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Gingerbread house building
By TheAngelForever | December 25, 2009
Wednesday was NHL’s last day of first grade for 2009. To help celebrate, the kids all helped to bring in supplies for a tasty craft and party. As one of the room parents, I saw the list of items and immediately knew what they would be making. The class was going to construct gingerbread houses using graham crackers, frosting, lots of candy and their imagination. Of course, as a teacher, I knew that NHL’s class would need more adult hands on deck to assist with the group.
JSL and I went into the classroom. I was afraid that he would be all over the place. Luckily, he was content watching the kids, while munching on a few M&M’s.
Meanwhile, I had fun dishing out extra frosting and supplies to the kids. It was interesting seeing those that had never made a gingerbread house (like my NHL) compared to those who were seasoned professionals.Here are some photos of NHL making his first gingerbread house. He was quite into it, but also asked his teacher numerous times if he could nibble on some of the candies. Needless to say, this was a common question in the room of first graders.
NHL had a blast adding frosting to his creation and then putting all of the different candies it. Take a close look at his face above, there’s even some frosting on him. Here are some views of his first ever gingerbread house:
Eventually, NHL stopped adding things to his house to go and read on the rug with his little brother. JSL was already surrounded by a gaggle of first graders!
While they were on the rug, I went around looking at all of the different gingerbread houses. One of my favorites was made by a little girl. She had made many of these in the past. Check out the view from the front and back:
So my question to you this week is inspired by the first graders:
Have you ever made a gingerbread house before? If not, you are not alone . . . I do not recall ever making one. If you have what are your favorite items to use as decorations?
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Thanks to Kailani at An Island Life for starting this fun for Friday. Please be sure to head over to her blog to say hello and sign the MckLinky there if you are participating.
Aloha #79
Topics: Aloha Friday, fun, holidays, jsl, messy, nhl, photos, school, yummy | 13 Comments »
December 25th, 2009 at 9:35 am
Seen them but haven’t made them myself. I haven’t tasted them too.
December 25th, 2009 at 10:16 am
Your pictures of the gingerbread houses brought back such fond memories. When my boys were in elementary school, I was very active in the PTO and every year we hosted a Christmas bazaar to raise money for the school. The PTO moms and their children would make the houses and would raffle them off. And in addition my boys got to decorate ones for our house. Thank you for bringing back those memories. Merry Christmas!
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December 25th, 2009 at 11:41 am
I have never built one but I think your kids did a great job!
December 26th, 2009 at 12:19 am
We have a family tradition of making gingerbread houses every year. It’s lots of fun for the kids and us
Merry Christmas!
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December 26th, 2009 at 1:18 am
We’ve done them the last couple of years but I have to admit that we cheat and buy a kit. We decorated our house on Wednesday and even though it was only Alex’s second time doing it, he did an amazing job! I’ll be posting pictures tomorrow. Zach had fun too, though mostly he just stuck the mini gum drops on the frosting I piped onto the house.
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December 26th, 2009 at 1:18 am
My daughter makes one every year with her daughter and her niece, and have so much fun. Yours looks truly imaginative too. Good work. I’m your newest follower. Merry Christmas.
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December 26th, 2009 at 11:14 am
Yes we did. Actually, we do it every year and enjoy it. Here are the photo for this year:
http://www.amauiblog.com/2009/12/merry-christmas/
December 26th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
never made one before, but i know this is a tradition we will soon be starting!
hope you and your family have a safe and happy holiday season!
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December 26th, 2009 at 2:06 pm
no but they look adaorable!
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December 26th, 2009 at 3:58 pm
I’ve never made one as a child but I have my girls make one every Christmas. They love using candy canes, mini m&ms, fruit loops, and mini marshmallows.
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December 26th, 2009 at 11:02 pm
The last gingerbread anything that we made was a gingerbread tree with our grandchildren. It was less complicated than the house.
January 1st, 2010 at 4:26 am
just made them w/ the kids on weds what a pita
January 1st, 2010 at 2:10 pm
We have made gingerbread houses every week, but I like the idea of doing it with graham crackers. That was cute. We buy the kit from costco every year for $9 and it has everything, frosting, candy, gingerbread house, etc. It’s super worth it and a ton of fun!
Happy New Year!
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