Class gingerbread house party

This post may contain affiliate links, but all opinions are 100% mine! Sometimes I think I am kind of crazy with the things I take on, but then it all works out and I remember, once again, that crazy is okay. Like when I made sixteen gingerbread (okay, graham-cracker) cottages and had fourteen children over to decorate them...at first I thought I'd lost my mind. But then we had such fun that I can hardly wait to do it again next year! To pull this off, I pre-assembled the cottages the day…

For the past 3 years my daughter's teacher has allowed or requested us to host a gingerbread house party. This is one of the easiest class activities to organize, it always gets great participation from the parents and the kids LOVE it. Below I've listed the best process to have a successful party. Edit and send the letter below home explaining what you are doing and ask each child to bring a SPECIFIC bag of candy AND 1 tub of frosting (their choice). There is a sample letter below, just…

This is the easiest way to make a gingerbread house! Click through for step by step instructions for easy graham cracker houses that won't collapse.

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This gingerbread house tutorial is easy to follow and gives you step by step photos so that you can make one yourself. It's easy to do and so cute when it is finished.

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I'll admit that I have done zero holiday decorating thus far (Bad Blogger Award™ 5 years straight, thank you very much!), but I do have some fun holiday inspiration to share from last year. We threw a Gingerbread Decorating Party for our daughter's 6th birthday and it was a total blast. An insane kid sugar fueled rave kinda blast, but a blast none the less. We purchased gingerbread kits from Ikea ($4 each) and loads of extra candy. I made the gingerbread houses the night before so they would…

This is our take on the traditional gingerbread house without the sugar mess or - er, gingerbread. Gingerbread I may miss a bit, but the sugar mess I do not.

Tips and tricks for throwing a successful gingerbread house decorating party for toddlers and kids! Lots of great ideas and suggestions!

We love to host a gingerbread decorating party. It's a great activity for family, friends...and even our homeschool class or even the whole group.