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Nut Free Gingerbread House Kits
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Nut and Gluten-Free Building: Gingerbread House Kit For Allergic Kids

For the love of gingerbread!
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For the love of gingerbread! Gathering around the table with sheets of gingerbread and bowls of candy is an annual tradition in many families. But for those with food allergies, it can be just another activity they need to sit out of for fear of going into anaphylactic shock. Unless of course, you purchase a safe kit!

A&J Bakery, a Rhode Island-based nut and gluten-free bakery that ships nationwide, is introducing Allergen-Friendly Gingerbread House Kits ($30) this year. The peanut, tree nut, wheat, gluten, soy, egg, dairy, and sesame-free kit includes everything budding architects need to create their confectionery masterpieces, including pieces of pre-baked gingerbread, a variety of five allergen-free candies, and non-edible decorations for additional fun. Mama's got to act fast to get her hands on a freshly baked kit — A&J is only accepting orders until Dec. 21!

Source: Flickr User Carrie Stephens

Would You Like to Live in a Gingerbread House?
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Would You Like to Live in a Gingerbread House?

This Victorian home in Bouldin Creek, TX, one of Austin's oldest neighborhoods, is what you might call a gingerbread house: dripping with candylike ornate moldings and a very decorative picket fence, its style is straight out of a fairytale book.
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This Victorian home in Bouldin Creek, TX, one of Austin's oldest neighborhoods, is what you might call a gingerbread house: dripping with candylike ornate moldings and a very decorative picket fence, its style is straight out of a fairytale book. I love it, and I'd kill to live in it. That gorgeous front porch alone had me sold! But architecture this elaborate certainly doesn't please everyone's tastes. How about you?

Have You Ever Made a Gingerbread House?
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Have You Ever Made a Gingerbread House?

I've been wondering how many of you, in the spirit of the season, have made a gingerbread house before.
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I've been wondering how many of you, in the spirit of the season, have made a gingerbread house before. Although last year my labor of love was a mid-century modern gingerbread home, this year I won't be making one — I'm thinking of making a bûche de Noël instead! Are you making one?

Have You Entered Michelle Kaufmann's Eco Gingerbread Contest?
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Have You Entered Michelle Kaufmann's Eco Gingerbread Contest?

One of my eco heroes, Michelle Kaufmann is sponsoring a Green Guru Gingerbread Challenge.
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One of my eco heroes, Michelle Kaufmann is sponsoring a Green Guru Gingerbread Challenge. You have two more days to enter the contest, and I know that CasaSugar readers are a creative bunch, so I thought you should rally to make your own design!

Check out this house, for example, which is powered by chocolate solar panels and features clerestory windows, a deep roof overhang, low-E glazed windows, a frosting water catchment system, and green roofs planted with native flora. Sustainable and delicious!

Are you going to enter the Green Guru Gingerbread Challenge?

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Love It or Hate It? Eco Gingerbread House
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Love It or Hate It? Eco Gingerbread House

You know that I'm a fan of green building, and that means my enthusiasm also extends to the world of gingerbread houses.
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You know that I'm a fan of green building, and that means my enthusiasm also extends to the world of gingerbread houses. Are you a fan of eco-oriented gingerbread houses? Or do you prefer the traditional models?

Nancy Wegard for The New York Times

Here Comes the Neighborhood! (Part 2)
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Here Comes the Neighborhood! (Part 2)

When we asked for your own gingerbread-house creations, I was surprised by the number of entries.
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When we asked for your own gingerbread-house creations, I was surprised by the number of entries. There were 30 of them, and each one is fantastic! If you missed it, we posted the first fifteen entries this morning, but now it's time for the next fifteen! This set covers everything from a beach hut to a concert stage, including a replica Snoopy dog house! To check out the neighborhood, read more

Felt Gingerbread House
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Kidoodles: Felt Gingerbread House

We're having a gingerbread house contest at Sugarland, and I planned on building one with the usual supplies, but changed my mind and decided to go another route after considering the time and effort that goes into making a cookie house.
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We're having a gingerbread house contest at Sugarland, and I planned on building one with the usual supplies, but changed my mind and decided to go another route after considering the time and effort that goes into making a cookie house.

I've seen the great felt kits from Twinkle Kids that you can order for $55, but it was too late to order one so I improvised. Rather than waiting for pre–cut felt shapes and candy bits to show up at my door, I went out and bought a few pieces of felt and made my own. It's an easy and fun project that kids and parents can both enjoy.

To see how I made the gingerbread house, read more

Which Gingerbread House Do You Prefer?
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Which Gingerbread House Do You Prefer?

CasaSugar recently asked which Sugar HQ gingerbread house you preferred.
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CasaSugar recently asked which Sugar HQ gingerbread house you preferred. It's been a back and forth struggle between PartySugar's Snowy Log Cabin and BuzzSugar's Dr. Gingerbread House. However — mostly because we've got a healthy sibling-like competitive spirit — we want to know which of ours do you prefer? Party's Traditional Cabin or my Mid-Century Modern? Be honest, we're tough skinned!

And, if you want to get in on the gingerbread making fun, we're still accepting gingerbread house submissions. Get them in by tomorrow to be included in the Friday "neighborhood" roundup!

Rewind: This Week's Buzz
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Rewind: This Week's Buzz

Check out the gingerbread House I made!
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Mid-Century Modern Gingerbread House
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Mid-Century Modern Gingerbread House

The other day, CasaSugar asked you which Sugar HQ gingerbread house you preferred.
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The other day, CasaSugar asked you which Sugar HQ gingerbread house you preferred. Many of you said PartySugar's Lagito Cabin Gingerbread House, but my Mid-Century Modern charmed some of you folks as well. Earlier you got the step-by-step for hers, so today I thought I'd give you the step-by-step for mine. And if it inspires you then join us! We're currently asking you to submit your own gingerbread house!

    • I started off by creating my concept. Once I had the crude drawing, I got some scraps of cardboard and created a life-size model. If you're going to create your own house, I recommend you doing the same. The cardboard pieces will be used to cut out each wall piece.

      • To get the rest of my steps and up close pictures of each side and all the components, read more