmallows, chocolate chips & crushed candy canes to add. The kids still had just as much fun I think. :)

If we do this again next year, I may get a few more types of candy for everyone to use on their houses. Great job on your gingerbread houses kiddos!