Gingerbread House-Making Party

To kick off the Christmas break I hosted a gingerbread house-making party for a group ofgirlfriends. To prepare for the party I made the house frames out of graham crackers the day before to make sure the houses were sturdy by the time of the party. I also prepared royal icing-filled pastry bags for each girl.

In total we had 8 girls at the party. I was thrilled to see friends from different circles meet and have such a good time together. Using the tips other bloggers had posted about hosting this kind of party was really helpful. The most useful ones were to ask each girl to bring a sturdy base for their house and candy to share. The most-used candies were the marshmallows, red hots, and jelly beans.All of the houses turned out beautiful and unique.

Megan used lots of colored marshmallows

Amber brought her own house from a kit and made an additional graham cracker mini-house

Elaine brought her own dinosaur cookies to decorate and place in her "yard"

Catherine's house was colorful and detailed. A cut marshmallow over the doorway had a "B" painted on it for her last name

Nicole used peppermints, marshmallows, pretzels, and red-hots to create a red and white house. My favorite detail is her peppermint archways

Christina's house was the neatest and most organized

My house had a red roof and two ice cream cone-trees

Megan, Elaine, Alex, and me with our finished projects

Amber and Catherine made such colorful houses!
Hopefully this party will become a yearly event :)