Kaitlyn requested a church this year. Julie had two leftover houses - a little one and a big one. We all worked on the cottage house; Janine, Julie & Meleta worked on the church; and Kaitlyn and Shaya did the dog house all on their own. Check out our pictures!!
The church from the front |
The church from the back
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A view from the back of the church. Note the cool fences! |
A close up of the red bushes with green leaves and snowflake topping! Notice also the grass made of green skittles and other green candy. |
Matching bells on the front of the church...
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...and on the back of the church.
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The front door. Notice the wreath across the top and the cookie path. Silver balls make great door handles! |
A view from the back of the church. Noticed the walls - a row of chocolate pretzels, topped by straight pretzels, with two rows of teddy grahams to finish the wall decoration. Finally a wreath window to top it off. |
We were running out of mini oreos, so Julie suggested this layering on the roof. Oreos, then shredded mini-wheats, then gingerbread flavored candy corn, topped with icing and little red and white candies. |
The steeple was decorated with two kinds of Christmas candy corn. The cross at the top was held up with wrapped parchment paper until it solidified. |
The tree in front of the church. Aren't the tiny snowflakes cute?! |
A close up of the wreath/window from the back of the church. |
In these pictures, you can see the wall better... |
... and the matching windows & candy canes for both sides of the church. |
After Julie put the little house together, Shaya and Kaitlyn decided it would make a great doghouse! They used the leftover inside oreo goo to craft carefully a dog. The two big black pieces are the eyes, and the ears are sticking up. Compare to the picture below and you'll see it's really quite a realistic looking dog! |
Note the chew toy in front of the dog. The two red circles are the food & water dish. The water dish has a Swedish fish in it (see the pond below for a closer look of this gummy candy). |
In the back yard are some dug up places where the dog buried his bones. Sorry we don't have a close up of the bones - real candy bones this year! |
Another view of the front of the dog house. Some buried bone spots in the front of the doghouse too. |
Finally, this is the cottage we all worked on together. Front view. |
Back view of the cottage house. |
The yard had a little pond. The red strip is the fishing pole. Note the two Swedish fish in the pond. |
Love those little snowflakes this year!
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The girls made a gingerbread Santa for the top of the house. Doesn't he look cool?! |
And another view of the front of the house. This house had layered wall siding too - first licorice, then pralines, then straight pretzels. The front has a porch/overhang, with a little balcony at the top. Can you make it out? And this year again the yard is full of leftover m&ms and skittles. Yummy!
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