Spending time with your children creating festive, edible decorations is a fun, family tradition. The best gingerbread house kits include all the tools and ingredients you need to build a cottage and adorn it with colorful candies. Kids will have fun gluing together all the pieces with sweet, sticky glue. And the best part of all is generously applying the white frosting around the structure to hold the walls and roof in place, while placing small, colorful dots of candy in fun patterns. Sidewalks are lined with sticky treats and yards are filled with miniature Christmas trees and snowmen made of delicious confections. Here are some of the cutest gingerbread kits and other related gift ideas for the holiday.
Gingerbread Houses and Toys
For a creative Christmas gift, pick a few gingerbread man books and select a cookie kit, a plush animal, or an ornament in the shape of this frisky holiday treat. Here is a list of the best building toys, decorations, baking gift sets and other gift ideas all based on the traditional holiday treat.
Gund Gingerbread Man Plush
Standing 9 inches tall, this super soft gingerbread man man stuffed toy is the perfect snuggle buddy. Give him along with a book as a special touch for little ones.
Wilton Gingerbread Cookie Kit
Eight pre-baked gingerbread men are all ready to be decorated. This kit has all the frosting, sprinkles, and candy you need for a fun afternoon of cookie decorating with your children.
Gingerbread Christmas Tree Ornaments
These darling 4-inch ornaments are the perfect accessory for a picture book about The Gingerbread Man. They well-made plush cookies with a ribbon for easy hanging.
Lego Gingerbread House
Almost 1500 pieces in this gingerbread house Lego set that comes with a cute gingerbread man and woman. Spend some quality time with your children building this charming gingerbread kit.
Wilton Four-Piece Gingerbread House Kit
An all-inclusive kit perfect for families with multiple children. This set includes everything needed to build and generously decorate four miniature houses. Along with the cookies and frosting, there is an ample supply of festive candy for kids to create their dream Christmas cottages.
Play-Doh Gingerbread House Builder
Imaginations will run wild with this fantastic kit with all the accessories. Kids will love recreating new gingerbread houses over and over again. The set comes with six cans of Play-Doh as well as tool to help construct a winter cottage, pine trees, and other fun items. An adorable plastic snowman is a fun touch.
Cardboard Gingerbread Playhouse
Standing over three feet tall, this playhouse will keep kids occupied for hours. They will love coloring the scenes on all four walls and roof, bringing the house to life with a set of markers or crayons. The doors and window swing open for little ones to welcome visitors passing by. Sturdy and easy to put together.
Gingerbread Man Waffle Maker
A non-stick mini waffle maker will add a fun touch to breakfast Christmas morning. Portable and easy to store, this is a great gift that can be stashed away until the holiday. Make your favorite batter and within minutes you will have a cute 5 inch gingerbread man waffle.
Plush Gingerbread House
A darling plush house perfect for toddlers not old enough to make the real kind. Made of soft material that can be easily wiped clean, this toy stand almost 6 inches tall.
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