3rd Grade Gingerbread Houses

This year I got to be in charge of Parker's class activity for the holidays: making milk-carton & graham cracker gingerbread houses (a long-standing tradition at his school).


We had so much fun adding all THIS:


...to houses like THIS:


...to make THESE:


Parker's house is the third one over with the gold foil 'smoke' coming up from a licorice 'chimney':


I love seeing how creative and silly the kids get:




Mrs. Hope, Parker's teacher, has been amazing this year:


It always makes my day when I get to visit Parker's class because I can see how much all his classmates adore him. Thanks, Parker, for being such a great kid! I love you.