(Super Mom) Gingerbread Houses

Today, we had a rare chance to slow down because we had to--thanks to a snow day. With my older girls home from school, I took the opportunity to make gingerbread houses with them. It has been a few years since we did this and I can’t say I was looking forward to it. We usually make the graham cracker kind and you know how crazy that can be.



But this time was different! While my girls were all outside playing in the snow, I got to work putting the houses together. I couldn’t find my recipe for Royal Icing, so I googled it and found THIS recipe. Oh my—it is perfect! This recipe worked so much better than the one I have been using for years and years. It was so easy to stick these houses together--with no milk cartons in the middle, mind you.

So, grab your stuff and get to work. (It’s more like playing than working!)

I “glued” each house together with Royal Icing and placed it on a paper plate.

I set out a muffin tin with a variety of decorating materials.

I instructed my older girls to help the youngest although there was really no need because she only wanted to eat the candy and frosting! Kind of obvious, isn’t it?

 

Then, I visited with some friends while they decorated.

The best part is that one friend brought her daughter who was also out of school and I was able to whip out another house and she decorated with my girls.

It was one of those rare moments when I looked like Super Mom and, I admit. . .

I basked in it—it never lasts long!

So grab your stuff and get to decorating—the fun and easy way!