Set the stage for your Halloween celebrations with a gingerbread house that’s a bit creepier than most! The Scout Elves used their creativity to reimagine this common piece of Christmas décor as a table centerpiece just for Halloween by adding touches of spooky and sweet flair. Gather your own pint-sized plastic spiders, bitty broomsticks and small skeletons to create a half-pint haunted house that’s as creepy as it is cute!
You’ll Need:
- Gingerbread kit
- Black foam core board
- Black icing
- Orange icing
- Green Icing
- Knife (to spread icing)
- Piping bag
- Orange and black sprinkles
- Miniature Halloween decorations
Instructions:
- ASSEMBLE the gingerbread house according to the instructions on the package, and place it atop the piece of foam core. (Helpful hint: so your house doesn’t move, use icing to secure it to the foam core.)
- OUTLINE each window and door of the house in black icing, and use a piping bag with a decorative nozzle to create a festive orange roof trim.
- Next, FILL-IN the roof with black icing, and put orange sprinkles on top for a pop of color.
- When the black icing is dry, DRAW a spider web in green icing and place a spooky store-bought spider figurine on top.
- Before you put the green icing away, use it to CREATE “grass” over top of the foam core board the house sits on.
- ADD miniature store-bought Halloween decorations on and around the house. The Scout Elves used icing to affix a tiny “Happy Halloween” sign to the front of their house, and added a ghost, pumpkins and sign out front to complete their spooky Halloween gingerbread house.
- Once all the finishing touches are put on your Halloween gingerbread house, DISPLAY it on a table to impress guests with your creativity!
Looking for more Halloween ideas? Check out the Scout Elves’ other October crafts and recipes!
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