Mayfield Electric & Water Systems

Click here for the Gingerbread House Recipe and Assembly Instructions.

Click here for a simple Gingerbread House Pattern.

Supplies:

Instructions:

1. Place the cookie cutter on the foam and trace around it. Draw another line 1/4 inch inside the first line to make a 1/4-inch frame. Cut along both lines.
2. Tightly tape plastic wrap to a baking sheet. Color the plastic heavily with the markers, making an areas slightly larger than the foam frame. Make sure the plastic wrap stays smooth.
3. Run a bead of black dimensional paint around the inner edge of the back of the frame. Press the painted side of the frame onto the colored plastic wrap.
4. Bend a 4-inch length of wire into a U-shape loop for the hanger. Slide the ends of the loop between the frame and the plastic and press the frame over the ends of the loop.
5. Flood the inside area of the frame with glue.
6. Let the ornament dry undisturbed for 36 hours or until the color shows through and the glue is almost translucent. Do not touch the glue. Gently peel the ornament from the plastic. (If it sticks, let it dry an additional eight hours.) Turn the ornament over and let it dry on a clean piece of plastic for another eight hours or until dry to the touch.
7. If any glue or black paint leaked from under the frame, trim it off. Add a dot of glue over the ends of the wire hangers.

Instructions:

1. Trace Christmas shapes onto tissue paper using cookie cutters.  Carefully cut shapes out of the tissue paper.
2. Apply glue to the back of the tissue paper shapes and press them onto the outside of the tumbler.
3. Experiment with layering colorful shapes over one another.

Instructions:

1. Using a dull pencil, draw a picture in the bottom of a clean foam tray.
2. Brush washable paint over the drawing in the tray.
3. Lay a piece of paper over the painted area. Gently press down. Peel up the paper and let it dry.

Supplies:

Instructions:

1. Fill a plastic baggie with 1 cup rice.  You want the baggie to fill about 2/3 of sock.  You may need more or less depending on the size of the sock.  This makes the body of the snowman.
2. Tie the top of baggie with twist tie.  Place baggie inside tube sock.  Tie tightly with string.
3. Repeat steps 1 & 2 above using 1/2 cup of rice (more or less).  This makes the head of the snowman.
4. Fold over the ribbed part of the sock to make the snowman's hat.
5. Cut 3 strands of yarn and tie around the snowman's neck for a scarf.
6. Glue pompoms on snowman.  Green for buttons, brown for mouth and nose.
7. Glue on eyes.
8. Make a tassel with red yarn and glue on the top of the hat.