By leah jones
Making gingerbread houses can be a light-hearted activity to do while listening to Christmas music – or it can become a fun competition between family and friends.
Gingerbread House Day is Dec. 12, so here is some gingerbread house inspo for making your own edible creation this year.
Cover the entire gingerbread house in icing to make it look like it’s piled in heavy snow.
Make a barn-style gingerbread house with a chimney.
Have some of the icing drip from the gingerbread house’s roof to appear as frozen icicles.
Make a village or neighborhood of tiny, matching gingerbread houses.
Change up the shape and style of your gingerbread house by making it bigger with two stories.
Build up instead of out for a taller, more unique gingerbread house. Then add a candy cane trim for the finishing touches.
A colorful A-Frame gingerbread house is unique and simple to create.
Try covering your gingerbread house with colorful icing and using gummy candy as glass windows.
Go all out with the candy and colors when making your gingerbread house. Like you would have done as a kid, but this time a little neater.
Meticulously place down the icing to give your gingerbread house interesting line details.
Use candy canes to give your gingerbread house a porch.