Monday, October 20, 2008

A Not so Haunted House


My family has always done gingerbread houses around Christmas time so I had this great idea to make a Halloween house (not a scary haunted house, c'mon, Haylee's only 3 years old) with Haylee. All the prep work took a little longer than I anticipated so Haylee only got to do a little bit of the decorating before bed and I felt bad doing the rest without her but it was one of those nights when we both needed her to go to bed and I really needed to finish asap before my royal icing turned into royal cement...

It was worth it though. I was rewarded in the morning with plenty of oohs and ahhs and wows and "thanks for making this house for me mom!" oh, and several "can I eat it nows?" thrown here and there too.

It took more time than I planned but it really was a lot of fun. I recommend this project to anyone, with or without kids.

3 comments:

Rachel said...

That is adorable Julie! Did you make the gingerbread too? I don't think I've ever made a successful gingerbread house so I'm extra impressed with your skillz.

So, when does Haylee get to eat it? :)

Emma said...

NICE! It looks great. Isn't it funny how we go to so much trouble to make a fun activity like this for them, and they are just as happy to skip the process and see the end result?

Cara said...

Very, very cool!! You've always been so creative!