Gingerbread House – Log Cabin Style
Lizzy and I spent the evening making this gingerbread house log cabin.
They have a gingerbread display at school, and of course tomorrow is the deadline. I wouldn’t want to take my time, plan, that would be too easy.
We started with a kit and embellished (and embellished and embellished). I need to remind myself (often) that ‘less is more’. OH WELL!
We built the chimney out of Honey Maid Graham Crackers and white chocolate, the bricks are Nabisco Shreddies and just like last year our roof shingles are Frosted Mini Wheats.
Are you making a gingerbread house this year? If you have … share a photo with us (leave the a link in the comments or email it to me and I’ll share it for you).
MK xo
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63 Comments
Gayle Broks · December 10, 2009 at 10:28 pm
Fantastic job. Lizzy is sure to win the contest.
MommyKnows · December 13, 2009 at 10:28 pm
@Gayle Broks, Thanks! She is keeping her fingers x’d.
Madeline · December 11, 2009 at 12:11 am
Oh. my. you always come up with the cutest stuff. This is no exception.
I definitely won’t be attempting gingerbread houses this year. Levi would just eat everything before we put it together. Maybe next year.
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MommyKnows · December 13, 2009 at 10:27 pm
@Madeline, Thanks! No gingerbread houses for Levi (yet), he’d probably want to sleep with it!!
Madeline · December 14, 2009 at 8:23 am
Ha! Ain’t that the truth!
Angella · December 11, 2009 at 9:42 am
We have a kit and still need to do it…
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MommyKnows · December 13, 2009 at 10:27 pm
@Angella, I’m hoping you’ll post photos! Have fun :)
Liz@thisfullhouse · December 11, 2009 at 10:45 am
I know that I have said this to you on many occasions (to your face, too) DANG, but I covet your camera. Oh, and your kitchen skillz. Aaaaand, well, will you adopt me?
.-= Liz@thisfullhouse´s last blog ..The Littlest Elf That Could, Fo’Shizzle! =-.
MommyKnows · December 13, 2009 at 10:26 pm
@Liz@thisfullhouse, Yes, I’d love to adopt you.
I don’t understand http://nikon.com … you really need to give Liz a D90 (even a D40) for her fabulous blog!
Broke But Still Drinking · December 11, 2009 at 1:28 pm
With someone like me as a brother the house wouldn’t make it until morning.
MommyKnows · December 13, 2009 at 10:25 pm
@Broke But Still Drinking, I know … you’re trouble ;)
ashpags · December 11, 2009 at 8:00 pm
Mmm it looks delicious! And I love the set-up of the photos…the Christmas tree light bokeh in the background is fab!
RE: your comment: Yeah, the colors of the yarn aren’t quite as bright IRL as in the second pic, but I agree with you — I like the second pic better!
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MommyKnows · December 13, 2009 at 10:25 pm
@ashpags, Thank you!
Hey! You’re famous –> http://thepioneerwoman.com/blog/2009/12/houston_babiesand_other_matters/
Love your mention over at The Pioneer Woman :)
ashpags · December 14, 2009 at 8:05 am
@MommyKnows, Hehe, I don’t know about famous, but yep, that’s me! I was so excited to finally meet her, and can’t believe I made it on the blog! =)
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Nikki · December 11, 2009 at 8:49 pm
MK and Lizzie: Nice work. I’d personally start with eating the roof. No kidlets in our house so no house building for us…off to wrap some presents.
MommyKnows · December 13, 2009 at 10:24 pm
@Nikki, Thanks Nik! I’m not crazy about any of the candy. I do like mini-wheats though.
Amy J in SC · December 11, 2009 at 9:23 pm
Beautiful job.
Beautiful bokeh too.
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MommyKnows · December 13, 2009 at 10:21 pm
@Amy J in SC, I liked the bokeh too. My part of the world is terrible for light at this time of the year. At least we can enjoy the Christmas light bokeh!
Betty · December 11, 2009 at 9:26 pm
Wow great job!!
MommyKnows · December 13, 2009 at 10:20 pm
@Betty, Thank you!
Chris | Dads Advice · December 11, 2009 at 10:25 pm
Wow, that looks amazing! Looks too good to eat.
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MommyKnows · December 13, 2009 at 10:19 pm
@Chris | Dads Advice, Thanks! The kids are dying to dig into it. I am happy we had to send it to school for the display.
Jo · December 12, 2009 at 10:42 am
Too cute!! Are the logs Pirolines? Looks fantastic.
MommyKnows · December 13, 2009 at 10:19 pm
@Jo, They aren’t Pirolines, some other candy I found at Safeway. I’d tell you what, but I am too lazy to get off the couch and look :)
Come and visit!
Sheri · December 12, 2009 at 12:31 pm
That is a great gingerbread house. My daughter is a little too young for that activity (18 months) and I can’t wait to be able to do it.
Happy Holidays
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MommyKnows · December 13, 2009 at 10:18 pm
@Sheri, Thanks and happy holidays to you too!
Jodi Renshaw · December 12, 2009 at 1:31 pm
Ok … this gingerbread house … coupled with your Marie Antoinette Halloween costume SOOOO qualifies you for Mother-of-the-Year. You have my vote!
xoxo
Jodi
.-= Jodi Renshaw´s last blog ..Please Help Make My Christmas Wish Come True. =-.
MommyKnows · December 13, 2009 at 10:17 pm
@Jodi Renshaw, I am far from MOTY … FAR FAR FAR!
You haven’t seen my laundry room. The mess around here is gross.
Thanks anyway :) I can always pretend and this helps ;)
xo Kim
Julie @ littlefornow · December 12, 2009 at 5:42 pm
That is sooo cute. I’ve done a brownstone with chocolate grahm crackers before, but this is adorable. I want to make this when my stepdaughter is in town for Christmas. The baby is just too young to enjoy it.
MommyKnows · December 13, 2009 at 10:16 pm
@Julie @ littlefornow, Thank you. I’m glad you stopped by.
Hannah · December 12, 2009 at 10:41 pm
Beautiful!!!!! It’s just stunning!
I really wanted to buy a gingerbread house kit but they are kind of hard to find here, I’ve only seen them in a couple of stores (probably because it’s traditionally a North American thing to do at Christmas time). I could make my own gingerbread, I suppose!!!
.-= Hannah´s last blog ..Thoughts =-.
MommyKnows · December 13, 2009 at 10:15 pm
@Hannah, Thank you! They are really inexpensive here, just $9.
You can’t beat that!
Carey · December 13, 2009 at 6:57 am
You house came out nice. Love the twinkling lights in the back.
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MommyKnows · December 13, 2009 at 10:14 pm
@Carey, Thank you :)
Alina · December 13, 2009 at 10:10 am
Woooow! How cute!! The chimney is cool, quite realistic :) and I love those Christmas lights in the background ^_^
MommyKnows · December 13, 2009 at 10:14 pm
@Alina, Thanks! I love your website and photography. Everyone should head over to your blog http://russianseason.net and check it out.
Amber's Crazy Bloggin' Canuck · December 13, 2009 at 1:48 pm
Here’s one thing THIS Mommy Knows: those gingerbread houses are WAAAAAAAY too high-maintenance for this mama. :-)
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Sarah Mae · December 14, 2009 at 6:04 pm
So yummy and pretty…but what are the “logs?”
MommyKnows · December 14, 2009 at 6:46 pm
@Sarah Mae, The logs are Rondoletti cafe style cream wafers. I bought them at Safeway.
Karyn · December 16, 2009 at 9:26 am
wow. everytime I come back to your site it gets cooler and cooler. however, it’s making me hungry and i’m back on WW for the holidays. dangerously delicious gingerbread house you’ve got there. I love constructing things with food. =)
Randi · December 17, 2009 at 7:04 am
Now THAT’S a gingerbread house!!! Beautiful!
Drill · December 19, 2009 at 11:38 am
Hey – i like the way they did the log walls on the gingerbread house. My family makes they every year and they can get pretty elaborate. But no one in my clan had thought of that type of outer wall.
What is nice is to get coconut and mix it with the icing sugar and make snow men. What is also nice is to put a bit of blue colour into watery icing sugar and make a skating rink out site the house and to stack up pieces of pretzel to make a fire.
MaryKelly · February 6, 2010 at 5:01 pm
Well looking at that just makes me feel so inadequate! I am utterly useless in the creative department so I totally take my hat off to you. My kids are always embarrassed by my efforts. My ‘snowscene’ christmas cake is the stuff of legend.
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Now thats very cute its looking great on cards for at lest now.
Photography Instructions · April 19, 2010 at 2:55 am
You and you’re kid is so creative.Gingerbread log cabin is beautiful.
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Julia · November 19, 2011 at 10:12 pm
Yes, that was my question! Cinnamon sticks?
MommyKnows · November 28, 2011 at 2:45 pm
@Julia, the logs are Rondolettie cafe style cream wafers: http://www.tweedandhickory.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/choco-hazelnut-cafe-style-cream-waffers-by-rondoletti-400-gram-canister.html
MommyKnows · November 30, 2011 at 11:14 am
Not cinnamon sticks but Rondolettie cafe style cookies. I bought them in Safeway.
Eran · October 8, 2012 at 2:26 am
I love the photos of the ginger bread house. Great photos!
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The best part about gingerbread houses is when you come home from a hard days work at the end of the day, your gingerbread house’s bathroom doesn’t need renovating, or the kitchen cupboard door isn’t hanging off – All you need to do is bite it with a hot cup of coffee!
aaaaah…
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Evelyn Garrett · December 12, 2013 at 1:33 am
Christopher, who is six, and I, his ‘Muu-maw’, went to a small county library where they allowed us, for only $3.00, to create our own gingerbread houses. Saturday we decorated and ‘glued’ the walls to a small sheetboard, and Sunday afternoon we decorated and ‘glued’ on the roof and chimney. We had such a wonderful time.
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