Idea of the Week: Make a Gingerbread House!

Rob & I attempted this date recently with our good, dear friends (also recently married–congrats!) Steve & Kenzie! You can buy a Gingerbread House kit at most local grocery stores along with the bottle of wine or the 6-pack of beer you might want, to complete this stay-at-home date night.

Here are step by step directions:

1. Step One: Empty contents of kit and lay it out on table.

2. Step Two: After mixing icing, attach walls & roof with icing to make a stable home for the gingerbread family.

3. Step Three: Eat some of the icing. You know, for quality control.

4. Step Four: Start placing candy onto icing. Decorate to your heart’s desire!

5. Step Five: Support all sides to the roof with adequate icing and 90 degree angles. From the get-go. OR…yours might end up like this:

6. Step Six: Finish bottle of wine & either: eat the destroyed gingerbread house -OR- enjoy your beautifully created gingerbread house & put it on display!

Thank you Kenzie & Steve for thinking of this awesome Double-Stay-At-Home $20 Date!

Happy Dating,

PocketBook Jess

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