31 Amazing Gingerbread House Ideas

With candy cane fences, gumdrop pathways and frosting everywhere, gingerbread houses are a popular way to decorate for Christmas. The best designs can take weeks or months to prepare and come complete with marzipan statuettes, intricately piped royal icing and lighted windows made of sugar. In simpler forms, gingerbread house kits can be decorated in just a few hours — perfect for an evening of holiday-themed entertainment or starting an annual family tradition. Feast your eyes on these amazing gingerbread houses. You’re bound to find some inspiring ideas for decorating your own masterpiece.

Victorian Gingerbread House from Goodies By AnnaColorful Candy Gingerbread House from Carrie Stephens

Gingerbread Cathedral from Citrus and Candy

from Biscuiteers

Red White and Blue Gingerbread House from Whipperberry

Gingerbread House With Turrets from Chanroc

Sweet Pink Gingerbread House from Sweetopia

White House Gingerbread Tutorial from Frog Prince Paperie

Log Cabin from Kelsey and Kevin

Bed and Breakfast from Cake Fixation

Gingerbread Mansion from Mairi MacRae

Standard Gingerbread House from Tikkido

Red Gingerbread Mansion from Top Tenz

Modern Gingerbread House from Oh Happy Day

Gingerbread House Dough from Sprinkle Bakes

Valentine Gingerbread House from With Love & Confection

Shortbread House from Askanam

Lighted Gingerbread House from Rock Recipes

Frank Lloyd Wright Fallingwater Gingerbread from Garden Melodies

Selfridge Store Mockup from smudgetikka

Gingerbread Treehouse from Slice of Cake

A Gingerbread Pagoda from Top Tenz Pictures

Gingerbread Shoe from Top of the world cakes

Sleeping Beauty Gingerbread House from Between the Pages

Aladdin’s Magic Castle from Wheres My Backpack

Beauty and the Beast Castle from Wheres My Backpack

Penguin’s Christmas Cruise from Yu Bargain Rocks

White House from Obama Foodorama

Mount Vernon Recreation from Totally Tikaa

Life-Sized Gingerbread House from Houzzz

The Snowy Japanese Gingerbread Pagoda from Off the (meat)hook

Mini-House on Coffee Mug from Not Martha

Winchester Mansion from Flickr user OR4N6E

gingerbread riverboat from Cake Central

Santa’s Gingerbread House from The Distraction Network

Gingerbread Museum from Core 77

Interior of Gingerbread House from Worth Pinning

Eiffel Tower Gingerbread Centerpiece from Haniela’s

Gingerbread Town from Everyone’s an Original

Apple Orchard Farm House from Cake Central

Gingerbread Dove Houses from De Koekenbakkers

Gingerbread Despicable me House from DIY Network

Gingerbread Bird House Tutorial from Haniela’s