competitive gingering

The final house is mine. A modest mint-stone cottage. Sour belt roof. Blue raspberry detailing. Good enough to eat. If only you hadn’t already consumed your body weight in royal icing and candy bits. .

The fifth entry for Ginger 2010 comes from Brittany, 2.0’s niece. She’s in grade 5. So that makes her… like… ten seventeen years old. I’m glad she’s getting into Ginger early, as I feel she’s going to be a fierce competitor. Brittany decided to build a village. Yup. A village. No rules, people! Look at…

Our fourth entry comes from Jo-Anne and Kate. Yah. Kate from the gnome tutorial. Turns out she likes gingerbread houses too. This entry makes my gingerbread house look like total crap. No lie. My house looks like the crack den that might be located down the street this one – the kind of house that would bring…

The third submission for Ginger 2010 comes from my sister, Hadley. It was accompanied with the following description: “gingerbread fairy dwelling with deluxe, barn-style dog house. 100% edible, including waste matter.” Yup. You can eat that poop by the doghouse. The yellow snow too. This house is a masterpiece. Look at that little shovel, the jelly…

Our second entry comes from Claire. The note accompanying her work of ginger read that the house was “complete with sled and log pile.” Uh, Claire? I’m not seeing the log pile. Or… the sled. Wait. Are those candy canes welded with icing the sled? Claire? Where is the log pile? Is that ginger mass…

I’ve received hundreds six entries for this year’s battle royale. I’m betting we’ll have millions of entries next year. This year’s houses are darn-right inspirational. I’ll be posting pictures for your perusal over the next couple of days. This will allow you to consider each house very carefully before casting your vote for the winner.…