Gingerbread Haunted Mansion 2003
My Mom loves Halloween, so we took our gingerbread house concept that we usually do at Christmas and did one for October. We used to use a template for these houses but they neverworked quite right. So now I just build my own or cut the walls freeform by hand.
When building a gingerbread house, we try to make everything edible. We usually have a sag problem with the roof in a house this size, so to hold the roof up, we stacked an entire loaf of bread on end and laid the roof on top. I wish I had a picture of it. TOO BAD.
Because my mom is a librarian and she was taking this house to work, I thought the signage was appropriate.
Same color M&M’s make a nice pathway, while candy corn makes a nice pointy fence.
Sunflower seeds make a very creepy archway, the door is made of fruit roll-ups.
See updated 2006 one – here.
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I love your house! I want to build one for our school to raffle off for charity. Would you share your recipe.
This house looks fantastic!
I am thinking of building a haunted gingerbread house for a party this year. But I’ve never done a gingerbread house in my life. So while doing research, I came across your site. It’s wonderful!!!
LOVE IT! And return them damn books. 🙂