Miss 5 attended a birthday party a few weeks ago. She won the pass the parcel and the prize inside was a gingerbread house kit. So we put it together before christmas (though I am posting it after).
Things you will need:
1 ‘Nice’ do it yourself gingerbread house kit (see below)
It contains the gingerbread walls and roof, icing and assorted lollies. We added a little gingerbread person which was about right size.
Instructions:
Following the instructions in the kit, cut a small hole in the corner of the bag of icing and draw on the windows, doors and roof tiles. To apply larger amounts of icing, cut a larger hole. Apply a blob of icing to stick lollies onto.
Use icing to glue the house together.
What the kids can do:
Unfortunately icing was rather thick and required quite a bit of force to pipe. This was definitely a job for a grown up. Miss 5 picked where to put the lollies. I assembled the house, and Miss 5 told me where to put the gingerbread person. We both ate some of it. while the gingerbread house looked good, it did taste a bit bland. Next year we might make one from scratch.
Keeping Them Occupied 