Hogwarts gingerbread house

As muggles, holiday crafts often get the best of us — we don't have charms to help us decorate trees ("wingardium leviosa" would be extremely

When a little boy has a love of Harry Potter, you find that he wants everything to have a Harry Potter theme. This spills over into Christmas as well! Last year we created a Harry Potter Christmas Tree and a Hogwarts Gingerbread Castle.

You won’t find this confectionery at Diagon Alley or Hogsmeade Village -- only Canada’s Duchess Bake Shop has a Hogwarts Castle gingerbread giant.

And I had to put together a gingerbread version of Hogwarts. I didn't actually know if I could do it. The last gingerbread house I did was a Haunted House but Hogwarts from Harry Potter seemed like a bit of a challenge, at times totally out of my reach depending on my confidence level. And that night, I didn't do it. I sat in bed and watched an episode of Dexter while eating some of the Ben & Jerry's Clusterfluff ice cream that I was sent.

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And I had to put together a gingerbread version of Hogwarts. I didn't actually know if I could do it. The last gingerbread house I did was a Haunted House but Hogwarts from Harry Potter seemed like a bit of a challenge, at times totally out of my reach depending on my confidence level. And that night, I didn't do it. I sat in bed and watched an episode of Dexter while eating some of the Ben & Jerry's Clusterfluff ice cream that I was sent.

gingerbread house castle

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