Christmas | 12 Gingerbread House Ideas

Last updated on 29 December 2024

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Gingerbread houses are tradition in my family.

It started one year when my grandma decided to give it a go (I would have been around 10 years old, perhaps). From that Christmas on, it became the norm; my grandma would make a simple gingerbread house, just four walls and roof, which she would then smother in lollies (sweets). Then us grandchildren (there would have been about 11 at the time, the number eventually grew to 15) would simply dig in, usually late afternoon on Christmas day or on Boxing Day, depending on our past sugar intake for the day.

As we grew older, stopped gathering every single year for Christmas like we did when we were kids, or our families moved around the globe, the tradition ceased. That was until one year I decided that just because we weren’t gathering as an extended family for Christmas didn’t mean that we couldn’t have the gingerbread house. And so I took up the baton, and now every year I make a gingerbread house. Some years it’s the same as my grandma’s one – simple with sweets on it – other years it’s a little village so our guests can take home a mini gingerbread house each, and more recently I’ve really branched out and created whole large buildings.

What will I create this year? I’m not 100% sure yet but I will make one all the same, continuing on the tradition my grandma started all those years ago.

1. Pastel Gingerbread Village (link no longer available)
2. Snowglobe Gingerbreadhouses
3. Gingerbread House ornaments (link no longer available)
4. Pastel ‘Easter’ Themed House (still good for Christmas, in my books!)
5. Palm Springs Gingerbread House (mix it up with your own house or holiday home!)
6. Mini Valentine Gingerbread Houses (again, all good for Christmas, just make them red and green!)
7. Nativity Gingerbread Stable
8. Retro Camper Gingerbread (perfect for the NZ summer vibes!)
9. Charming Gingerbread House (love the idea of putting nuts on the house instead of sweets!)
10. Gingerbread Tower (link no longer available)
11. Gingerbread Lighthouse (link no longer available)
12. Gingerbread Bakery

Have you made Gingerbread Houses before? I would love to see a photo!

Feel free to put one in the comments or link to where I can see it!