Christmas is truly one of my favorite holidays it’s such a beautiful and magical time of year. Even living in sunny Southern California where December can feel like 70 degrees I still find myself fully embracing the Christmas spirit. One of the things that helps bring that festive feeling to life is creating Christmas themed parties and holiday crafts. This year I hosted a gingerbread house party which is such a timeless and charming theme for the season.
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I’ve always wanted to plan this kind of celebration for my boys, and I finally got to make it happen. They had an amazing time and I loved every moment of bringing this special holiday experience together for them. As with most of my parties I started the planning process by heading over to Oriental Trading and of course they had some of the cutest gingerbread party goodies (2025 update: a lot of these items are not on their site anymore but I will try to find similar items).
Let’s start with the snack table. On this table I placed the party favor boxes, candy, and yummy popcorn in some fun red and white striped popcorn boxes.
These adorable gingerbread cups actually have to be assembled so they would make a cute party activity for the kids. I ended up assembling them myself so that I could use them as the cups that held the candy for the gingerbread houses.
These were the gingerbread house party favor boxes that the kids could use to place their finished gingerbread houses in and take home.
Gingerbread House Party Tablescape
My favorite part of this party is the tablescape it turned out so vibrant and cute. The centerpiece was a cake plate with some personalized red aprons for the kids to use while decorating their houses. You can find the tutorial for the aprons here.
The cutest part of the tablescape were these adorable gingerbread house plates, they really set the tone for the party.
Each child also got a mini plastic mug with a gingerbread man on it at their place setting.
My tablescape background was our Christmas tree. I hung a gingerbread man banner from it to tie the tree into the whole gingerbread house party theme.
Hopefully this gingerbread house party inspires you to throw one for your kids. I hope this grows into a holiday tradition that will repeat every year.