GBH

No not Grievous Bodily Harm but......
GingerBread Houses
25 GBH to be exact.
It took some doing but everyone in my class has made a GBH and all but one are decorated . (Miss school miss out as the advert says)

The funniest thing was the kids reaction to first set of houses to be constructed. Do you know what??????? THEY LOOKED LIKE HOUSES!!!!!
I had to laugh at their amazement. I asked what they thought I meant by gingerbread house and the general reply was....'I knew it was going to be a gingerbread house but I didn't think it was going look like a house"
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I don't know what goes on in their heads sometimes.

Here are a couple of pics to show their efforts... and remember if it was made by a 10 year old I expect it to look like it was....no teacher tizzying it up later to make it look nicer.
And while I wouldn't do it again in a big hurry it has been fantastically successful. Every one is VERY pleased with themselves and they positively glow when a visitor to the room admires their work.

I have to say that I am impressed with the restrain some of them have shown with the decorating. Whilst some kids set out to test the weight bearing limits of a gingerbread roof ( 19 ....yes 19 ..bags of icing we have used in construction and decoration) the other have gone for tasteful restraint...well restrained by10 yr old standards.

I estimate a gingerbread roof can nearly support a 250g of wet icing and 500g of lollies before breaking...well that's what I estimate one kids got on his roof before the collapse.

So now the smell of gingerbread is receeding...to be replaced by the smell of cooked popcorn .

Ah well.....'Tis the Season.

Ho Ho Ho ( and fetch me another Panadol Milkshake)