To warm up for the upcoming Christmas shopping season, the stores are selling gingerbread houses early. In order to justify their tactic, they've added decorations that make the gingerbread house into a spooky haunted house rather than a snow-dusted winter chalet. We bought one of these kits and L went to town decorating hers.
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| L lays out her building materials |
The house came pre-assembled, which seems like a bit of a cheat. Back in my day, we had to put the houses together with frosting glue, which is why I never decorated a house in my youth that I can remember. Maybe it really is progress...
L enlisted the aid of a minion--Auntie R. She was a happy and dutiful worker, following instructions to the letter and making sure everything turned out alright.
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| The crew ready to work! |
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| Getting started |
I know it's typical for house construction to start from the ground floor up, but since this was a pre-fab, decorating the roof first is perfectly acceptable!
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| Posing during work |
It wasn't long before windows and doors were installed and spooky eyes were staring out of said windows and doors.
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| Careful with the eyeballs! |
The finished product was a joy to behold!
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| L all done |
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| Reverse angle |
Not one to waste anything, L took care of the leftover decorations by storing them in a safe place.
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| Not exactly a "cool, dry place" but it is dark! |
The house itself was a yummy treat over the next couple of days.
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