Gingerbread House!

There were no Graham Crackers left within a 20 miles
radius once I finished this house!

Hello everyone! This is my very first post and I'm so excited to show you all one of my latest projects. My daughter turned 6 in April and if you know me, then you know that I transform into a  zombie for a good 3 months. Well.. that is unless your a cake decorator, or hobby lobby. Anyways, after a little (lot) of negotiating with my little boo we finally came up with a Candyland theme. She was actually excited and it was that very moment I began to fantasize of enormous gumdrops, oversized gumball machines, and of course a gingerbread house! Yes!!! Well, I'll stop talking and show you the pictures!

I built the frame from pvc piping. I found all kinds of pvc playhouse plans, but none of them were sturdy enough to hold the walls and the 1 ton graham cracker roof. However, with my 3 am searches I was bound to find something. Well.. I did! I found the plans at https://www.formufit.com/large-pvc-kids-playhouse. Now, I never said these plans were simple, but the plans are free. I searched Lowes, homedepot, and specialty shops until I finally came to my whits end and ordered a few of the fittings from their website. Cheap and fast shipping. This would be a fabulous frame for an outdoor playhouse, as long as you use the appropriate materials. As you can see from the pictures, my lovely boyfriend had his employees move all of our furniture out of the room a month before party. So Sweeet!! 

I used hardboard wall panels for walls and roof from Lowes. The most important detail was discovered after wasting half of a day and exercising a few potty words... Make sure to screw each pipe to its fitting on the inside so when you screw in your exterior and interior walls your not hitting screw heads. After all that hard work you get to decorate the house! I used white caulk for the icing around the windows and creases. It also was great for covering up mistakes. My Boo and her friends loved the house. It was definitely worth all the hard work! When it was  time to take it all down, I have to admit I missed seeing that magical gingerbread house that took up the entire living room. Than again, it was nice having my couch back too! Now, onto a few more pics from my fabulous Amy Tuggle!