Daniel and Leanne decided to go the yummy lots of candy approach, while T and I went for the gingerbread replica of a turn of the 20th century Rocky Mountains log cabin.
I don't have a lot to say about it other than it was a fun activity, so I will just give a bit of a commentary on some of the photos.
First off there was the attempt at assembling the pieces. This didn't go so well, with big gaps between pretty much every wall. So we pulled it apart and tried again with another kind of icing
This worked much better and we managed to assemble the house with only a few gaps.
Daniel and Leanne chose a fancier design for their house
Next came the decorations. We chose to put chocolate rocks for the bottom half and then pretzel logs for the upper half, and a almond shingled roof mostly covered in snow
The path was made of root beer and latte jelly beans.
Now some of the details...
Under the exposed shingle section was a pile of snow that had fallen off the roof
A snowboarding gingerbread man was going down one side of the roof
A snow angel was in the snow on the ground next to the Sasquatch footprints
Santa was stuck in upside down in the chimney, and Rudolph was trying to help him out
Stained glass windows were made of crushed boiled candy, and when a tea-light candle is put inside it all glows.
Next year we plan on making a scale replica of Edinburgh Castle. Stay tuned.
2 comments:
Those are awesome! I love the details! And you really didn't eat that much candy while making them? I don't believe it!
Hmmm. Based on Paul's comment of what he plans to make next year, I believe he might be making one without me. :)
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