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Monday, December 8, 2025

Gingerbread houses

Last year I tried to have Alaina and Ruby decorate a gingerbread house and it was a disaster.  We could keep the pieces together and the whole thing collapsed.


This is what we ended up with!  We had fun anyway and lots of laughs.

Anyway, this year I saw a kit that had mini gingerbread houses already assembled and thought that was just what we needed!


This weekend, we had Alaina, Ruby and Cassie at our house for a party and we got out the kit.



Hard at work with the icing.



Alaina




Cassie





Ruby





It's such fun putting the candy decorations on!






The finished houses!

21 comments:

Linda's Relaxing Lair said...

Dear Mari, Alaina, Ruby and Cassie are beautiful and talented girls.

Kim said...

Fabulous!! I agree, those tiny houses are much easier to work with...and how sweet to see the girls together. That age gap closes quickly, Cassie's not a baby anymore!!

Deb J. in Utah said...

What fun! You can see in their faces how much your granddaughters enjoyed this fun and creative activity. Have good week. See you again soon!

Ginny Hartzler said...

They all did a great job! And I'm so glad it all worked out! Last year, we got a big house that was pre-assembled. And when we opened it, it was broken in pieces. The girls still talk about it!

Tampereen Mummu said...

The girls made cute little houses, thank you for sharing this post :)

Leslie's Garden said...

What fun they are having! I've got to do this with my grandchildren!

Nicole Orriëns said...

I love this tradition and how you do this every day. These gingerbread houses like lovely! Good enough to eat ; )

Lucinalva said...

Bom dia, Mari
Garotas talentosas, as casas ficaram lindas, um forte abraço.

Prims By The Water said...

SUCCESS. YAY! I did see these mini ginger houses this year. Was wondering if you might try them out...now I see you did. Janice

Catherine said...

I tried to do small ones from ikea but I am not very successful! I just did one which is not nice. Yours turned out pretty. The girls did a good job!👏

Martha said...

They did a great job! :)

🎄 Debby said...

I remember that photo from last year! So funny. Good idea to skip the assembly and go right to the decorating. They did a good job. It's always nice to see the girls and how big Cassie is. My goodness, they grow so fast!

carrie@northwoods scrapbook said...

Ha! How clever and smart to go small this year. They all turned out so cute! And the sweetest of all are those 3 angel granddaughters of yours. 🎄💚❤️

photowannabe said...

Outstanding !!!
Love the creativity of each one.
Success!!!
Sue

Shug said...

Success!! and they are so cute!! both the girls and the gingerbread houses. You all have the best time and You dear friend are a wonderful grandmother...

Joyful in His Presence said...

SO cute! I saw someone else who decided to go with the premade ones this year too...and for the same reason that you did. :) They are all adorable!

Chatty Crone said...

Success - they were perfect and the girls looked so happy.

MadSnapper n Beau said...

they are adorable, both the girls and the houses and what a super idea... even I might be able to do those..

Barbara said...

Great Gingerbread houses! Once again, a very fun time spent with the grand-girls!!

Lowcarb team member said...

Lovely photographs throughout your post, and the finished houses look fantastic.

All the best Jan

Jeanette said...

Very cute and a good idea to get assembled houses!