Tony's mom got us one of those pre-made gingerbread houses that is assembled but not decorated. They are perfect for little kids to decorate. She has given us one of these gingerbread houses the last couple of years and it has made for a fun family tradition for us to do for a family home evening.
The kits get a little fancier each year. This year they had a small green and red squirt bottles of frosting. They made frosting little things much easier. They also had a large bag of white sticky frosting that I ended up putting in a ziploc bag and cut the corner off and iced the house that way. It was much easier then trying to use that large bag they provided.
The kids did pretty good to decorate their gingerbread men and help decorate the house before eating the candy. I told them they could eat their gingerbread men after they were done and they were very happy about that. The actual gingerbread is really hard so I don't know how they ate it, but they did...and enjoyed it.
Megan loved decorating the gingerbread. She liked working with Tony and myself and using lots of frosting and lots of candy, lots and lots of candy.
I pretty much just put the white frosting onto the house and then let the kids put on the candy. Josh lost interest first and then just sat and ate the frosting (okay really Tony lost interest first, it's just not his type of thing). Tyler and Megan were going strong until they used all the candy on the house. It was fun crafting with them.
Allie was such a good spectator while we decorated. She watched from her bouncer for a good while and then Tony got her out for a closer look. She is such a cutie and a good baby too. I love this picture!
This is the finished product. It's not decorated to be the prettiest, but the kids sure had a good time putting candy all over it. What cute kids I have!
After I took the picture of the finished product I told the kids that they could eat the house. Tyler and Megan didn't waist anytime taking a big old bite. Josh was still busy eating frosting. We all had a good time and are thankful to Grandma for providing us with this fun tradition each year.
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