Gingerbread Houses

On Friday, December 17th, our class made gingerbread houses! The excitement had been building for several weeks as we collected ice cream buckets, frosting, and supplies for decorating. Finally, the big day arrived, everything was ready, and it was time to begin! Each child had to invite one guest as a helper. We had moms, dads, grandmas, friends, and siblings join us as we created our houses.

We started the event by singing a few songs to entertain our guests.

We got our instructions on the Smartboard by looking at pictures from last year's blog post showing the whole process. We got lots of good ideas!

Everyone listened so well (adults, too)!
Finally, we could start.

The first step was to frost a foil-covered lid as a base for the house.

Then, we frosted an empty milk carton for the house.

Next, we stuck graham crackers to the cartons.

Frosting made great glue,

and it tasted good, too!

We also frosted ice cream cones for trees.

Then, the decorating began! We took turns going to the supply table to choose what we wanted to use to decorate the house.

There was lots to choose from!

Now, what to do with it all?

Everyone got a little sticky :-)

Work in progress!

Almost done! You can see from the smiling faces that all the kids had a good time.

Eli's little sister was having great fun sticking the pretzels in the frosting and then licking them (she probably wasn't the only one)!

The kids were very creative with all the gum drops, M&Ms, licorice, cereal, teddy grams, pretzels, etc.

Colored sugar, sprinkles, and coconut added extra color and texture.

It was hard to resist licking the frosting cans.

She's still licking those pretzels!

Mitch's mom couldn't be there to help (his grandma came instead), but she was able to stop in to see some of the finished projects.

The kids had so much fun and were so proud of their creations. Hopefully, they all made it home in one piece. Thanks, parents, for all of your help, and for taking time out of your busy day to take part in this fun activity!
Happy Holidays, and remember to read lots during vacation!