Look at what we created today! My first ever real gingerbread house! And while it’s far from perfect, I still consider it quite a success for numerous reasons …

Reason #1:
The only time I’ve made a gingerbread house before, turned into such a disaster that we never finished it, and never dared touching a project like that afterward.

Reason #2:
I consider myself quite unexperienced when it comes to making a gingerbread house, or even working with and decorating things with icing.

Reason #3:
It’s not easy to get a gingerbread house kit here in China at all, and the same applies to the other ingredients such as icing sugar, or even suitable candy (we had to be a little creative).

Reason #4:
I don’t have the right tools to put together and decorate the house, so we had to be quite creative with what we had, and thanks to my two friends who helped me, we were able to figure out how to make things work.

Reason #5:
None of my friends who helped me have any baking experience whatsoever.

So, with all the obstacles we had to deal with, I do think this gingerbread house turned out way better than I ever expected! Now Christmas may come!