Remember that post I promised? The one that wouldn't just be a whole bunch of pictures?
Well, this isn't it. Sorry.
As part of my annual campaign to cram as many Christmas-y activities into the few short weeks that are the Christmas season, and because Frazier has been sick this week, so we've been more or less confined to the house, we spent this past Monday decorating gingerbread houses!
I bought this Wilton kit at Wal-Mart for $9 and it was worth every penny. This is how gingerbread house making should be...easy peasy. It came with everything you needed...though I may have added to it a little...
I had to add my own arsenal of candy...
Frazier was excellent at this, which didn't surprise me a bit. I had a feeling he would be. He worked diligently for an hour and a half and decorated all five little houses! I did the preliminary construction and let them dry ahead of time, then I just iced the roofs of each house and spread icing all around their bases so Frazier could stick candy on the tops and in the "yards" of each house.
We may have made a little mess. And there may have been a little bit of candy on the floor when we were done. Or this much:
...but it was a pretty quick clean up really. And it was worth it. Just look at these results!
These two are going to stay here...
...while these are all wrapped up to be given away!
Oh my they are beautiful. Looks like Frazier helped a lot. Looked like fun.
ReplyDeleteThat is such a beautiful idea! And how creative and artsy your son is at such a young age!! As a preschool teacher, it seems to me that your Frazier has some talents way beyond his years! Hope you guys have a very merry Christmas!! ~Blessings~
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