This
week I decided to show you how to make a gingerbread house for either
your dollhouse or for Barbie and her friends to enjoy. I purposely
didn't complete the decorating on mine because I wanted to leave it
up to your imagination. I would love to see what you do with this
project so be sure to post the pictures on the Facebook page.
We
start out with a pattern to cut out the walls. Feel free to either
draw your own or you can use mine. There are also tons of patterns
online for real size gingerbread houses that you could easily adapt
to the doll size.
My
side walls measure ¾” x 1 ¼”
end
walls ¾” x 1 1/8”
Roof
¾” x 1 3/8”
In
real life gingerbread houses come in all sizes from tiny to huge so
let your imagination go wild. You could make yours a castle or a
cottage or anything in between.
I
used some of the candy I made in last week's video to decorate along
with some other mini candy I had on hand. I also used some of the
Tulip Beads in a Bottle just because I have been wanting to use them
for minis since I got them. I am sure I will be finding some more
mini uses for them in the future.
For
our frosting I am using just some plain old latex caulk. You find
this in the painting/ home improvement section of the store. It is a
very useful and inexpensive item to have on hand. It makes pretty
foolproof frosting and cleans up with soap and water before it dries.
You can also mix it with acrylic paints if you want to color it. It
can be piped like frosting or just spread on so it really is pretty
versatile to use.
To
decorate your house you can use anything you have many beads and
buttons would look great. You can make “cookies” out of the left
over clay and use those to decorate.
Look
online for pictures of real gingerbread houses to get your
inspiration if you need help getting started.
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