Wizard of Oz Gingerbread House with Royal Icing

A collage of two images. The right side shows a gingerbread house decorated with brightly colored royal icing in a Wizard of Oz theme including rainbows, poppies, a ruby slipper, emeralds, and a yellow brick road. The left side of the image shows a close up of the green door with glowing yellow windows on the gingerbread house.

My friend Hani of Haniela's and I each took the same plain gingerbread house and designed our own versions. I made this Wizard of Oz gingerbread house and she created one with a fall theme. It's so beautiful! Watch her video tutorial here.

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I used royal icing transfers to make the decorations on this gingerbread house. Since they can be stored at room temperature indefinitely, you can to get a head start on your cookie projects by making royal icing transfers.

The rainbow, emerald, and door templates that I used are available in the Cookie Art Club.

A close up of the green door with glowing yellow windows on the gingerbread house.

Here's what you'll need to make this Wizard of Oz theme gingerbread house

Most of these supplies are available in my Amazon Store or NYCake.com. If you have any questions about where to get a particular product, please let me know! 

  • Gingerbread house cookie dough (available in the Cookie Art Club)
  • Templates (available in the Cookie Art Club)
  • Small shoe cookie cutter (use code SWEETAMBS for 10% off at NYCake)
  • Flood consistency royal icing
  • Stiff consistency royal icing
  • Decorating tips 1, 2, 3, 10, 104
  • Piping bags
  • Scribe tool
  • Wax paper
  • White luster dust
  • White matte dust
  • Gold luster dust
  • Edible ink markers
  • Decorator brushes
  • Food coloring + vodka for painting
  • Red sparkling sugar
  • White sparkling sugar

Colors

  • Royal Blue
  • Sky Blue
  • Deep Pink
  • Lemon Yellow
  • Golden Yellow
  • Super Red
  • Coal Black
a gingerbread house decorated with brightly colored royal icing in a Wizard of Oz theme including rainbows, poppies, a ruby slipper, emeralds, and a yellow brick road

Visit Haniela's YouTube channel to watch her fall theme gingerbread house tutorial!

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