How Do You Make A Gingerbread Castle?
When Christmas rolls around, even the most craft-averse among us consider the wondrous accomplishments of gingerbread architects. Those cunning creations of cookie and candy are not as difficult to make as they may look. Here’s how to make a gingerbread house fit for a king. Gather a ruler, pencil and paper. (Cardboard from a cereal box works well, too.) Make a pattern for the castle walls: draw and cut out a rectangle – 14 inches long by 12 inches high. Make the crenellations for the wall (you’re essentially creating little one-inch tabs along the top here): with the rectangle facing you horizontally, draw a horizontal line across the paper 1 inch below the top edge. Then draw 1-inch vertical marks at 1-inch intervals from the top edge of the paper to that line. Cut off every other tab, starting at the left edge of your paper. Mark windows by measuring 1 1/2 and 2 1/2 inches in from each side of the “wall” and 4 inches and 6 inches up from the bottom edge; cut them out. Make a pattern
