Yesterday we built gingerbread houses with the Monson’s. I was feeling a bit ambitious so I decided that the best thing to build would be Saint Peter’s Basilica. This was my inspiration:

Here are some pictures documenting the process:

Two preliminary walls. A good start.

The main dome.

The unmounted dome and walls.

The dome now mounted.

Dome and walls all done. Now I need to start on the roof

I finished with the cardboard structure. We are now ready to decorate!

Started covering the facade with grahams.

Finished graham-ing… ready to cover with candy!

Working on the facade.

Me with the finished giant.

A view of the finished thing from the front.

Up close of the finished dome.

Side view of the finished thing.

Elisabeth decided that she wanted to build a piano. It turned out great. A few pics:

The finished piano.

Look how awesome the back of hers is.

Up close of the piano.