Create a gingerbread house using arts and crafts materials, such as:
Construction paper Pipe cleaners Paint YarnGlitterCrayonsMarkersFeltRibbonButtonsPopsicle sticksClayPaper macheOrigami
A fun, summer family activity, we’re calling for home- or nature-made renditions of the gingerbread White House using materials easily found in your kitchen, backyard, or local craft store.
Send us a photo of your unique creation in one of three categories – baking, nature, and arts & crafts – for a chance to win a holiday-inspired prize basket and be featur
Depict the White House as a gingerbread house, take a photo, and enter it for a chance to win an amazing basket of unique holiday goods from the White House Historical Association, including:
Official 2022 White House Christmas Ornament White House Historical Association Gingerbread Kit The White House in Gingerbread book by White House Pastry Chefs Roland Mesnier and Mark Ramsdell
Chef Roland Mesnier, longtime White House Executive Pastry Chef, mentor and teacher, prolific author, and sought-after speaker, passed away on August 26, 2022, following a short illness. He is predeceased by his wife, Martha, and survived by his son, George Mesnier.
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by William Adair
In this article, William Adair presents the story of elaborate architectural features installed by President Ulysses S. Grant to embellish the East Room for his daughter Nellie Grant's 1875 wedding. Removed during the twentieth century, the relics were recently rediscovered by the author who shares the story of their journey from White House to auction house.
by Bethanee Bemis
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