My 'Secret House' is entirely made of gingerbread. I wanted the house to look warm and cozy.

Candy and color inspired this house. There's plenty of candy for the eye and also plenty of candy for the little ones to pick off. We each took a different piece to decorate, hence the lack of uniformity but we had so much fun putting it together that it delighted us anyway.

Inspired by the poem, this Victorian house tells the story of Santa’s visit on Christmas Eve. All the furniture, the sleigh and even the reindeer are made of gingerbread.

My display is titled “Happy PAWlidays” and was inspired by my granddaughters’ Paw Patrol Lookout Tower play-se. Ryder, (our traditional) Bear and the pups are on a mission to deliver presents to all the shelter animals. The tower is 22” tall, 14” wide and made from dyed gingerbread, while the slide, and most of the trim, was molded using ginger clay. The windows, and the elevator shaft, are made with clear icing sheets, and the figures and vehicles are rice cereal treats covered with ginger clay.

Clock is gingerbread; poinsettia, holly leaves, berries, and mice are fondant. Inside - background fondant and royal icing. Table is gingerbread. teapot, cups and plate of cookies all fondant. Made with edible gingerbread. Candle and lights only thing not edible.

I decided to do a game this year and Candyland popped into my mind. It was a favorite of my grandchildren. It encompasses my love of color and fantasy. I used lots of candy, construction grade gingerbread, gum paste and fondant. I hope you enjoy my entry and consider it for your vote. 😊

Growing up in Minnesota we always drove over the river and through the woods to Grandmother’s house on Christmas Day. Grandma lived on a beautiful lake surrounded by woods and cabins and lots of snow and ice. The house is edible except the lights inside and the wood board beneath. I used isomalt and gingerbread for the structure and royal icing, gum paste and fondant for the decorations. The snow is crushed rock sugar and glitter sprinkles.

Gingerbread structure. Characters are gum paste and gingerbread. Licorice strips shingles and royal icing. Moose is modelling chocolate (never again lol). Interior is completely finished. We always get carried away with interior. All edible with exception of lights and base. We made and donated this for Saskatoon festival of trees.

I really wanted to make a gingerbread house with a curved roof so my husband (who is the gingerbread architect) created a template. We thought it would be more fun if we stacked different sizes on top of each other so we ended up with three stories! We used traditional gingerbread dough and lots of royal icing colored in bright colors. We added fondant characters, candies in a variety of shapes, colors, & sizes and a colorful ice cream cone tree!

This is Christmas on a beach, I used clear icing for the water, cooked ginger bread and cut out shapes, I used sweetish fish, and a mint for ball, sugar cookies blended for the sand, fondant for the shells, flip flops, presents, bucket and sandcastle, and for the leaves on palm tree and tiki hut. Used coffee stick for the palm tree and for tiki hut, icing to paint, and used sprinkle and edible candy flower for all decor. Sign says merry Christmas, used rice crispy treats for tree/wreaths

This church is is where my customers were married a number of years ago and holds special memories for the customer. The project is full edible. All stonework was done in royal frosting and hand painted with edible paint. Windows were made with a pepper mint candy and for the roof I used Necco waters and course sugar. All trees are gingerbread and branches are royal frosting.

This piece was designed specifically around the impacts of hurricane Helene on the Asheville area. It’s part of the Gingerbread Trail of Giving sponsored by the Omni Grove Park Inn. The large rainbow is constructed of Gingerbread filled with rice crispy treats and painted. The helicopter is laser cut from very thin gingerbread and put together with Tylose glue. The lineman is on a pasta stick filled with isomalt and the electrical lines are flexible Royal icing.

“Merry Christmas” in different languages from around the world. Globe, sleigh, trees and reindeer are made of gingerbread. Santa is fondant.

There's an epic holiday party at the Trivilian House today! The gazebo is filled with friends and isomalt nutcracker statues. The porch poinsettias are royal icing with rolo candy "pots".) In the back of the house is the poinsettia greenhouse where you can peek through the isomalt windows for this year's crop. You'll also find Petey the penguins ice Cherub isomalt "ice sculpture". House shingles are cinnamon toast crunch & the chimneys are nerds candy. Happy Holidays everyone!

Inspired by classic gingerbread designs. I love Victorian houses and scroll work so I designed this to incorporate it all. There are trees in the houses and snow on the ground. I used regular and construction gingerbread, royal icing, fondant, edible lace, Ramen, rice crispy treats, parsley, rosemary and thyme. The only items that are inedible are the lights.

It was time for Elmer the elf to move his house to a warmer climate so he called on his elf friends to help. And more importantly Dasher the tortoise made it possible. The tiered house and the tortoise are made of gingerbread, though the core of the Dasher the tortoise is rice treats. All the elves were hand modeled using Smartflex, an edible modeling compound, as we’re all the greenery and other adornments. The “gravel” pathway is actually a wheat cereal from Russia. This is one of my favorites.

Working lighthouse and keepers house. Gingerbread, royal icing, gum paste, neccos, big biscuit shredded wheat.

Home Sweet Home is 18 X 18 X 14, including cute interior decorations, with stained glass (sugar)window, a bay window and gingerbread floors. Almost entirely made of gingerbread with fondant trims or accents. Necco candies decked the roof in a fun nostalgic way. Hand-made candy canes, piped royal icing gingerbread men, and framed Christmas pictures are included in the holiday decor. A welcoming plate of gingerbread cookies, and gingerbread houses await you just as you come in the front door!

My display is based off the book, Waiting for Christmas, the Advent Story by Kathleen Bostmon. Tells the story of Gerhard and how he celebrated advent as a child. The bottom shows him staring at the sweets shop as everyone goes about their day. Next floor has his mom making cookies, and the third floor shows him making marks on the door as they used to do in Germany in the late 1800s to count down advent. The back side is a advent calendar with each drawer opening.

Gingerbread Cookies, wrapped Chocolate candies, Chocolate Pretzel rods, Chocolate Coco bombs, peeps, Candy Canes, Cany Lollipops.