Waffle cone tree

To do this window, you put

the yellow on first, then the candle,

and then the white. You have to

think ahead and plan the order of adding things.

This type of design, just using candy instead of icing

techniques, will get you a “passing grade” but not

much better. This would be the design a child would

make… not a culinary “artist”.

Use your skills. You can make borders; basket weave; use a

grass tip for grass or straw or a grass hut; use various tips; mold sugar; …be creative!

Marshmallow snowmen with gumdrop hats

Cookies and graham crackers

are used here

Slivered almonds, thin mints, flat

candies, or cereal make good shingles

Some pieces may be made with cookie

cutters

Frosted mini-wheats cereal for shingles

Looks like this could be a

snowman made out of fondant.

The roof and the chimney are covered in ruffles, using your 104

rose tip

Royal icing can be mixed to a soft

consistency, and dragged down to form icicles; it dries quickly

and hardens

You have to think about your structure and your landscaping

Until the icing hardens, you may have to be creative in “bracing”

your structure at various points throughout the

construction.

Did you see the windows? They look like stained glass or colored

light…but are actually colored lollipop candy

syrup poured out and cooled in pieces that are attached to the

inside.

Be careful on corners. You have to cover areas of these up with frosting or trim. The

gingerbread can be left brown and decorated or, more commonly in fabulous creations, the entire house is frosted and

decorated.

Great gingerbread houses often have a “theme”. What will your theme be? Hawaiian beach hut? Cinderella’s carriage? Santa’s house at the north pole? The reindeer’s barn? Haunted house? Christmas cottage? A dog house? Log cabin? A store, such as a candy store or music store?

Be creative!

To create round forms, you may

have to bake your dough on the

outside of a pan or bowl!

Avoid “over decorating”. Here, there are so many

decorations, the structure seems sloppy and cluttered. Simple

structures, perfectly detailed, are better.

Oops…. They broke the biggest rule in

gingerbread artistry. Everything should be

edible.

Cotton candy?

Sunflower seeds and

Pretzel sticks