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Happy Holidays party peeps! Christmas Eve is tomorrow! Are you looking for a last minute fun activity to do with your family on Christmas Day? I’ve got you covered with my Gingerbread House Decorating Party! This is a tradition in my house for Christmas Day. My kids and my nephews all get together before dinner and decorate Gingerbread Houses. It’s so much fun and the kids really get into it. This year we are going to be making a contest out of it which should add to the excitement! Be sure to Follow Me On Instagram where I put up this year’s houses where you can vote for your favorite. The house with the most votes will win $50!!! OH YEAH….I can see this year the competition will be fierce! I have a feeling the parents will be getting in on this one! Enjoy the pics of all the fun we had last year…there was lots of goofing off, lots of eating the candy BEFORE it got on the gingerbread houses and even my daughter Riley taking a bite out of hers when she was done! PRICELESS memories!
HOW DID SHE DO THAT?
First of all, who’s got time to make all those gingerbread houses, right? NOT ME! I started this tradition last year when I was in Target’s bakery section and saw these pre-made gingerbread houses complete with pre-made icing already in a piping bag…ALL READY TO USE! I’m pretty sure I heard angels singing! All I had to do was buy the candy to decorate them??!! THAT’S what I call EASY! I picked up four of them…one for each of the kids and headed over to the candy aisle to pickup a few bags of candy.
When the guests arrived, they all got one gingerbread house on a large round plastic platter filled with Jet-Puffed Marshmallows to resemble snow! Each guest also got a tray full of assorted candy and marshmallows. They also had their choice of colored icings, gels and sprinkles to let their imaginations go wild! And wild they did! Check out that Monster House!
NOW, LET’S HAVE FUN DECORATING!!!
HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYBODY!
Tonya
WHERE DID SHE GET THAT?
– Styling & photography: Soiree Event Design
– Printables: Soiree Event Design
– Pre-made gingerbread houses, candy and Jet-Puffed marshmallows: Target
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I need to pay you a visit! You have so much fun!
That is such a great idea for a party. My boys always love decorating a gingerbread house with me this time of the year.
Oh Tonya! Your photos of your family decorating their gingerbread houses are just too cute! I think that smiley face on the back side was sweet too! 😀
How did you get a bunch of pro builders. I have tried to do a house and well… lets just say theirs look better
I’ve never tried decorating a gingerbread house with candies. It looked easy and simple to do but I’m sure there’s lot of creativity and thinking skills required as well to create such a colorful and wonderful house like that! 🙂
That looks so fun. the kids really seem to be having a grand time and the houses look so good.
I love parties where kids can work on their own projects. They even get to take home a yummy decoration!
Memories made! Oh and some adorable gingerbread houses! 😉
Wow! These look so nice. I like looking at all the fun your family had putting these houses together.
These look incredible. I wish mine looked like that when I was a kid!
It came out so cute. ours fell apart, lol. I have no idea what we did wrong, but the kids thought they were fun just the same. 🙂
Does anything say “holiday” more than gingerbread houses? I never seem to make time for them, but next year I’m setting aside a day to just have fun and make a mess!
Those ginger bread houses are so cute! I am so terrible at making them but i always try!
This is such a fun and cool activity to include in events. I’m sure it’ll be a big hit amongst kids and parents will enjoy it just as much.
Looks like such a fun party, this is something I’d love to do!
How fun! My daughter is 30 years old, and she still gets together with her friends every year to do this.
Wow what fun! Every year we usually a house too. It’s so much fun for all of us. We’ve had a lot of tragedy in the last week so we didn’t get to this year. This post makes me miss the fun!
What a cute gingerhouse bread!! I love this Christmas tradition! So reminiscent of my childhood!
This would be an awesome tradition to have indeed. My sister and her friends every year get together to build gingerbread houses. It would be so much fun for the children. Thanks for sharing the very creative gingerbread houses.
I never really decorated a gingerbread house before – but I bet it is a wonderful experience – all these creativity definitely goes all around.
LOVE your amazing Gingerbread house decorating party! Everything was set up so easy to use for the kids. Love all the photos of them in action and of their final products.
Those are some great looking gingerbread houses! I haven’t made a house in a few years, but it is always a fun activity I think!
That looks like so much fun. I have wanted to do something like this with my kids and nieces.
I need to save this idea for next year. I think this is such a fun way to celebrate the season!
I love how colorful it is. It is really fun to make and decorate gingerbread houses. We did it last year but haven’t done it this year. Hopefully, next year again. 🙂
those gingerbread houses sure do bring back memories. I remember when we lived in Atlanta my mom took my sister and I to some place where we made a really elaborate one together. and then we took it home and I would nibble away at the parts like a mouse for weeks, sneaking the candy bits. I’m sorry I never did this with my own children.
This is such a wonderful idea for making Gingerbread houses! All of the kids look like they had an amazing time as well!
Your photos are incredible! I want to come to your house and take part in your gingerbread decorating party. I love the candies etc, you used for the decorating.
How fun! It looks like everyone had a great time. My son would love it. I particularly love the eyeballs on the roof!
Oh, that is an awesome tradition! I love it! I need to start that one with my kids!
Nothing more fun then making gingerbread houses, I absolutely love it!
This looks like so much fun! My girls would love it if we did this! I am sure they would enjoy eating it afterwards too!
This is awesome! I’ve attempted to make some that just crumbled. I’ll have to look for the pre-made ones next Christmas at Target.
That Gingerbread house is gorgeous! I really love how organized everything is, from preparation to the design of the roof! It is so cool to see it magically transform! Looks like the kids had fun too!
oh wow this looks so amazing and so much fun, i have never made or decorated a ginger bread before and i so want to now
We didn’t get to do a Gingerbread House this year. But, thanks for the idea, we may do a party next year.
What a fun crowd! They looks all very happy making their gingerbread houses. Thinking of doing this too next year. Hope by then the pre-made gingerbread house will still be available at Target heheh
What fun! And you were able to create great memories for your family. I miss having smaller children around to do things like this with.
Love your post and high quality pictures. Your kids look like they were having a blast and I know when I have kids I will make gingerbread houses as a tradition. Oh and the pre-made g-houses is a brillant idea!
These are so cute! My kids love making them.