H A R I N I
Christmas is a wonderful time of year, but it can be a lot of work. Today, I will be telling you how to make a gingerbread house.
GETTING THE PRODUCT(S)
Go to a grocery store, and look around for some gingerbread kits. They should include a roof, walls and a base. They should also have icing and some decorating candy.
EXTRAS!!
Sometimes, the kits might not suffice, meaning you might mess up, a LOT. If you consider yourself a robot, and don't need extras, don’t get them! But if you need extras, get extras. You know who you are. Some extras can be icing and your favorite candy.
ALLOCATE SOME TIME!!
If you find yourself making gingerbread houses while washing laundry or doing homework, you need to have TIME!! Gingerbread houses are NOT easy. You need time, and not just 5 minutes, you need 5 hours*. (You don’t really need that much but, you need a lot of time.)
Be PATIENT!
TAKE OUT THE MATERIALS!
The first step to a perfect gingerbread house is organization. You need to be organized. Take a look at the instructions. Watch some people doing the kit that you bought.
CONSTRUCTING TIME!!
Make sure that your icing the smooth and creamy, and put down the first wall, continuing until all the sides are placed. Then place on the roofs, and constructing time is done.
Let it Dry! Let it Dry! Let it Dry!
Most people have perfect houses until this point. They get so excited that they forget to dry it and the roof slides down, or the wall caves in, and you will have no choice but to rebuilt, and your kit will look atrocious. So as a precaution, let it dry, Let it Dry, LET IT DRY!!!
DECORATING!!
Remember those extras I told you to but, well they should come in handy now. Place the candy in creative ways, but they should not be in crazy ways, like a peppermint balancing on one edible bead.
FINISHING TOUCHES!!
Take a toothpick, a pencil and a butter knife, and smooth out the edges. Gently move the candy into the correct placements. And sprinkle some edible gold or silver dust, but this is optional.
MESS-UPS
Icing not drying? Use a hot glue gun. It might not be edible, but it will be pretty to look at!
Broken roof, base or side? Use sticky candy and stretch it on the gingerbread for a tasty and quick fix!
“EVERYTHING IS GOING WRONG!” Problems? Buy pre-made houses, and all you have to do it decorate.
But, you can avoid all of this by skipping the gingerbread house altogether...
Christmas is a wonderful time of year, but it can be a lot of work. Today, I will be telling you how to make a gingerbread house.
GETTING THE PRODUCT(S)
Go to a grocery store, and look around for some gingerbread kits. They should include a roof, walls and a base. They should also have icing and some decorating candy.
EXTRAS!!
Sometimes, the kits might not suffice, meaning you might mess up, a LOT. If you consider yourself a robot, and don't need extras, don’t get them! But if you need extras, get extras. You know who you are. Some extras can be icing and your favorite candy.
ALLOCATE SOME TIME!!
If you find yourself making gingerbread houses while washing laundry or doing homework, you need to have TIME!! Gingerbread houses are NOT easy. You need time, and not just 5 minutes, you need 5 hours*. (You don’t really need that much but, you need a lot of time.)
Be PATIENT!
If you’re making this gingerbread house, and you glance over at the mirror and your face is red, and covered with sweat, your hair is mangled so badly that a hairdresser would cringe, and worst of all, you haven’t done the dishes or washed the clothes in so long that your trapping yourself in a dungeon, called your house. If you said yes to any of these, take a deep breath. Tell yourself to look at gingerbread houses gone wrong. Compare your creation to theirs. Next, look at beautiful gingerbread houses. Instead of telling yourself that you CAN’T do it, tell yourself that you can, if you are patient.
TAKE OUT THE MATERIALS!
The first step to a perfect gingerbread house is organization. You need to be organized. Take a look at the instructions. Watch some people doing the kit that you bought.
CONSTRUCTING TIME!!
Let it Dry! Let it Dry! Let it Dry!
Most people have perfect houses until this point. They get so excited that they forget to dry it and the roof slides down, or the wall caves in, and you will have no choice but to rebuilt, and your kit will look atrocious. So as a precaution, let it dry, Let it Dry, LET IT DRY!!!
DECORATING!!
Remember those extras I told you to but, well they should come in handy now. Place the candy in creative ways, but they should not be in crazy ways, like a peppermint balancing on one edible bead.
FINISHING TOUCHES!!
Take a toothpick, a pencil and a butter knife, and smooth out the edges. Gently move the candy into the correct placements. And sprinkle some edible gold or silver dust, but this is optional.
MESS-UPS
Icing not drying? Use a hot glue gun. It might not be edible, but it will be pretty to look at!
Broken roof, base or side? Use sticky candy and stretch it on the gingerbread for a tasty and quick fix!
“EVERYTHING IS GOING WRONG!” Problems? Buy pre-made houses, and all you have to do it decorate.
But, you can avoid all of this by skipping the gingerbread house altogether...
