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Guidelines & Additional Information for Gingerbread Village Entries

The deadline for all Gingerbread Village contracts is October 28^th.

Sizes for Gingerbread Houses

Design and donate one or more gingerbread houses in the following categories:

Guidelines for Gingerbread Houses

• Structures may be gingerbread houses, castles, trains, or other creative structures.
• Creativity is encouraged to make your house(s) as fanciful as possible. Carry a theme from the house(s) to the landscaping around the house. Unusual application of food items is encouraged.
• For the base, use 3/8” plywood and cut to your selected category size. Plywood can be found at your local hardware store.
  • Cover with heavy duty aluminum foil.
  • Place a business card or piece of paper (size 2” x 3 ½ “) in the area on the right front corner. PLEASE leave this area undecorated.
• House(s) must be a full structure, construct ed and secure on a firm base of 3/8” plywood. This will ensure stability of the house for transport. Construction of the house should be as secure as possible to ensure that the house will not fall apart.
• Houses are to be made using non-perishable items such as gingerbread, cookies, crackers, pretzels, hard/soft candies, fondant, coconut flakes, etc.
• Glue should not be used as a material; royal icing is to be used to adhere/secure all items to make the house. (An egg-white recipe can be found online)
  • DO NOT USE craft/hot glue or tube frosting
• The plywood base must be covered with heavy duty aluminum foil and fully decorated with icing and other food/candy appropriate to scenery around the house. Structure must cover at least 2/3 of the base. The remaining area can be decorated as part of the landscape design.
• Houses are sold strictly as non-edible confections. However, hazardous materials are strictly forbidden.