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New tradition- build a gingerbread house for christmas? |
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by jrpettibone (October 2006) (rank 127th) |
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It is that time again! My daughters and I are begining the big gingerbread house for our city's annual Gingerbread House Contest.
This is a wonderful tradition to begin. We use it as our big tradition project for November/ December. We spend 3 weekends together on the project.
Our first year we bought a pre-fab house. Then I decided we needed to create our own!
1) First, we design our house. My daughter always chooses a castle. We use poster board to make the template.
2) The second weekend we bake the house. We use our template to cut the dough.
3) Lastly, we build the house and decorate. This is the funnest part of the weekend.
The intention of the project is working together as a family. It seems like the Holiday weekends become so busy. It is wonderful to work together as a family and create a project. My daughters are learning that big projects rarely happen in one weekend. We have to take the time to plan ahead and work hard to complete something together. We have to compromise with our ideas.
There are many awesome sites to help your family get together. There are many awesome books to help your family get started!
If you choose not to bake a gingerbread house together, choose another activity that requires everyone in the family to provide their imput!