Ginjahbread House: Rudolph Style

Am I the only one who gets creeped out by this Burl Ives snowman? I know he's benevolent, but I always thought he was a weird character and never really warmed up to him even as a kid--I mean, just LOOK at him.

It may be late for the season, but here's a belated Christmas-y post.

My mom is very awesome and consented to purchase a Rudolph-themed gingerbread house kit.

I don't remember the last time--if ever--I made a gingerbread house, so after helping/watching my students build and decorate their own, I just couldn't ignore the call of gingerbread house making.

This kit was pretty cool. It had candy/gumdrop versions of Bumble, Santa, and Rudolph albeit he looks like he leapt out of Picasso's Christmas collection.

Also, I was pretty proud/satisfied with this candystone walkway (made of cut up gumdrops and small balls of candy). I don't always go out of my way to take this much time--especially with food, but this was a lot of fun and relaxing. I think I'll have to definitely do this again next year!

Here's a rear view of the house. I adored adding little details to the house. The wreath was very fun to make. Guess I still like miniatures after all these years!

Here's an angle so you can see all the time my mom and I put into the roof. It wasn't exactly easy to get this result with just a little kit and the frosting they give you, so I think we did pretty darn good.

It was also pretty neat that the kit let you cut out other characters to place around the house.

Merry (late) Christmas, everyone!

Hope you had a wonderful time with family and friends.
Let's make it an even better new year than the previous!

The butter dish has spoken.