This charming gingerbread house is made from an ordinary brown paper bag! So much fun to make with the kids!
You will need:
Brown lunch bag
Brown card stock paper
Scissors
Self-healing mat
Utility knife
Vellum paper
Glue
Paints
LED tea lights
- About half way down a closed paper bag, make 2 diagonal cuts to make a pointed top in the center.
- Draw windows and door of gingerbread house and use a self-healing mat and utility knife to cut out the voids.
- Cut vellum paper to fit voids and glue to inside of brown paper bag.
- Open bag and cut the points off the two short sides of the bag. This will ensure that your roof can sit easily on the bag.
- To make the roof, cut a piece of rectangle from cardstock paper to fit the top of your brown paper bag. Fold the rectangle in half to pitch the roof. For a seamless look, add a band of cardstock to the inside of the paper bag joining the two-pitched points and sit the roof on this band.
- Once you have the structure of your gingerbread house, decorate it with paints any way you like. When dry, open bag again and place LED tea lights inside.
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Photography by
Manal Aman
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