Make a gingerbread themed display to decorate your front porch for Christmas. Turn your house into a gingerbread house!
A few weeks ago I was browsing the Christmas section at Hobby Lobby and I kept seeing THE cutest candy and gingerbread themed decorations. It got my wheels turning and I decided to turn my front porch into a gingerbread house!
Once I got the idea, I just had way too much fun with it. Let me walk you through how I did everything. Let’s start with the supplies you’ll need.
Gingerbread Porch Materials
- Better Than Paper Bulletin Board Roll
- White Duck Tape
- Glue Gun + Glue Sticks
- Scissors
- Peppermint Candy Swirl Pick
- Peppermint Candy Spiral Pick
- Giant Candy Canes
- Red & White Large Lollipops
- Tinsel Cupcake Pick
- Smaller Two-Pack Lollipops
- Small Plastic Candy Canes (the hearts above the door)
- Yellow Large Lollipops
- Pink Large Lollipops
- Plaid Christmas Rug
I’ve included links to all of the items I could find online, but there is a much larger selection in-store. Here are a few photos I took while trying to decide exactly what I needed for my porch.
Seriously, this wasn’t even everything. I told you they had TONS of cute stuff that would work for a gingerbread theme.
You can totally customize the way you do the candy part, but the one thing you definitely need is the special bulletin board paper to make all of the “frosting” borders. It’s in the teacher section. I only bought one roll and I have leftovers. I think I might use the extras to add a cute detail around the concrete steps.
I cut the paper trim to look like dripping frosting and hot glued the candies to it before taking it outside. Most of the round candies I used were actually lollipops, I just ripped the sticks out.
I love, love, love the little candy cane hearts above the door, but they’re hard to see in the photos… much cuter and more visible in real life. Watch the video below to see them a little better.
I attached all of the paper to the house using white duck tape. I wasn’t sure it would work, but it totally did and it’s still holding strong!
These cutie pie gingerbread people are so fun and I’m bummed that I can’t find a link on the Hobby Lobby site. I guess you’ll just have to go get them in-store! The legs are adjustable, so you can make them taller or shorter, which I thought was a cute feature and smart for storage later too.
Now let’s dive into another favorite part of the porch… the peppermint and gingerbread wreath! Here are the materials I used:
Gingerbread Christmas Wreath Materials
- Yarn Bee Chunky Knit Yarn
- 15″ Foam Wreath Form
- Soft Peppermint Candy Ornaments
- Gingerbread Man Ornament
- Snowflake Cookie Ornaments
- Gingham Pom Pom Ribbon
- Hot Glue Gun + Glue Sticks
- Scissors
I created a separate video just about the wreath so you could see how it all came together, but it was a simple, three step process:
- Wrap a foam wreath form with chunky yarn and glue the ends in place.
- Cut all of the sticks, hooks and hangers off of the ornaments. Arrange them on the wreath and glue them into place.
- Add a cute bow and loop of ribbon for hanging.
Didn’t the wreath just turn out so cute?! Gah! I love it!
Gingerbread Candy Wreath Video
Gingerbread Christmas Porch Video
I have to say, I’m just so tickled with my Christmas porch this year. It’s just SO much fun! And I think I will be able to reuse everything again next year and maybe even add to it. Merry Christmas everyone!
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Comments & Reviews
Love it going to try it on my porch thank you
Is the “better than paper” waterproof? How did this hold up outside? It is super cute! And looks simple enough to create.
Yep, it’s waterproof. It’s held up pretty well, but we haven’t had heavy snow yet, so we will see.
Hey, it’s been almost a year so I was wondering if you could update how it held up? Thank you <3
It worked really well! It was so fun! We get a lot of snow, so some of the decorations got kind of wet, but the paper part worked out despite Mother Nature.
I can’t find the links for the pink lollipop, blue lollipop, and the sprinkle double pack. Do you still have the links for those? Or tell me approximately their diameter so I can find something similar?
Almost all of the gingerbread decorations are sold out online, but Hobby Lobby has TONS in store! The pink and blue lollipops are about 5-6 inches wide and the smaller lollipops in the double pack are about 3 inches wide.
I love the gingerbread boy & girl but I haven’t seen them in our Hobby Lobby stores the past few years. I go to the ones in South Jersey. I decorate my entire house indoors in a gingerbread theme
Hi! Its Maria(from Spain) i love it! I want to make this in my home. Could You tell me which kind paper you used
The brown paper is called kraft cardstock. The printed houses were printed on white cardstock
How do you” tack,’ the white frosting to your outside, does it weather good…not sure how to hang it, so it doesn’t blow off, and gets damp….snow. I want to do this to my daycare outside entrance door, for my theme is gingerbread this year. I love this.
I used white duck tape to attach the paper to the house. It weathered pretty well.
I was wondering, when you removed the white duct tape did it leave any residue or damage anything besides the brick (any plastic/aluminum/wood areas)? I was thinking of hanging this on my flashing around the house. Thanks
I didn’t notice any damage… maybe a tiny bit of residue. But I taped them to the insides of my gutter, so I don’t care if there’s residue.
how does the paper hold up in the rain?
Mine stayed pretty decent!
I’m not sure which is my favorite,the gingerbread little people or the wreath💗 I loved it all . Thanks for the videos
I was wondering if you have the pattern for the gingerbread people? I really love them. Thanks
I’m sorry, I didn’t make them. I bought them at Hobby Lobby.
would love to see a video of making the frosting please I want to do this to my duplex
Sorry, I don’t have a video of that step. I only took the photos in the post. It’s just paper though… I cut out the frosting shape with regular scissors.