Gingerbread House

General info

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  • Part of Miniature Winter Garden series
  • Winter decoration
  • Christmas decoration
  • Difficulty: Easy

What you will need

supplies
  • Soap bars
  • Carving or Exacto knife
  • Paring knife
  • Sprinkles
  • Soap foam
  • Scraping tool
  • Needle (or other pointed tool)

Soap info

COW bath size soap (blue box)

Used in tutorial

COW bath soap
  • Available
  • COW brand
  • Floral scented
  • Size: 8.7 cm (3-1/2") x 5.8 cm (2-1/4") x 3 cm (1-1/8")
  • Weight: 130 g (5 oz)

Honey soap

Used in tutorial

honey soap
  • Available
  • Light brown color
  • Honey scented
  • Size: 7 cm (2-3/4") x 5.2 cm (2-1/8") x 2.5 cm (1")
  • Weight: 80 g (5 oz)

Instruction video

Instructions

1. Cut your soap with a paring knife as shown.
step 1
2. Cut off two pieces of soap to form a rough house shape.
step 2
3. Trim the edge of your soap.
step 3
4. Make wavy line cuts all the way around the soap.
step 4
5. Remove the soap under the wavy cuts.
step 5
6. Smooth the soap.
step 6
7. Draw diagonal lines with a knife point on the front wall.
step 7
8. Draw another diagonal line series to make diagonal plaid-like pattern.
step 8
9. Cut your colored soap into a rectangular shape.
step 9
10. Trim the soap into a door shape.
step 10
11. Draw a small circle with a toothpick.
step 11
12. Carve a door knob.
step 12
13. Make small holes with a needle.
step 13
14. Cut another piece of soap to rectangular shape.
step 14
15. Cut your soap into 2 smaller rectangular shapes.
step 15
16. Make the same set of small holes on both rectangles.
step 16
17. Cut third piece of colored soap for the chimney into a square prism.
step 17
18. Trim the edge of your soap.
step 18
19. Carve a square hole at the top.
step 19
20. Make small holes all the way around the chimney.
step 20
21. Draw a rectangle shape for chimney.
step 21
22. Carve an indent for chimney.
step 22
23. Apply soap foam. Scratch the soap with pointed tool to make the foam stick harder.
step 23
24. Put the chimney.
step 24
25. Trace a door shape.
step 25
26. Cut a depression for the door.
step 26
27. Apply soap foam.
step 27
28. Stick the door.
step 28
29. Draw a rectangle on the right wall for the window.
step 29
30. Cut a hole for the window. Use scraping tool to remove soap.
step 30
31. Apply a foam.
step 31
32. Place a window. Repeat this and two previous steps for a window on the left wall.
step 32
33. Carve small holes for the sprinkles, rotating the blade.
step 33
34. Put the sprinkles.
step 34
35. Your gingerbread house is done!
step 35