Guess they didn’t look like food to him? When he placed a gummi pineapple shape on the gingerbread house he said “I put on the vegetable.”
Laura whipped up some royal icing and put this kit together. Charlie (almost 2 1/2) helped.
Last night I helped Maura put together a gingerbread Starbucks Cafe. It collapsed and then we fortified it and propped it with glassware and coffee mugs. The second load of frosting worked like glue. Unfortunately, I didn’t photograph it.
Over the years, my friend Joanne has baked and decorated elaborate gingerbread houses from scratch. I baked a Church one year (1987) with melted lifesavers for stained glass windows and never again. I used to watch eager third graders make little graham cracker houses on empty milk cartons at school. Helped fish out milk cartons and rinse them, drain on a rack.
Little gingerbread houses appeal to me but I need to practice. Charlie loved the result!
What fun. Charlie’s smile brings Christmas joy to us. Laura’s smile does as well. Always good to see happiness in a family. PPG has a Santas From Around The World exhibit. Beside the life size Santas, it includes many, many ginger bread houses created by children and a few trains. We are thinking that Charlie may like seeing it if he gets to Pittsburgh over the holidays.
this is full of joy and amazing post!!!
Charlie’s gingerbread house is a mini-masterpiece and Charlie looks very happy with his work. Ahhh, the joys of Christmas!
This is a lovely gingerbread house!! Such fun! Happy mom and son memories, for sure. I can’t believe Charlie didn’t eat any of the decorations! I always do!
Thank you for documenting the process. I enjoyed / marveled at Charlie’s patience. Delightful holiday activity.
Fantastic gingerbread house! I love the cute things little kids say. 🙂
So sweet, both the Gingerbread House and Charlie …. Happy Holidays!
How lovely and what a lot of work to create it!
We are making ours next Thursday at school. Always a third grade favorite!!
It looks great and what fun 🙂
THanks. He was so delighted which made it totally fun.