25 Hilarious Gingerbread House Fails

Building a gingerbread house might be at the top of our holiday bucket list, but assembling cookie walls with icing can often turn into a sticky situation. Just remember: No matter how bad you fail at making a gingerbread house, this festive activity is ultimately about bringing you and your loved ones together for some family fun!

1Weighed Down
Santa was too fat! #gingerbreadhousefail @sullym29 @dorothymeetsgoats @brib88

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This house just couldn't handle the weight of the sweet treats piled on its rooftop. Though we do like the theory that it was Santa who took the whole house down. Maybe he should cut back on cookies this year?

2A Nice Save
After several failed attempts to keep our #gingerbread house together, we made gingerbread Rob Ford #gingerbreadfail #hilarious #socreative

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When the walls of this gingerbread house didn't want to be stuck together, this baker gave up and made a flat gingerbread person instead. Way to save the holidays!

3The Broken Household
He came from a broken home...

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If your roof is caving in, but your son is smiling about it, is there really a problem?

4Candy Overload
Yes, there is such thing as sticking too much candy to your gingerbread house, and yes, that is exactly what is happening here.

5Gingerbread Hut
When in doubt, build a hut instead of a house.

6It's a Not-So-Great Christmas Charlie Brown
I'm good at many things. Apparently building ginger bread houses is not one of them. #GINGERBREADHOUSEFAIL #ISUCK

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Snoopy may not look so happy, but at least we can tell this was an attempt to recreate the scene from A Charlie Brown Christmas.

7Cinderella's Not-So-Magical Castle
Cinderella gingerbread castle... NAILED IT! #gingerbreadhousefail 😂

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Cinderella might want to call her fairy godmother to come fix this one.

8Sinking Into the Snow
Erm Pinterest fail? Turns out the great idea of putting the fake snow around the bottom of the house was a house destroying idea! #gingerbreadhousefail #pinterestfail #nailedit

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While putting gummy hearts on the roof of this gingerbread house was a lovely thought, they just look heavy as it sinks into fake snow.

9The One That Made the Naughty List
'I think Santa will say Ho Ho that is terrible' said one small girl.. #gingerbreadhousefail

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Let's just hope this little girl plans to bake some new cookies for Santa.

10Barbie's Not-in-Her-Wildest-Dreams House
#ihategingerbreadhouses #gingerbreadhouse #gingerbreadhousefail what do you think looks exactly like the picture right lol

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Whoever expected us to draw snowflakes out of frosting clearly had too high of expectations.

11Melting Away
FAIL. I guess Santa was never suited to Australian Summer. #gingerbreadhousefail #isuckatlifethisweek

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Is it just us, or does it look like someone pressed this gingerbread house's roof in a waffle maker?

12The Deconstructed Mess
Why bother constructing your gingerbread walls when you can cover them in frosting and candy goodness? This person knew the way to go.

13A Pepperminty Fail
This is what happens when you live very close to train tracks! When a heavy double decker goes by, it shakes the roof off!!!! #needsmorefrosting #gingerbreadhousefail

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If it weren't for the fact that the roof is slowly sliding off, we'd say covering a gingerbread house in peppermint was a great idea.

14Just Add Sprinkles
What we imagine this baker was thinking: "If I just keep pouring sprinkles on top, no one will notice that it doesn't look right."

15The Little Engine That Couldn't
@theatresquirrel and I have many talents... Apparently decorating gingerbread is NOT one of them. #gingerbreadhousefail #gingerbread #itssupposedtobeatrain

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Keep staring. Eventually, you'll realize this thing was supposed to look like a train.

16Busted Igloo
So uuuhhhh...our "gingerbread igloo" is a bit of a bust...looks more like a turtle buried in snow covered in shtuff...we declare defeat! #gingerbreadfail #wesoooolost #illpostotherstoo #theyarewaycool

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Making a gingerbread igloo sounded like a creative idea. That is, until we saw this house that's drowning in marshmallows.

17A Tortured Architect
We know for sure we'll never make livings as architects #gingerbreadhousefail 😳 @shevjohn #christmasfestivities 🎄🎅❄️

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With M&Ms as roof tiles and tons of supporting sticks, it looks like someone really tried here.

18Melting Snow Mess
My failed attempt at a #gingerbreadhouse #gingerbreadman #gingerbread #snow #snowman #snowballs #pawprints

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At least there's glitter.

19Picture Imperfect Design
Gingerbread house may not be as shown on box. Even when you try. #smugbaker #gingerbreadhousefail #gingerbreadhousefire #noonewashurt

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If you scrunch your eyes real tight, maybe (just maybe!) it will look like the picture?

20Victim to the Oven
This is what happens when your sister has a cat that will get into everything, so everyone decides to hide the gingerbread house in the oven but then your dad turns on the oven in the morning to heat up the Christmas breakfast casserole forgetting there's a gingerbread house in there hiding from a cat #meltingaway #runonsentences #gingerbreadFAIL #christmasfail #iblamethecat

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Let's just take a minute of silence to remember how good this colorful gingerbread house looked before someone put it in the oven.


21Little Red Barn
Merry Christmas !! #picstitch #gingerbreadfail

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When in doubt, build a little red barn. Your friends will be so charmed, they won't notice the messy construction.

22Here Lies Gingerbread House
Rest in peace gingerbread house. (Until someone decides to eat you despite the beautiful memorial.)

23A House in Shambles
So this happened... #gingerbreadfail #disaster #sad

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This is what it would look like if your kids tried to make a gingerbread house without your help.

24The Face of a Fail
Exact replica!! 😔 #gingerbreadhousefail #harderthanitlooks #yum #sugaraddict

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While this gingerbread house was modeled after a photo with two windows, a wreath, and a door, it came out looking like a quirky face.

25A Feeble Attempt
Pinterest Fail
If one thing is for sure, sometimes gingerbread and frosting can get the best of you. This Pinterest fail just gets it.

From: Country Living US


By Rebecca Shinners

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