I absolutely love the tree on this house. Made by making two gingerbread tree cookies and before baking cut in half, baked, and joined together with icing. I also like that the artist left the impressions natural to the design in the tree and house.
This home is a Victorian beauty isn’t she? The artist did a wonderful job with the icing work – even allowing the porch edging and edging on top of the peak of the house to dry before installing. Notice how the whole house is moved up with peppermints to give the home a crawlspace? The peppermint sticks used for the porch poles is a great idea. The wreath is made from a lot of the sugar crystal balls that you decorate candy with. The bushes and plants – even a cactus is all done in detail.
This chalet style gingerbread house uses licorice for a fence and large gumdrops for the walkway edges. They have lined the roof with smaller gumdrops and used fake snow around the base of the house. The hole was left in the front to add a nice detail. These can be cut out with cookie cutters before baking.
Hot glue wrapped candy canes to match the pattern of the star shown in the picture. Hot glue candy cane stars to each joint and add ribbon. These make nice gifts and look great hanging in a window around Christmas time. This is a basic pattern – keep adding and make it larger or try a different pattern – this is like making a snowflake cut out – the possibilities are endless.
Country & Victorian Times 