Decorating Your Home Like A Gingerbread House
Mini gingerbread house with peppermint accent windows.
Decorating your home like a gingerbread house. This gingerbread house is smaller than the average gingerbread kit. According to krupa the top tip for gingerbread house decorating is to take your time when it comes to the prep work. Twist lights around porch pillars and weave them through the railings.
Study the trim on real victorian gingerbread houses for ideas. The phrase home sweet home has a literal meaning when it comes to the best holiday baking activity of them all. The green icing also serves as the door frame as well as the window trimming giving the house beautiful holiday greenery.
To make your house stand out from the rest you can use candy and icing to add interesting details such as lights brick walls and even christmas trees. Lay out everything clear a large portion of your countertop or kitchen table for your cookie pieces icing piping bags and tips candy melts gumdrops sprinkles and so on. There are so many different ways to decorate your gingerbread house but there are a few essential items that everyone needs.
Clever use of green frosting paired with white frosting form the base of the roof pattern.