Gingerbread Houses...
By buggles64
@buggles64 (2709)
United States
December 21, 2010 7:35pm CST
My kids love making ginger bread houses this time of year. We do not buy the traditional gingerbread house kits, but make our houses out of graham crackers. We have been doing this for the last seven or eight years, and they really enjoy it. What Christmas activity do you like doing with your kids or Grandkids?
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@ladym33 (10979)
• United States
22 Dec 10
We make cookies. We make the shape ones and the kids decorate them. They ice them and put sprinkles on them and other decorations. We have been doing this since my 13 and 14 year old's were 4 and 5 years old. My 6 year old really loves doing it the most he could decorate the cookies for hours on end. The other two get tired of it after the first hour or so.
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@buggles64 (2709)
• United States
22 Dec 10
My kids love making and decorating cookies too. We do more baking and decorating during the holidays. This year, I even made them aprons for the cooking/baking experiences.
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@JenInTN (27514)
• United States
27 Dec 10
I think that making Christmas decorations for the tree is fun. I have also enjoyed making Christmas cookies with my girls throughout the years. I actually saw some gingerbread house kits and wondered if they would be fun. Is it hard to make them without the kit?
@peavey (16936)
• United States
24 Dec 10
My oldest daughter and I made a gingerbread house one time. We baked gingerbread and trimmed and made it from scratch. It took almost all day, too. 
What really became a tradition as the younger kids grew up was making the dressing for the turkey together. There is a lot of chopping going on, then mixing and all the kids used to get in on it. My youngest daughter still does when she can. She and I will be making it together tomorrow evening (Christmas Eve).
What really became a tradition as the younger kids grew up was making the dressing for the turkey together. There is a lot of chopping going on, then mixing and all the kids used to get in on it. My youngest daughter still does when she can. She and I will be making it together tomorrow evening (Christmas Eve). @buggles64 (2709)
• United States
24 Dec 10
Sounds like a lot of fun to be had!! Happy holidays...and thank you for your answer!
@Professor2010 (20162)
• India
23 Dec 10
Now I am in my daughter's home with my wife, her cake making oven was burnt, so i bought an oven for her last evening, we will be here during xmas, she will make cakes using this, it is our gift to her..
Thank you so much for this post.
Professor ‘Bhuwan’. .
Merry Christmas
HAPPY NEW YEAR
