Life sized gingerbread house

Happy Friday, my festive Festers! Ready to get your gingerbread house on? This project has had a lot of ups and downs since we last spoke. Or downs and ups, as things kept falling off, hehehe. That's the slightly unhinged chuckle of a woman who is one more mishap away from renting a flamethrower, btw. BUT WE MADE IT. And so far, knock on gingerbread, the Gingerbread House still stands. Our battlefield of candy carnage. So now that we've learned absolutely everything the hard way, let me show…

The kids are LOVING the life-size gingerbread that I build for our classroom. It really wasn't very hard to make but I didn't think to take pictures as I was working on it ... blogger fail:( Because

If you missed it, I’m transforming the outside of our house into a life-sized gingerbread house for Christmas this year, and these DIY Giant Lighted Peppermints…

Time to show you guys our second big build for the coming Hogwarts slumber party! (If you missed the giant stone fireplace build, you can check that out here.) The last few years John and I've put up a fake brick entry to our back room, like this: After two years we wanted a change, though, and wracked our brains for an appropriate entry to the Hufflepuff Common Room. Eventually I narrowed it down to basic 'Puff priorities: fun and food. Throw Christmas into the mix, and of course you get a…

Check out these DIY decorating tips!

Welcome to our life-sized gingerbread house! Home to our gingerbread family, Dave, Sherry and Ginger, this gingerbread house was quite the project! It took 3 people 4 days and LOTS of foam insulation to put it together… and believe it or not is made from a bed frame! Watch Now! If you’re interested in creating …

All homemade using insulation foam boards

Tackle this holiday season in a big way with your very own oversized gingerbread house complete with dreamy, sugary accents! With supplies from the Home Depot, Kristen Johnson helps you create a one-of-a-kind masterpiece.