![]() ![]() ![]() No matter how messy, over-the-top or ridiculous. It tastes better than it looks, we promise. For the green part of the tree we dipped a marshmallow in water and rolled it in green sugar. Combos pretzels make a great chimney or base of a tree. You can make logs in a woodpile outside the cabin by stacking small pieces of pretzel rods and using frosting to glue them in place. Joe insisted that everything must be edible, but I snuck the toothpick flags on.Īnd there’s our log cabin/teepee/pyramid volcanic candy village. Wheat pretzel sticks are perfect for fences. This clever pretzel log cabin from the Soccer Mom Blog, starts with sturdy pretzels. Joe made a pretty neat gumdrop-lined pathway and I added the stepping stones.Īnd what’s a cabin without a door? We used the last graham cracker and framed it with pretzel rods. house with gooey icing, gingerbread, pretzels and graham. Filling orders of icing bags for the cause. I wanted to use cardboard.įrom here on out, I was demoted to cement mixer. We stacked it pretty tall and realized we needed to brace the walls. Too bad we couldn’t notch the pretzels out like a real log cabin. Good help is hard to find these days… I tell ya □ Joe thought it would be more secure if we stacked them in an alternating way like this. We glued the foundation with powdered sugar icing. The InspirationĪlright, so I started making it this way, but life took a turn and things got messy on our little cabin homefront. Oh yea, and some year-old holiday Skittles.Īnd some snow and tree leaves. To create snow piles next to your snowmen, use white chocolate chips 15 / 18. Use a skewer to stick a few marshmallows together, then pipe on the eyes and nose. To end log, stop squeezing, touch tip to surface and pull away. As you squeeze out icing with a steady, even pressure, move tip in vertical direction, laying out a log of icing. Use a round decorating tip, hold bag at a 45 angle and touch tip to surface. ![]() Joe kept stealing my building materials for his cheese dip… No winter village is complete without a few snowmen Add these marshmallow decorations to your list of gingerbread house ideas. This easy technique can transform gingerbread into a heirloom. We started with a big, dismantled cardboard box as the base.Īnd the “logs” for our cabin. I rounded up all the graham crackers, gumdrops, peppermint candies, hard candy, frosting, pretzel rods, and sprinkles I could find. I absolutely love making gingerbread houses and try to build one every year! Last year I bought a kit, but after seeing this log cabin, I decided I should try making one myself! So I found a handy contractor and hired him and his cousin to help me out □Īt first, they were acting way too cool for such childish activities, but once I got started they kind of took over! The outcome wasn’t as picturesque as this, but there was joy in the process. ![]()
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