This was a new book for us and the kids really enjoyed it. It's a cute little story about gingerbread baby going out into the world to look for friends. Only to be chased back home to find that the little boy who keeps him had built him a gingerbread village with lots of friends.
For our art project we made a gingerbread village too. Our gingerbread village was a no bake, super easy project. Which works for us since making gluten free gingerbread can be tricky.
First I gathered up some small milk cartons and small cardboard boxes. I glued them onto a flat sheet of cardboard.
Then, once I made sure there was so stray glue or loose pieces of cardboard, we iced the whole thing in white icing. Being really generous with it since the icing is what the candy would stick too.
Once that was done the kids just went to town decorating.
The only difficulty was keeping them from eating all the candy they had just put on.
Until next time.....
~Kayte
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Great gingerbread village. We made our gingerbread project yesterday, too!
ReplyDeletehaha. i don't think i could stop myself from eating the candy, nevermind the kids.
ReplyDeleteWOOOOOOOOOOOOW How nice I love it. You are always doing so many little things ;)
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Oh! Oh! oh! I am in AWE! Want an AWESOME village. WOW! Your kids must have LOVED making that with you!
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ReplyDeleteLOVE IT! I have been saving up extra candy to make a gingerbread house, and since we would never eat it anyway, this makes more sense for us to do it this way. I always have trouble keeping homemade ones standing so this is perfect! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteFantastic! How did you keep the kids away, or yourself for that matter, from eating the frosting? How many jars did it take? It looks de-lish!
ReplyDeleteCute!! I love this idea.. I always have a hard time keeping the graham crackers from falling down :P
ReplyDeleteBrilliant! I'm always reluctant to do gingerbread architecture because I can never get the things to stand up right. But this -- this is perfect!
ReplyDeleteI bet your kids absolutely loved this! I have trouble finding all those little cartons. You almost have to go to the store and buy the right-sized containers, and drink whatever is in it! LOL Maybe I'll do this with my kids one of these days.
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Thanks for this - I just put this book on hold at our library. I wasnt planning on doing a gingerbread house this year, but after seeing these pictures paired with those beaming smiles, well now I'm just gonna have to! :)
ReplyDeleteWOW! That gingerbread town is awesome. I bet your kids had a blast.
ReplyDeleteWow, that is impressive! I would have had a hard time not eating it too!
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What a fabulous festive village, certainly somewhere I would love to live with all of that sweetness all around ;)
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WOW that's a castle! Awesome!
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