Gingerbread Houses

Every year I think it would be so fun to do gingerbread houses with my kids and then I balk at the price of the kits.  Can't imagine forking over $50 for a house for each kid.  And no, I'm not about to consider making them from scratch...

This year someone gave us a kit for a gift and it was a gingerbread village.  Perfect!  The kids had so much fun.  I forced myself to take a huge chill pill before we started.  Activities like this are not necessarily a joy for me.  Overall things went really well and it was a fun morning we had together.