Gingerbread House

The girls want to participate in the GS Shop's Gingerbread House Contest. We're beginning work this Sunday and will finish at the Monday November 29 meeting. The completed house is due the next day. 

This Sunday at 4pm we'll start building our Gingerbread House. Meet at Atalli's house. Her info's on  Troop contact sheet (check your e-mail) or you can call me. All girls need to wear a hairstyle that prevents hair from falling into her work. I had hoped to have the girls pick a house design prior to the day of building, but we'll pick it out Sunday. We have to pick one of the designs from the book, but have creative freedom with the decorating. If you'd like to bring some building materials, please keep your receipt in case we don't use them.  Opened things can be taken home, saved for a troop Christmas party, or used as snack later. If you are bringing something in particular, let me know and I'll note it here on our blog. As a warning, we cannot use taffy or cake frosting. The house will be self-preserving and those other things get melty. There are specific materials listed for each design, so we want to be prepared and have an assortment to suit the girls design choice.

Supplies:

plenty of kitchen scissors
quart sized ziplock bags

House construction materials:

one or two boxes of graham crackers
powdered sugar
meringue powder
eggs/egg whites
box of nilla wafers
cream of tartar
gel food coloring- We have pink, purple, blue, and yellow
a can of pirouette cookies (the rolled wafers)
ice cream cones (cone-shaped)
chocolate sandwhich cookies- miniature ones might be good
package of wafer cookies

Decorations (some of these are found in only in candy shops):

spearmint leaves (for making trees)
skinny green sour straws (lots of these for grass)
blue decorating sugar (large, for making "water")
Andes mints (make good doors and windows)
red twizzler nibs- or full size if you can't find the nibs (for bricks)
Necco wafers
sour gummy worms
pretzel sticks
sour skittles
candy sticks (all same color, white would be good)
gum drops
starbursts
lollipops
confetti sprinkles that look like flowers
chocolate rocks/pebble- We have a few.
m &ms
assorted jelly beans
one pack of fruit stripes gum
one pack green gum
smarties
candy corn
candy pumpkins
sugared gummy fruit slices (to make arched windows)

We obviously don't need all that stuff...You can bring leftover Halloween candy as well.

As a reminder, there will not be a meeting this Monday (the 22nd.) I will be at cookie training.
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