Climb Aboard the Gingerbread Train

Saturday afternoon we summoned our creative skills and designed a beautiful gingerbread train. Well...we did at least open up a pre-made gingerbread train kit and follow the directions. That takes some skill, right? :) I've seem so many cute homemade gingerbread houses lately that I think we might need to try making one without a kit next year.

Curt and I put the train pieces together while Ben was napping. This gave the icing time to harden, so that it didn't fall apart while we were decorating it. As soon as he woke up, we got to work on our project. Curt and I were in charge of getting the icing on the train (and ground for the snow). I wish they gave you more icing in the box because we ran out and still had some candy left. Oh well...then you have some candy to eat when you're finished! :)

The train, icing, and candy from the kit. The only thing I added was coconut for the snow.
 Curt is working hard to squeeze more icing out while Ben is placing candy on the train.
 Someone is excited about his train!
Choo! Choo!

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Mom Walker said…
How cute is that!!! I love it. I haven't seen one of those before, but it is adorable. I can tell Ben thinks it's pretty special too!
See you soon!
Love,
Mom/Gramma
Thursday, 16 December, 2010
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