IKEA gingerbread house

[SCargot]

is bargainous

[MrsMills]

We make one most weekends over christmas and them eat it during the week, have it down to a fine art. ANd yes, they are definately for eating!

A few weeks ago they built of full size 'pepparkakshus' in town, smelt bloody lovely!

[SCargot]

oh i HATE this thread now
you lot are all good and i am wanky

NOT the way a Head girl normall operates

[PacificMistletoeandnoWine]

I am seriously considering buying 2 Lidl houses (if I am feeling flush ) next year to cannabalise one of them to make a bigger one with more generous accommodation. I do want cut out windows and doors and a bigger house altogether!!

I did not realise the Ikea one is so different, so thanks for comparative review, MrsBadger.

BTW, I found trimming the Lidl one with a breadknife really easy and it is still standing 4 days down the line .

[spicemonster]

Mrs Badger - I just cut really thin bits off the edges of my pieces and it was pretty solid when you put the cocktail sticks in. I only used the icing for decorating really - it's not holding the house together. I did the whole thing at the same time - I squirted on the icing and my DS stuck on the sweeties. But he is 2 and used to being told what to do so it might not be so easy with older children.

That ikea one sounds well complicated

[TillyMintSpy]

OK, it's safe from DH in the cupboard

DC and I are very excited about decorating it, hope we can make it as nice as yours are!

[spicemonster]

I have put the completed house on a very high shelf well out of my DS's reach otherwise he would pull off all the sweeties the moment I left the room

[midnightexpress]

OK, as I have not yet started assembling mine and have eaten half the sweeties already - it's been a looooong day today, I just wanted to share these little puppies which I have just purchased. I plan to stun the nursery staff with iced gingerbread snowflakes next week. Ponce.

[pigindisguise]

AAAAAAAAGH mine has just collapsed AGAIN. I am about to give up but DD really wants to decorate it. The roof is still sort of in one piece.

Started off with sugar melted, then added water then icing sugar. It's winding me up so much having to prop it all up

[pigindisguise]

oops just realised this thread is from 2009