The Oh Snap! Gingerbread House Build-Off event in San Tan Valley was a fun outdoor experience. At this event, the attendees are the judges for the best Gingerbread House.
VIP Lunch for Gingerbread Teams
The gingerbread teams ate special lunch before the public event. They had fruit, vegetables, lettuce salad, pasta salad, and sandwiches.
Caroling
The Goode Time Carolers treated us with many songs. They have over sixty-five-holiday songs memorized. Wow, that is a lot of songs.
Ugliest Christmas Sweater
As we viewed this contest, my first thought was, “These are awesome cute sweaters and costumes.” The winner had a sports jacket with gingerbread characters on it and the words “Oh Snap” just like the name of the event. I did not think it was ugly, I thought it was cleaver.
Adult Hot Chocolate & Eggnog
To keep the attendees warms, the event had spiked with alcohol hot chocolate and eggnog.
S’mores
Two fire pits surrounded by chairs were set up for people to sit and roast their marshmallows. There was a table with stakes, many flavors of chocolate, many flavors for gram crackers and of course marshmallows.
Gingerbread Houses
Five teams of five people were provided with table and a gingerbread kit. The teams brought candy for decorating and the decorating materials. It was wonderful to see the creative designs from the teams. The number one prize was bragging rights!
Gingerbread House Build-Off Event
Do you have an ugly sweater that you would wear to an event?
What a fun neighborhood you live in!
How fun! And yes, I do have an ugly Christmas sweater that I could wear to this event. Maybe next year!
That is awesome. I trust you could win a prize.
This looks like it was a really festive and fun event! What a great idea for an event to be hosted by a destination.
The destination did good because it brought people together.
That is so fun. Way to get in the spirit of the holiday. Hope you were able to eat them after!
We got to eat the smores!!
What a fun event! I love how to creations turned out!
I agree. People are so creative.
Looks like a ton of fun!! I’m in for the adult hot chocolate!!
That was a good part!
Beautiful gingerbread houses!
Yes, everyone did a great job.
This is a really fun event. I have a lot of fun memories of making gingerbread houses.
It is great when an event brings back those fun memories.
How fun! I haven’t heard of any gingerbread contests in my near area except Prescott. But this gave me an idea to start one in my neighborhood.
That is a great idea. It brings people together for a nice time.
Wow this looked really fun! It’s been years before I built a gingerbread house.
You should build one just because. 🙂