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DIY Gingerbread Village

 


I love a gingerbread village at Christmas time. Someday I want to have a collection of beautiful realistic looking faux gingerbread homes to display at Christmas.





Since those gorgeous fake gingerbread homes are currently not in my budget, I thought I would try my luck with a creating a budget friendly gingerbread village.





Last year after Christmas I picked up a few ready made gingerbread houses at the grocery store. They were discounted to around a couple of dollars.




I pulled them out this year and they were still in perfect condition, and ready to be decorated!

Instead of using royal icing, or the icing that the kit came with, I decided to use a spackling compound.




I did not want to use royal icing because I found it too delicate and it breaks so easily. I did use the pastry bags and tips provided in the gingerbread kit to pipe the compound on. The spackling compound is the exact consistency of buttercream frosting and I was able to use food dye with it. I dyed half of my icing pink.



Once that was finished, I went to work on creating the details on my houses. I googled pictures of gingerbread houses to get an idea of how I wanted mine to look like.




They are definitely not perfect, but did create the Christmas atmosphere that I was looking for.







I used two cake stands stacked one top of each other to create some height for my vignette.





Each gingerbread house received a dusting of sparkling snow.






I think they turned out pretty well. 






They are the perfect addition to my kitchen table for the holidays, and extremely budget friendly!







Thank you for visiting! 

-Larissa 

2 comments

  1. I love these, Larissa! I'm loving your clever idea of using spackling compound...so ingenious! The houses are adorable in how you've designed them, especially using the pink and white 'frosting'! This is a good idea for me to tuck away for next year, and a reminder to keep my eyes peeled for after-Christmas sales on the houses! Merry Christmas to you and your family!

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  2. So beautiful !! I love that you made them so you could use them every year!

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