Host a darling Gingerbread House Decorating Party this Holiday season. Download our FREE printables to make the party more personal and festive!
Happy Holidays to one and all! Its the most wonderful time of year! Why not gather the kids (and adults, too!) and throw a super "sweet" Gingerbread House Decorating Party! Invite guests to the cutest 'lil Gingerbread House Decorating Party there ever was with the help of printables from Entertaining with Emily! Emily's parties have been featured all over Pinterest, Project Nursery, Kara's Party Ideas, and more! This is also the perfect party theme for a child with a winter birthday! This party was featured on Project Nursery, and now you can buy all of the adorable party signage and re-create this party for yourself! This listing is for (1) digital PDF printable 4" x 6" sign via immediate instant download! No printed material will be shipped - you will need to print this sign yourself. This sign can be framed and displayed at your party's "Toppings Station"! At our party, we had an entire table devoted to Candy Toppings, so this sign would be perfect to display at a table like this at your party! This sign features a red background, images of candy and sprinkles, and the words "Toppings Station". I love printing my signs on Epson Premium Presentation Paper in matte finish. Then, simply insert into your favorite photo frame and display at your party! Please let me know if you have any questions! Thanks for shopping my Gingerbread House Decorating Party Printables! Matching Gingerbread House Decorating Party Printables are available in my shop! I even have a "Party in a Box Kit" where you can order all of the digital printable signage from this party! Save money and time when buying the party kit for this party!! If you are posting pictures of your event to social media, please tag my instagram account @entertainingwithemily! I'd love to see your work!
I'll admit that I have done zero holiday decorating thus far (Bad Blogger Award™ 5 years straight, thank you very much!), but I do have some fun holiday inspiration to share from last year. We threw a Gingerbread Decorating Party for our daughter's 6th birthday and it was a total blast. An insane kid sugar fueled rave kinda blast, but a blast none the less. We purchased gingerbread kits from Ikea ($4 each) and loads of extra candy. I made the gingerbread houses the night before so they would be set up firmly by the times the kids arrived. I was fully prepared to hot glue them together if my royal icing didn't solidify but thankfully that wasn't necessary. Because I'm extra, there were a few little DIY elements to amp up the style. First were the kid sized "OH SNAP" aprons which I whipped up a few days before the party. Second was this fabulous cake made by my sister who clearly gets me. And finally I found a Buddy the Elf costume for Oscar to wear while he ran around and terrorized the guests. I regret nothing! It was a crazy party but it was a major hit with my kids so mission accomplished. Perfect for a December birthday girl. Now it's a year later so it's time to get started on this year's birthday bash.
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Our last-minute gingerbread house project got a little out of hand; now I want to make ALL the cute giant sweets! We're nearly done, though, so let me show you some fun DIYs: 1) Giant Wrapped Candies: These are cheap and easy to make, but pack a HUGE punch. I love them so much. Everything you need is at Dollar Tree: foil wrapping paper (1 roll = 2 candies), small zip ties, and these plastic containers: Put the lids aside, you won't need them. Wrap your container lengthwise with the foil... ...then gather up each end and zip-tie them tightly for that wrapped candy look. I also wrapped two Dollar Tree plastic punch bowls: The foil won't reach all the way around, but that's ok; just tape it inside the bowl in back: Then gather the ends and zip-tie. Each candy only costs about $2 each, so like I said, HUGE bang for your buck with this one. Plus so fun! Dangerously so. I want to make moooore. I used more zip-ties to hang our big candies in this tree: The branches are rather bendy, but still, turned out pretty cute! These would also look great on exterior walls, trimming a doorway, in a giant garland, or even dangling down from taller trees. Next! 2) Giant Gingerbread Man Cookie: This sweetie is made with our trusty favorite, pink insulation foam. I found a cookie I liked online to project and trace, but really this is a simple enough shape that you could freehand it. John cut out the cookie by hand with a craft blade, then routed the edges to round them. While the router is faster, you can easily sand pink foam to round the edges that way. Pink foam has seams in it, so I like to fill those with spackle before painting. And if you want your cookie to last I recommend an exterior latex paint from the hardware store over craft paint; it's more durable. The eyes and buttons are both Dollar Tree plastic ornaments, cut in half. (The buttons ornament is bigger.) If you need to paint your ornaments be sure to sand them first, then use a plastic primer spray: Hot-glue a scrap of pink foam inside each ornament half so you have a way to attach them to the body: You can also use white caulking around the edges to look like icing. Now the tricky part: that big 3D icing! You might remember my frustration trying to find giant icing for our Hogwarts Mascot cookies; eventually I gave up and used flat craft foam. (Bah.) This time John brought me a new option, though: This "backer rod" is like pipe insulation, only smaller. You can find it at hardware stores like Home Depot or Lowe's. It's a perfectly round foam that cuts easily with a blade, so all you have to do is split the round in half: ... then paint strips of it with two coats of an exterior white latex, so it will still flex: Once the paint is dry you can hot-glue the strips to your giant cookie: IMPORTANT TIP: Score your cookie with a blade or rough it up with sandpaper before gluing on the icing strips, eyes, and buttons. I didn't do this at first, so my hot glue started to pop off after a few days. It was a real pain going back and fixing that, so learn from my experience! Your icing may chip a little as you're stretching it into shape, so touch that up after. Here's where I decided I like my men more colorful: I also decided the vacant white eyes were kinda creepy, so I added vinyl pupils: Ta-daaa! We attached a wooded stake down his whole body in back - again, had to score the foam before hot-gluing so it would hold - then drove the stake into the ground. 3) Giant Peppermints & Lollipop We wanted some giant peppermint accents on the house, so... You didn't think we were done with pink foam yet, did you? ;) John cut and routed these 20 inch rounds, then painted them with a white exterior latex for durability: Next John made a template for the interior swirl shape: ... which I used to cut Dollar Tree red vinyl: Vinyl is easier and much prettier than paint: SO SHINY Before I realized vinyl was easier (and prettier) I actually did hand-paint one mint: So we added green stripes on this one and turned it into a lollipop: We duct-taped a PVC pole to the back, but you could also use a Dollar Tree broom handle. Then we used a roll of Dollar Tree clear cellophane to make a bag for the lollipop. One roll was exactly enough to double over the pop and gather underneath with a zip tie: Last thing, I added a Dollar Tree bow: We used a longer PVC pipe so there was enough to stick in to the ground: Oh hey, here's a handy tip: John used a giant concrete bit on his drill to literally drill into the lawn to place the pop and the gingerbread man. This causes the least amount of damage and mess to the lawn, and works like a charm for extra thick grass. 4) Peppermint Stick Columns Can you really have a gingerbread house without peppermint stick columns? I THINK NOT. So here's how to make some: Grab a couple of these 4-foot concrete tubes from your local hardware store. They're essentially heavy cardboard, and ours cost $11 each. Each 4-foot tube will make one 8-foot column. Cut the tubes in half (which requires either power tools or a LOT of patience), then attach the two pieces end-to-end: The interiors are heavily waxed, so don't bother attempting any kind of glue; your best bet are heavy duty construction staples through two paint-sticks, like we did here. (You could also use nails or screws, but be sure you don't have any sharp ends sticking out.) Now you have an 8 foot half-column: Lay your column over two chair backs to paint it, securing with a little museum putty or tape so it won't rock: Again, I recommend painting with an exterior latex. Two coats'll do it. Finally, apply strips of red duct tape at an angle: And boom bada boom! A peppermint stick column! I'm saving the whole house reveal for next time, but here's a peek at what we did with two of our columns: By placing them under the garage lights, they ended up looking like lamp posts! EEEEEEEEE. Ahem. The greenery swags are made from $6 Walmart garlands, since the Dollar Tree dollar trees have taken a real nose dive in quality this year, woof. Do *not* recommend. That's a Dollar Tree red bow, though. If I have time I'd like to add some of my special sauce "snow" to the swags to brighten the green, since they're a little dark at the moment. This is all on our friends' Ken & Sue's house, btw, and they are BESIDE themselves with glee. They work from home on a busy street, and every day I'm getting reports of how many cars slowed down to take photos and all the neighbors who came by to chat. It's honestly the best gift we could have given, since these are two of the most generous & loving people we know. Sue says she gets to give the gift of smiles with this house, and is even talking about setting up free cookies at the end of the drive, ha. I have at least 3 more giant sweets projects I'd love to tackle for this project, plus our new-and-improved icing border on the roofline to show y'all - which you eagle-eyed readers may have already spotted in the background of some of these photos. ::eyebrow waggle:: Stay tuned for all that, plus Festival of Trees coverage, coming up soon! ***** P.S. In case you haven't been reading Epbot for ten years, here's an old post about Ken, Sue, and John that will brighten your day. (And remind you long-timers why those names are familiar; remember the "manliest thing" John's ever done?) ***** If you like the silly stuff I do and feature here on Epbot, and want to help fund the fun, you can support me through Paypal! Whether it's a one time tip or a monthly donation, every little bit helps me and John keep pouring our time and hearts into this little corner of the internet - so THANK YOU.
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