Gingerbread Success

One of the activities for the advent calendar was to put together gingerbread houses. I purchased the village set of four from Michael's.

The making of the gingerbread houses is typically a difficult task. The icing they provide to hold the walls together isn't always trusty and we have had several gingerbread houses collapse on us. 



So, this year Shelly and I decided to use hot glue to put those walls together (knowing that these were for decoration and would not be eaten). And, gingerbread decorating was instantly a success...no more sliding walls and dripping candy.

Our masterpieces were complete and I added them to our retro Christmas scene on the kitchen table. The red VW bug was mine as a little girl (circa 1974). Loved adding a little tree to the top and then surrounding the VW with the gingerbread village.

Holiday Activity Fail

One of our fun Advent calendar activities was the making of a peppermint gingerbread house. Well, it was a fail! And, I just had to share it. 


We decorated all of the pieces and then attempted to put it together. Well, that wasn't happening. So, it now sits as a decorative centerpiece on the kitchen table in a big heap! But, we sure did have fun!