Family Activity by School for Creative Thinkers
How to make your own Gingerbread House at home!

Gingerbread Recipe

Follow The Baking Explorer, Kat, for an amazing Gingerbread recipe. 

thebakingexplorer.com/gingerbread-house/​

Feel free to use the template on the website or the one that the SfCT team has created for you with a little door, and windows. 

House Template


Tip: ​Spray the paper with nonstick cooking spray or brush with a little melted butter to keep the paper from sticking to the dough and leaving a mark. 

Building Instruction


​Step 1:
Pick up the side of the gingerbread piece with the door. Pipe a line of icing along the base of this piece. Fix it upright on the base making sure to leave enough space for the entire house.

Tip: Pipe as much icing on the gingerbread as you would put toothpaste on a toothbrush.

Step 2:
​Pick up one of the shorter sides of the house. Pipe icing along the edge and the base. Attach the side to the first piece and base. Hold for at least 3 minutes (it is worth it in the long run!). Continue with the next wall and then the pitched side to form the frame of your house. Make sure to wait at least 3 minutes if not more for each side to dry before moving on to the next. Try not to wiggle the pieces around.

Tip: Patience is key in building your house.
Step 3:
​Pipe icing along the top edges of one side of the house and along the top of the smaller
side wall. Take out one of the roof pieces. It should line up with the peak of the house and hold for 2 minutes. Look inside of your house and gently press the top of the side wall back to match the roof piece so that there are no gaps. Ice all the seams inside the house. Wait ten minutes or until the roof is set. Press the other side of the roof on and hold for 5 minutes. Wait for another 5 - 10 minutes and then start to decorate your house with icing and candy.

Drawing for Adults and Children
​Plan and Elevation

When you are done decorating, we’d like you to do what architects do and document your design through a drawing.
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Looking from the top down (like a bird) is called a PLAN and looking from the side is called an ELEVATION. You can draw one or the other or both.
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