My family had a gingerbread contest this year. The house on the far left was a premade house kit. The one in the middle was from a victorian template offered for sale on this site(I just made the porch more narrow. The house on the right was a template I made by hand. The windows are melted butterscotch, and jolly ranchers. The lake is Melted Jolly Rancher. The bear, snow man, and penguins are made of fondant. The siding on the middle house is gumpaste