Gingerbread House Parties: Divvy Up in Advance

Mini Plastic Paint Bucket Favors
Perfect for pre-distributing Gingerbread House
Candy Decorations

Organizing a gingerbread house decorating party is fun, but takes a lot of work. The more people you include, the more organized you will want to be, especially if younger children are involved. While teens and tweens can manage their gingerbread architecture with little direction, younger than 10 years old tend to need some oversight and assistance.

One of the issues that can crop up is the use of candies. If one child decides to construct a complete border fence, and needs to use ALL of the Lego candies in the process, other children will probably complain that they didn't get any. One helpful solution is to pre-distribute gingerbread house candies in Christmas themed containers, or even in simple cereal bowls.

If you know exactly how many kids will be participating (and/or adults), then measuring the candies fairly amongst the containers will alleviate this stress later. Once the decorating is under way, you can allow the kids to negotiate and trade with each other for different items, but at least, this way, everyone has a chance at those coveted Lego candy blocks.

The plastic, mini paint bucket, pictured above, is a fun way to divvy up your gingerbread house decorations, and adds to the construction and creativity theme of the occasion.

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