Turning your house into a gingerbread house

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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…

Sure, your neighborhood has some amazing holiday decor displayed right now, but we guarantee it's not as insane as this real-life gingerbread house created by

Our last-minute gingerbread house project got a little out of hand; now I want to make ALL the cute giant sweets! We're nearly done, though, so let me show you some fun DIYs: 1) Giant Wrapped Candies: These are cheap and easy to make, but pack a HUGE punch. I love them so much. Everything you need is at Dollar Tree: foil wrapping paper (1 roll = 2 candies), small zip ties, and these plastic containers: Put the lids aside, you won't need them. Wrap your container lengthwise with the foil…

Our last-minute gingerbread house project got a little out of hand; now I want to make ALL the cute giant sweets! We're nearly done, though, so let me show you some fun DIYs: 1) Giant Wrapped Candies: These are cheap and easy to make, but pack a HUGE punch. I love them so much. Everything you need is at Dollar Tree: foil wrapping paper (1 roll = 2 candies), small zip ties, and these plastic containers: Put the lids aside, you won't need them. Wrap your container lengthwise with the foil…

Kristine Lilly from Kyle, Texas has gone all out this year with the Christmas decorations, putting together what people in her neighborhood are calling the giant life-sized gingerbread house.

These basic tricks will take your gingerbread house — and cookies and truffles galore — to the next level.

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…

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Want to make a DIY outdoor gingerbread house for Christmas decor? Gingerbread is a novelty confectionery made of cookies and can be used as outdoor and Christma