Gingerbread Houses

On Friday, the 23rd we did our Gingerbread houses.  We had been waiting to do them with Daddy, but this was the last day possible and Bradley was SET on doing them a second time this year since our post-Thanksgiving dinner ones didn't really work out.
Luckily we had some Halloween Haunted House kits that Kelly had won in her school class, still leftover, so we were able to use a lot of the candies, frosting and most importantly, the houses for that.  I was really impressed with the frosting I made, it held things REALLY well!!  I was amazed.  I believe this was the recipe:
1 lb powdered sugar
3 egg whites
1/2 tsp. of cream of tartar
Mix it all together and there ya have it.

I know that the egg whites make it "not okay to taste" but it sure helped with the quick drying and the holding things together.

Charity was not interested in this activity for some reason, so she opted out.

Erika had a blast!  I put her house together and then frosted a bunch of spaces, including the "door" that she wanted.  And she put all the candies on.  She really sat there and enjoyed most of this activity.  I was impressed.  Her jammies really went with the Halloween theme we had going on too ;).

Luke had a good time too!  I did the house part but he did most of the rest and even went a little crazy with the purple frosting.  It was fun that we had enough cake bags and tips for everyone.  They really know how to use them now!

Kelly had fun too!  She put hers together on her own and decorated it herself.  I was impressed!  She got tired of me joking about our "Halloween Houses" since they were her kits, but I thought it was fun anyway :)

Even Noah had a good time with this one!  He made a cute little sidewalk around his with the SweeTarts.  (we found some of the Valentine's candy we had had leftover from the parties last February.... they were just all around Holiday houses :) )

Look at my handsome Bradley!  He had a lot of fun and used mostly Halloween things... funny kid.  The bats were a nice touch.

Bradley's finished project.

Kelly's.  I love the marshmallow snowman.

This is Luke's.

Noah's

And Erika's.  I think hers looks like it's winking ;).  Too bad I didn't get the other side.  It had her "door" and all on her own, she had put a red lifesaver on the top of the door, looked like a wreath.  So cute.

This was a lot of fun and actually not too much trouble.  I think I prefer to do these on our own, at our house.  Not that it matters.