Today we made gingerbread houses as a Christmas project. I know its not even December yet, but I have been feeling so Christmasy lately that I thought we’d just get a jump on things.

Here are my basic instructions:

1. Round up lots of sweets–gummies, smarties, buttons, etc. Whatever you like really, but colours and options are good!

2. Make icing with lots of icing sugar and a bit of water. You want it to be thick. Just play with the proportions until it feels right.

3. Grab some square biscuits and “glue” them together with the icing. The icing is meant to look like snow, so it doesn’t matter if its all over the place. Messy is good!

4. Cover the house with sweets glued on by icing. You can also make a “garden” outside the house.

5. Let the house dry, admire it and then when you’re sick of looking at it, eat it!

Ours are pictured above. Happy Christmas!