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Make a Minions Gingerbread House

November 26, 2015 25 Comments

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It’s here, it’s here, it’s finally here! The holiday season is upon us, and I am so very excited.  I’ve had Christmas decorations slowly seeping down my attic stairs since the end of Halloween, with more hints of holiday floating into the house each week.  Now that Thanksgiving is behind us, I can finally let my freakishly large Christmas flag fly!  I got started early last weekend by sending out the first batch of Christmas cards, and Red and I tackled the first task of the season, which was to create our gingerbread house.  Red is four years old, and very silly, so we channeled all that silliness with Minions and to make a Minions Gingerbread House.  

Make a Minions Gingerbread House with Peeps Minions and lots of BANANA runts candy!

Admittedly, I’m terrible at baking gingerbread sheets and concocting royal icing.  This is not the place for that recipe! πŸ™‚  Instead, I’m really fond of the pre-made house pieces and large, gooey packets of royal icing that’s ready to go.  This particular house had an easy-start tray which held up my walls.  This meant a fast start to our project and minimal whining from my ever-impatient pre-schooler.  I took on the task of, “squirting the glue” as Red put it, while he placed every piece of candy decor on the house.  Yes, it took a looooong time, but seeing his personal creation come to life was well worth it!  

We gathered extra leftover candies from Halloween to help decorate the house, including runts bananas, coconut “snow” and candy dots.  My FAVORITE decoration was the Peep marshmallow minions, which even had the Minions’ correct faces and overalls printed on them in food-safe dye.  Red went wild over them! 

Make a Minions Gingerbread house with lots of BANANA candies!

We lined the rooftops with tons of bananas (say it like a Minion with me: BA NA NA!) and silly above-the-door wreaths and even little candy doorknobs.  I’m fairly certain Red would have just used bananas for his Minions and thought the house was perfect!  

BANANA. Need I say more?

Cheesy smiles almost guaranteed while you messily build your Minions Gingerbread House!

Making a gingerbread house

The rear of our Minions Gingerbread House even had little Christmas Trees lining the sidewalk (Red insisted on banana-stars to top them), and I had to fuss at Red not to eat our house before it was finished!  Thank goodness we had some extra candies left over for Red to snack on while he enjoyed our handiwork! We added some coconut snow, all “glued” down with icing, and pressed it into our tray.  By the time we were done, Red and I were both covered in candy dust, gingerbread crumbs, sugar and wonderful smiles.  

Reverse side of the Minions Gingerbread House

This Mommy and Me craft only took a little time after dinner for us to complete, but reminded Red all week of our special time together without anyone else!  If you want to create your own gingerbread house or other holiday creation with your family, get crackin’!

 

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  1. Leigh Anne Borders says

    November 26, 2015 at 11:46 pm

    I would say my holiday officially begins when the tree is up and decorated. I do not do anything–shop –until it is up and the house is decorated. Your minion gingerbread house is such a cute idea btw. Very cute!

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    • Redhead Baby Mama says

      December 2, 2015 at 11:03 am

      Thank you!! I can’t wait to set up my tree. We’re on a delayed decorating schedule this year for certain projects and it’s driving me batty!

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  2. missbobloblaw says

    November 27, 2015 at 4:45 am

    I love getting ready for the holidays by sorting thru all of my ornaments. I also like putting together my gift lists nice and early!

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  3. Angela from MommyMoment says

    December 2, 2015 at 10:31 am

    Gingerbread houses are not my thing either, but I love how you implimented the Minion peeps!
    Very creative πŸ™‚

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    • Redhead Baby Mama says

      December 2, 2015 at 11:03 am

      Thanks. I think the banana candies make it work!

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  4. Robin Rue (@massholemommy) says

    December 2, 2015 at 10:47 am

    That came out awesome. I am such a hot mess whenever I try to make a gingerbread house. I always end up completely destroying it πŸ™

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    • Redhead Baby Mama says

      December 2, 2015 at 11:03 am

      I’ll have to say that pre-baked pieces and an easy start tray saved my booty. Otherwise, it’s no dice!!

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  5. Stacie @ Divine Lifestyle says

    December 2, 2015 at 12:00 pm

    That’s the cutest gingerbread house ever! I love the addition of the candy on the outside of it.

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  6. Ashley - Embracing Homemaking says

    December 2, 2015 at 3:40 pm

    That is so stinking cute! Our favorite way to begin celebrating is to decorate the tree while listening to Christmas music. πŸ™‚

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  7. Catherine S says

    December 2, 2015 at 5:14 pm

    This is such a cute idea. This would be fun to do with my niece and nephew.

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  8. Liz Mays says

    December 2, 2015 at 5:15 pm

    I’d love to make a cute little house for those minions. This is such a fun idea for a Minion movie night.

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  9. Theresa says

    December 2, 2015 at 7:00 pm

    Seriously, that is so darn adorable! I love the addition of the banana runts!

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  10. Marcie W. says

    December 2, 2015 at 7:14 pm

    What a fun activity that really combines the love of movie characters with the holiday season. Peeps have come such a long way from their standard chicks!

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  11. Mitch says

    December 2, 2015 at 10:04 pm

    That is adorable! I would be such a hit if I made that! Everyone loves those Minions!
    Mitch

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  12. Toni | Boulder Locavore says

    December 2, 2015 at 10:45 pm

    Making gingerbread houses is always a tradition for us! The added Minions are so adorable!

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  13. Maureen says

    December 2, 2015 at 11:03 pm

    This is adorable. I love the bananas on the roof.

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  14. Ann Bacciaglia says

    December 2, 2015 at 11:41 pm

    We love making ginger bread houses during the holidays. I will have to try making this Minion house with my Daughter.

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  15. Nicole Escat says

    December 3, 2015 at 1:43 am

    Minion gingerbread looks so cute. For sure my little boy would love this. Can’t wait to make my own minion gingerbread. Thank you for sharing.

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  16. Christie says

    December 3, 2015 at 7:15 am

    Ok, my kids would be totally into this! Love those Minion Peeps, so fun!

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  17. Amber C says

    December 3, 2015 at 12:47 pm

    Oh my gosh what a super cute idea!! My son would absolutely love this!!!

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  18. Jennifer says

    December 3, 2015 at 3:01 pm

    So adorable!! I didn’t know there was Minion peeps! my kids are going to flip out when I show them.

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  19. Crystal says

    December 3, 2015 at 4:58 pm

    Send me all the Peeps! I love that I can find my Easter favs outside of the spring time. My kids will get a kick out of adding minions to their gingerbread houses.

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  20. Tracey says

    December 4, 2015 at 12:50 pm

    What a fun twist on the traditional gingerbread house! Red looks like he loved it and I agree, banana stars are a must for a minion gingerbread house!

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  21. christina aliperti says

    December 4, 2015 at 3:21 pm

    We start the holiday season by decorating the house and putting up our christmas tree. We play lots of holiday music and watch Christmas movies together.

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  22. Chasing Joy says

    December 4, 2015 at 5:46 pm

    I have never made a gingerbread house before. I really like the christmas tree peeps in front of the house. Very festive.

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