Gingerbread Barn with Schleich Farm Animals
The whole family can enjoy “Christmas on the farm” through the magic of Gingerbread this holiday season! I found the perfect Gingerbread project created and designed by Beth Kimmerle, a chocolate and candy expert! Dressing up your ordinary gingerbread house as a classic country barn can be a new holiday project for the entire family to enjoy!
When you’re finished, surround it with our Schleich farm animal toys and any die-cast tractors you may have! The Schleich farm
Schleich Farm Animals
animals are a great way to get the kids to interact more enthusiastically to the Gingerbread barn project. They are sure to look forward to putting a Schleich toy horse inside the barn’s stable area, a herd of cows grazing around it, a barn cat waiting for the mice and a flock of sheep. Your young farmer will enjoy switching it up as often as you let them as who can resist playing with the Schleich farm animal toys and a barn made of Gingerbread?
Schleich Horse Toys
Spread it out over a few days and take your time as this project will take three to four hours. But the results are worth it as this Gingerbread Barn will not only make an enchanting centerpiece for a party, but also a tradition that will create memories year to year!
You will start by making your favorite gingerbread dough according to the instructions. If you don’t yet have one, I recommend using the Gingerbread House Facades recipe we found online. While chilling and before rolling the dough, cut out barn patterns from sturdy cardboard. You can use these Gingerbread Barn instructions and pattern
Adding the Gingerbread Barn Siding
ROLL THE DOUGH: Roll out one-third of the dough 1/4 inch thick on a surface dusted lightly with flour. Place cardboard patterns for barn front and two sides on rolled dough. The next slide will show you how to cut out the front of the barn.
CUT THE PATTERN: Using a sharp knife or pizza cutter, cut around patterns. Remove excess dough and reserve with remaining dough for rolling the other barn pieces.
Constructing the Gingerbread Barn
ADD BARN SIDING: Using kitchen scissors, cut sour tape into strips to create vertical barn siding. Using the icing like glue, carefully apply siding to barn sides. Using royal icing, apply doors to front and sides, adding zigzag barn pattern to doors.
CONSTRUCTING THE BARN: To join the barn sides to back and front pieces, pipe icing cleanly along edges to be joined. Press barn pieces together and hold for several minutes. Once the four walls are firmly together on the gingerbread base, adhere them to the cardboard base with frosting. Then insert your two cardboard cutouts into center of barn. Secure them with icing to the sides of barn. Let dry completely, preferably overnight.
