VOTING IS NOW OVER! Thanks to all who voted!
Below are the entries for the Northborough Guide’s First Annual Gingerbread Contest, organized in three categories: Kids (12 and under) Teens (13-18) and Open (adults and multi-age groups). Thank you to all the entrants for such fantastic work! We hope you had fun.
To vote, choose your top two favorites in each category and vote using the form linked below. First place votes will be worth 2 points and second place votes will be worth one point. Prizes will be given to the top two total scores in each category. You MAY vote for your own entry. Form submissions are limited to one per person. Voting closes at midnight on 12/23!
Kids Category (ages 0-12)
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- The Candy Shack
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- Old House on the Creek Welcome to the Pop Tart House! Greeted by the gummy bears, you will find more gummy residents in the house through the crack of the roof. The house has a unique marshmallow roof and the only tree on the lot is made from a sugar cone. Enjoy and thanks for visiting!
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- Santa’s Village Take a walk down the path to Santa’s house or the Reindeer Barn. The elf Sprinkles is playing at his swing set. The North Pole’s narwhal named Nelly is swimming in the lake.
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- My Gingerbread House
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- Multi-color Mansion This mansion is made from gingerbread and delicious candy. Gummie bears have two doors to escape, in case a giant wants to eat their house.
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- Santa’s Village It’s Santa’s weekend he is going out to play with the snowmen and elves. It is soon to be Christmas and they are all excited and eating some candy!
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- Sugar Rush Candy shingles, candy cane door, gumdrop gutters, frosting icicles.
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- 3 Ginger Ln Lovely flower on the roof, 2 gum drop spy cameras, steps, lived in by a baby fairy Ellie Pics, the mommy fairy is Ginger Lime, the daddy fairy is Spy Camera Gum, and the boy fairy is Dram Gum Drop. The puppy is Chocolate Candy Cane.
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- Our Christmas Creation The gingerbreadman and his house on a snowy day!
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- Ginger Candy Gingerbread house with candy. It is home to Jack and Annie (like from the Magic Treehouse books).
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- My Fairy HouseI built this house for the first time on my own! I love fairies and wanted to make them a Christmas Fairy House! I hope you believe in MAGIC!
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- Buttercup
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- The Sugar Shack has more than a spoonful of sugar!
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- The Candy Cabin has an outside fire pit and a skittles swimming pool.
Teen Category (ages 13-18)
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- Home for the Holidays This hand made ginger bread house brings the classic decorations known to be outside of a house inside the home as well. The addition of an inside scene, even featuring a cat, gives a cozy at home atmosphere to the house!
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- Beach House A gingerbread house that is worthy of being on the cliffs of Truro!
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- Manny’s House A shady place to hang for cool people.
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- The Christmas Cabin Gingerbread and icing both homemade!! Includes a ski rack (not visible), a doggy house with little bowls, and a bench with comfy marshmallow pillows in the front of the cabin.
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- Candy Cane Lane
Open Category (adults, mixed ages)
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- Up on the Housetop Santa and Rudolph up on the housetop of this gingerbread house.
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- Necco Chamber Traditional gingerbread house, made completely from scratch, roofed in Necco wafers.
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- 2020: Cabin Fever What better way to summarize 2020 than cabin fever.
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- My First Gingerbread House This is my first time decorating a gingerbread house and it was so much fun.
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- Fruit Cottage For this house, I used my own design and made my own gingerbread, along with the frosting, to create this colorful, fully-edible cottage.
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- Oh Dear, What a Year! It’s 2020 and the reindeer, led by Rudolph are wreaking havoc at Santa’s workshop.
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- Stay Home for the Holidays The gingerbread family at this house are dutifully wearing their masks and wish everyone a Merry Christmas (but urge everyone to stay in their own cozy homes!)
