For the last 3 years I have been getting kits to build and decorate your own gingerbread houses.
The kids are super excited to do it.
This year my grandmother sent us a great kit too.
My sister and I did most of the decorating, I think the kids lasted about 30 mins and she and I were at the table for ohhh…. 2 hours.
The problem is they use up most of their attention span waiting for us to construct the houses (while they fill up on candy).
Our lesson learned…….construct the frames or houses a day before by yourself. That way you and the kids can get straight to the best part…decorating! Only took 3 years but I figured it out.
It is also better to have a sturdy dry house for them to mash candy on to….a soft newly built house doesn’t stand up so well.
We noticed a little too late that this is exactly what the directions suggest by the way 
After all that work I can’t bear to through them out even though the Holiday season is over and we finished putting or decorations away yesterday.
So here they are memorialized for all to see.
I love pictures, after I have taken a few I don’t feel so bad about letting it go knowing I captured the hard-work to enjoy forever.
We made 3. My daughters has the hot pink and heart roof, my nephew’s (6months old didn’t he do a great job…wink wink) is the one with the peppermint tree topper, and my son’s has the readhead out front.
