Biscuiteers DIY Gingerbread House
10
years ago when I was suffering a bad time being pregnant and dealing with an
ill baby and house sales a very lovely friend sent me a parcel to cheer me up
and inside were a series of biscuits stunningly decorated from the very
gorgeous Biscuiteers. Not only were just beautiful to look at each mouthful was
absolutely divine. Ever since we have been huge fans of Biscuiteers and love
their decorations and biscuits. So, when they asked if we would like to brave
icing our own gingerbread house, I was a little excited!
Who
doesn’t love decorating their own gingerbread house? To us it’s the start of
Christmas! It’s supposed to be proudly displayed alongside the Christmas tree
but of course it never really lasts that long! I do however find the shop
bought ones somewhat disappointing. So imagine my delight when opening up the Biscuiteers DIY
gingerbread house kit
to be able to smell the gorgeous smell of gingerbread before the lid had even
been taken off! And let me start you there!
The
kit arrives in the most delightful metal tin! Its beautifully designed,
reflecting Biscuiteers gorgeous artwork and is a gift in itself! One which will
proudly sit on my kitchen shelf! Actually, it took a lot of will power to not
just dive in and dispense with the decorating and just head straight to the
eating!
The
kit come with everything you need from the house, to the icing and decorations
and icing bags. There are more than enough icing bags included too which I
loved! The icing needs water adding though to it before you can start the icing
and then requires a lot of whisking! 10 minutes on an electronic whisk. It’s
about here that ours started to go slightly wrong – the boys don’t have a huge
amount of patience and just wanted to get started. They had decided on their
design and got started icing. Once iced its best to leave the house parts a
good ten minutes for the icing to dry…
The
building of the house. This for us is where it went wrong – but its entirely
our own fault! The instructions are clear and easy to follow but each part
requires you to hold the part togethers for 15 minutes while the icing dries –
in totally it takes an hour to build the house after your decorations have
dried. An hour for an eager 9yr old was not his plan! As such our house did keep
sliding to pieces as due to the rather sumptuous quality the house is slightly
heavier than cheaper brands!
However,
the boys had an incredibly amount of fun icing and building the house and then almost
as much fun sitting down to eat it afterwards! I personally would have loved to
get my hands on this kit without the boys and have a stunningly beautiful house
sitting in the centre of our table over the Christmas break so much so I have
gone and ordered another one just for me! This is perfect for any family of any
age – even up to grandparents!
Everything is included in the kit and it
provides an afternoons fun away from technology and shops and was just crazy
fun with building, designing, decorating! While its slightly more costly than
some of the supermarket brands I think it make up for this pretty easily in
quality, taste, design and lack of awful rubbish! Both boys, husband and I all
gave this a ten out of ten and its become an instant Christmas tradition. Buy your own here!
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