Friday, October 31, 2008

Autumnal Gingerbread House

This Autumnal Ginger bread House is, of course, made out of Ginger bread! The roof is shingled with candy corn, and the ridge is lined with dark M&M's. Dark M&M's decorate the gable. Melted sugar have been poured to created the windows. I've sculpted tootsie rolls to look like logs in a log pile, which is right next to a tootsie roll chopping stump. A gum paste ax is driving into a "log" that is being chopped. Candy corns decorated with royal icing "fall leaves" make a tidy hedge surrounding the house. The pumpkin patch has candy corn pumpkins and candy coated sunflower seeds to represent small gourds and fall squash. The walk to the front door is paved with candy coated sunflower seeds, where there is a cheery entrance to the house that is lit with a single yellow M&M. The dark green grass finishes the landscape, ending at a royal icing boarder.