What's the best base?

by Kelly
(Atlanta, GA)

Does anyone have an opinion on the best material to make a gingerbread house base from? Is wood covered in foil best? Is there anything better that maybe the icing would stick to better or is foil just fine? Anything sturdy but lighter than wood?

Comments for
What's the best base?

Click here to add your own comments

Nov 28, 2008
 Best for Base
by: Richard

Hi Kelly,

When I was making my fairly large 'Harriman House' lodge this was a concern for me because I needed a base of 30" x 18".

I went and cut and glued together 1" thick pieces of dense styrofoam. To add as extra support a simple piece of 1/4" plywood was glued on the bottom to hold everything together.

Foil could be wrapped around the entire base but I iced a "crumb" coat on first, let that harden then added another coat and did my snow with coconut. I shows it pretty well on my picture.

Happy Holidays, Kelly!

Richard

Click here to add your own comments

Join in and write your own page! It's easy to do. How?
Simply click here to return to Gingerbread Questions


Free Newsletter

Subscribe to our Free Newsletter!

E-mail Address

First Name (Optional)

Then

Don't worry -- your e-mail address is totally secure.
I promise to use it only to send you Gingerbread Heaven.

New Templates

medieval gingerbread castle
Check out our templates page. We're adding new patterns frequently.

Don't see what you want? Request one!

Testimonials:

"I had so much fun doing this project. Thank you so much for the template. This was fairly simple to put together."

- Mattie Austin from Newport, NC

Love this site?

Please consider making a donation to help support this website!
Add to Cart
Click this "Add to Cart" button and then edit the total to any amount on the Shopping Cart screen.
Thank you!


XML RSS
What is this?
Add to My Yahoo!
Add to My MSN
Add to Google
Enjoy This Site?
Then why not use the button below, to add us to your favorite bookmarking service?

Copyright© 2006-2008 gingerbread-house-heaven.com
All Rights Reserved.