OK, so this year I decided it would be fun to make gingerbread houses. I have never really done that before in my life so it would be a fun new experience for all of us. So the first few pictures are of the girls decorating the houses. By the end of the task Colette figured out how to use a frosting bag.
Leila used more frosting than her two sisters combined did. Hers took the longest to dry because there were just gobs and gobs of frosting on her house...and her hair....and her shirt...and the table...you get the idea.
Savannah has this thing with lines. She colors in lines (meaning thin, long rectangles) when using crayons, and she decorated her house the same way as you can see by the above picture. I loved though how their different personalities came out in how they decorated their houses and what they were thinking.
This one is Savannah's The pretzel squares are windows and the large marshmallows are chimneys for Santa to use when he visits. That is a big deal in our house this year as we are living in an apartment without any chimneys and the girls are worried that Santa won't be able to get in to leave their gifts.
The photos above and below are of Leila's house. It was her idea to use pretzels as windows. When she was decorating her last side she realized that she hadn't done any windows yet and decided to make up for it on that last side.
And Lastly we have Colette's. She chose candies for decorating based on what she likes to eat because she knew sometime soon she was going to be able to eat some. She kept asking when she would be able to eat her house. It was so cute.
I loved this activity with the girls. They are so creative and had so much fun!! Definitely a tradition we are going to have to continue in years to come!
