I really wanted to do a gingerbread rocket ship this year. I had a request for a Mario-themed project, but just couldn’t wrap my head around it.
Instead, I thought “Wouldn’t a rocket ship be be fun?”
Then Julien sent me a picture of his rocket ship and I realized I couldn’t compete. I mean this is the guy who conquered sourdough bread! And look at how great his project turned out. Such precision.
A robot was my fallback so I got to work.
Day 1: I conjured up a prototype made of construction paper - and just for fun some tiny robots for the g-kids to decorate.
Day 2: I dutifully cut out all the pieces and baked them. So far so good.
Day 3: Assembly day! That’s when I realized that I hadn’t cut out enough pieces and the robot didn’t have shoulders. Not a great start.
No problem. Breadsticks to the rescue. In fact the breadsticks were kind of cute.
Using cans and boxes as supports, I put the robot together.
I’ve learned the hard way that you have to be patient and let the icing dry. So I let the icing dry.
Day 4: Decoration day! I moved the robot over to the kitchen table so we could sit down as we decorated it.
I turned my back for one minute and the robot threw himself off the table, crashing to the floor.
Luckily Krista was there to literally pick up the pieces. And to suggest that I might want to rebuild the robot sitting down.
With just enough breadsticks on hand and a new batch of icing, the Robot v2 was reassembled.
Because of the pandemic, our usual source of interesting bulk candy was not an option. We had to make do with packaged candy from the grocery store.
Amelia made me forget my frustration as she sorted M&Ms by colour and started gluing them on.
In the end, not a bad looking robot. And who can resist peanut butter cup kneecaps?
With a nod to the original request for a Mario gingerbread project, we added a moustache.
Our sparsely attended Christmas dinner lacked the usual suspects to “nephew” the gingerbread project, but we managed to do it just fine without them.
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