For the past few weeks, I think I have been as excited as Elizabeth to decorate gingerbread houses. Ever since we bought the boxes of the houses (thankfully pre-built) at the store she has asked almost daily if we could do it. Yesterday was finally the day!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We had a  bunch of friends over and much sticky decorating ensued. I let Elizabeth tear her box open.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

She told me she was so happy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We used cereal squares for our roof shingles (generic cinnamon toast crunch).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Elizabeth easily went through 1/4 of a bottle of red sprinkles. Most ended up in her mouth, some landed on our gingerbread house. Her fingers, lips, and mouth got really red. She then asked for the green sprinkles, but I had to cut her off (or at least limit her to one color).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We got a little cuddle time mid-decorating.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is my favorite side (a little random to pick a favorite, but I did):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here are all the finished products (our house is in the middle):

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is a close up of the front of our finished house:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I think they turned out wonderfully (especially since the child decorators  ranged in age from 2-6).

Maybe I’m a little crazy, but I can’t wait to do it again.

~Krista