Not an architect or contractor? You don’t
have to be to make gingerbread houses. Use orange juice and
milk cartons and decorate with plain graham crackers,
frosting and candies. Shoe boxes and other sturdy boxes are
perfect as the structure and by adding a cardboard angled
roof and voila, instant house ready to be cemented with a
basic white frosting and gingerbread siding.
Graham Crackers - Milk
or juice carton base
Too busy to bake? Ask your local bakery to
make you gingerbread "sheets" for walls, roofs and doors. If
you feel challenged by this adventure, a local craft stores
and mail order catalogues have gingerbread house molds that
make it easy to create your building. Don’t forget the
fabulous Rice Krispies treat recipe, these easily mold to
shapes. Put holiday ginger potpourri in your teakettle on a
low burner on your stove and it will fill the house with the
aromas of the season.
Gingerbread Flat Sheets from Wilton Cookie Molds
Too busy but want to bake? Use a
gingerbread mix from your grocery store.
by Kimberly Lainson of
The Party Works
Mary Ann & Kimberly, a mother and daughter team have
created their sites
http://www.thepartyworks.com and
http://www.cakeworkscentral.com to provide
a treasure trove of free kids birthday parties, baby showers
and cake decorating ideas.
