Children, adults & professionals welcome! |
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Gingerbread House Contest |
of the Hollis Holiday Luminaria Stroll |
organized by the |
Hollis Recreation Commission |
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The Basics
- Individuals, families, and groups can enter.
- To enter the contest, please bring your gingerbread house to the
Lawrence Barn on Depot Road in Hollis on Sat. Dec. 14, 2024 between 1:00pm-2:00pm.
- Winners will be announced at the tree lighting ceremony in Monument
Square at 4:00pm that same day. Also, the winning names and
gingerbread house photos will be posted to the main page of this web
site that evening.
- Please pick up your gingerbread house at 6:30pm
that day
at Lawrence Barn to take it home.
Gingerbread House Requirements & Information
- Houses can be built out of any material (cardboard, tacky glue,
etc.) but all exterior
decoration must be edible materials such as candy, nuts, cereal,
cookies, crackers, pretzels, pasta. Lollipop sticks are allowed.
- Main structure can be constructed of either gingerbread or graham
cracker. Original creations are encouraged, but purchased kits are
certainly acceptable and will be judged separately (see categories,
below).
- Houses may be any structure (house, church, barn, school, train,
airplane, etc.).
- One entry per individual, family, or group.
Judging Categories
Ribbons will be awarded for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd
place in each of the following categories:
- Individuals, under Age 10 from kits
- Individuals, under Age 10 from scratch
- Individuals, Ages 11-16 from kits
- Individuals, Ages 11-16 from scratch
- Ages 17+
- Families or Groups
In addition, there will be a People's Choice Award,
voted on by the visitors in attendance!
Questions? Please contact
Erica Crea at
gingerbread@HollisLuminaria.org. We hope you will enter, and
good luck!