Gingerbread Houses

There are a lot of ideas for candy and other edible items that you can use for a Hawaii or beach-themed gingerbread house. This is a list of some items and ideas for things you could make with them to decorate a tropical island gingerbread house for a summer Christmas. Candy decorations for a beach-themed […]

Gingerbread houses are a fun thing to make during the holidays, but the question of whether they’re something you should eat or not always comes up. Most kids will pick the candy off and eat it when you’re not looking, but what about the gingerbread itself? Are the houses and candy meant to be eaten,

Making gingerbread houses is a fun thing to do during the holidays, but sometimes it’s hard to throw them out once the holidays are over. What should you do if you want to save a gingerbread house for longer than just the holiday season? And is it a good idea to try to do it

Nobody wants to throw out their gingerbread house after the holiday season is over, but you might not want to eat it or it might not be made from the kind of gingerbread that you’d want to eat. So what can you do with an old gingerbread house? The best thing to do with an

If you’re going to use candy to decorate your gingerbread house, there are a lot of options. I like to do candy houses as opposed to the ones that are more piped, so I use a lot of candy to make different accessories and decor elements. These are some of the ones that I like

Since making gingerbread houses is a holiday activity that you can do with kids, it might be nice to be able to mail one to a Grandparent or another relative as a gift. The problem is that gingerbread houses can be fragile, but if you plan carefully, you should be able to mail a gingerbread

EBT or food stamps/SNAP are supplemental programs for buying food for low-income families. There are a lot of restrictions on what you can and can’t buy with your EBT card, but are gingerbread house kits included? Gingerbread house kits are generally included as something that you can buy with an EBT card or food stamps

Making clear windows for a gingerbread house is a cute detail, and it also allows you to put things inside the house or to add lights to illuminate the windows. There are a couple of ways to make clear windows, but the one that’s the least humidity-sensitive is sheet gelatin. Sheet gelatin has a few

A lot of gingerbread houses have transparent windows that are made from sugar, but that can require melting hot sugar or isomalt, and that isn’t a kid-friendly activity. Hot sugar can cause severe burns, so if you have little kids around you shouldn’t do anything with melted sugar if they’re in the kitchen! For little

Gingerbread house kits weren’t around when I was a kid, but they’re all over the place now. I hadn’t used them before I started this website, and I learned pretty quickly that they can be improved. And sometimes they need to be improved! So, how do you make a gingerbread house kit better? It would