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Ivory Homes Gingerbread House Contest & Fundraiser

November 9, 2012 by Emily Hill 7 Comments

Usually I avoid all things Christmas until Thanksgiving is over. I feel like this day of gratitude is slowly wasting away as stores put up holiday decorations before Halloween and Walmart releases plans to open at 8pm on Thanksgiving Day.

But I am willing to step off my soapbox for a brief moment to mention an awesome holiday event that combines gingerbread houses and fundraising.

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Ivory Homes Gingerbread House Contest
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The Ivory Homes 3rd Annual Gingerbread House Contest combines handmade (by you) gingerbread houses, cash prizes and matching donations. How sweet is that?

Check out a couple of my favorite entries from past years:

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Ivory Homes Gingerbread House Contest

Ivory Homes Gingerbread House Contest
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Of course, my entry will probably look more like this…and that’s an overstatement:

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Ivory Homes Gingerbread House Contest
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Top prize for the contest is $1,000 with a matching donation made to the charity of your choice. Second and third place are $500 and $250 respectively, also with matching donations. Awesome, right?

Here are the details on how to enter…if you’re up to the gingerbread house challenge:

  • Register for the contest.
  • Pay a $10 registration fee that will be fully refunded when you deliver your house to the festival.
  • Pick an Ivory Home design (your home MUST be modeled after an Ivory Homes design; you can see all home designs here).
  • Build your gingerbread house.
  • Check in using the online form that we will provide as the festival gets closer.
  • Deliver your gingerbread house to the Garden Park Clubhouse in Daybreak on Friday, November 30th.
  • Receive your $10 registration fee refund.
  • Vote at the festival on December 1st and tell your friends to vote for your house on Facebook.

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And here are the details for the big event on December 1st:

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Ivory Homes Gingerbread House Contest
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I’m thinking I’ll base my gingerbread house on one of these four Ivory Homes designs. Notice the homey (small), cottage (easy) feel.

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Ivory Home designs
Clockwise from top left: Barberry, Camellia, Juniper, Poplar

As if the Ivory Homes Gingerbread Contest with its prizes and fundraising wasn’t enough to get your in the holiday spirit, a small group of bloggers (myself included), will be hosting a gingerbread house linky party November 27th through November 30th.

Here are the rules for the linky party:

  • Create a gingerbread house based on an Ivory Homes design; house must be 100% edible.
  • Write a post about your gingerbread house and include the “I’m participating in the Ivory Homes Gingerbread House Contest” badge (coming soon). Link the badge to http://ivoryhomes.com/blog/index.php/ivory-homes-annual-gingerbread-contest-2/.
  • Include an image of the Ivory Homes design after which the house was modeled.

Note: You may want to follow the Ivory Homes official rules in case you also want to enter the official contest.

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The winners will be announced December 1st. First place will receive $200, second place $100 and third place $50…all thanks to Ivory Homes.

And with that, I will leave you to drawing up those gingerbread house plans and finding a reliable contractor. Heaven knows they’re hard to come by during the holidays due to tryptophan-induced food comas.

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Ivory Homes Gingerbread House Contest
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Disclosure: Ivory Homes is sponsoring this post, though I wish they were sponsoring my gingerbread house. It might actually turn out of that were the case.

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ps post script

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Filed Under: announcements, contests & giveaways, DIY, holidays Tagged With: Christmas, contest, gingerbread house, holidays, Ivory Homes, Ivory Homes Gingerbread House Contest

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  1. evonne

    November 9, 2012 at 8:57 am

    I dream of making a gingerbread house that even remotely looks that good.

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    • Emily Hill

      November 9, 2012 at 2:50 pm

      Maybe if the two of us do it together, we’ll stand a chance. ;)

      Reply
  2. Aly

    November 10, 2012 at 8:27 pm

    You crack me up… “Heaven knows they’re hard to come by during the holidays due to tryptophan-induced food comas.”

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    • Emily Hill

      November 10, 2012 at 8:59 pm

      Well, it’s true!

      Reply
  3. Barbara @ Barbara Bakes

    November 11, 2012 at 3:57 pm

    Such a fun contest. Garden Park is such a great community. I’d love to retire there.

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    • Emily Hill

      November 11, 2012 at 9:04 pm

      Good thing you’re not retiring for like another 60 years, though. ;)

      Reply

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