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Step 3Construction and Decoration
Construction and Decoration:
Begin with a clean, flat base such as a serving platter or a piece of sturdy cardboard wrapped in green decorative paper.
Start assembling using a side piece. Apply a line of icing cement along the bottom and place it on your base and surround with more icing to glue it down. Now use a glass (perhaps filled with egg nog for added weight) to support the first side wall as you move onto the others. Apply the same method to the remaining walls making sure to also line the sides with icing where they connect with their neighbor.
Line the bottom of your screen wall with icing and set it around the bedroom deck.
Now you must allow your base to dry for a half hour so it can support the roof pieces and trellises without collapsing. You can use this time to ice down your walkway, front and side decks, and reflecting pool. Once the sides are set you may apply icing to their upper edges for attaching the roof pieces. Begin with the slanted roof piece before moving onto the living roof.
If you're feeling ambitious and want to make your gingerLotus truly genuine looking then you can cut the living roof piece so that it just slightly falls into the house and doesn't rest on the top of the walls. Ice the area inside and at the top of the walls and place the roof piece just inside. As the piece dries over the next half hour continue to press it gently down until it is about a quarter of an inch depressed into the house.
Begin the larger trellis surrounding the living room by placing the two longest 1/4 inch thick cookie pieces along the left and right front side walls. Allow a few minutes to set. Then place the three second longest 1/4 inch pieces perpendicularly on top of the ends that stick out in front from the side pieces. Then place six of the smallest pieces on each side of the room so that they rest on the long piece you previously placed. By the time you finish that the icing on the front three slats should be dry enough that you can affix five of the third largest 1/4 inch pieces to the underside them. Take the sixth of these pieces and ice it on about the front entry. Wait a few minutes and then place three of the smallest 1/4 inches pieces on top of it. If you're confused check out the picture we have of the trellises!
Also, don't forget to ice down your ginger waterspout to complete your water catchment system! Apply icing to the reflecting pool and waterspout (just use some of the 1/4 in think strips of cookie for the spout) then cover with blue sprinkles.
Once every piece is set and has had another half hour to dry you can being decorating! Apply the chocolate fudge onto your living roof and cover with green or Christmas sprinkles and shredded coconut. Ice down your chocolate solar panels onto the slanted portion of the roof (if you feel your gingerLotus needs more power than 1.6 kw feel free to use more chocolate squares!).
Pipe icing along walls, roof, and windows however you'd like.
Don't forget to spread icing all over your "yard" and cover with more green or Christmas sprinkles and shredded coconut.
Begin with a clean, flat base such as a serving platter or a piece of sturdy cardboard wrapped in green decorative paper.
Start assembling using a side piece. Apply a line of icing cement along the bottom and place it on your base and surround with more icing to glue it down. Now use a glass (perhaps filled with egg nog for added weight) to support the first side wall as you move onto the others. Apply the same method to the remaining walls making sure to also line the sides with icing where they connect with their neighbor.
Line the bottom of your screen wall with icing and set it around the bedroom deck.
Now you must allow your base to dry for a half hour so it can support the roof pieces and trellises without collapsing. You can use this time to ice down your walkway, front and side decks, and reflecting pool. Once the sides are set you may apply icing to their upper edges for attaching the roof pieces. Begin with the slanted roof piece before moving onto the living roof.
If you're feeling ambitious and want to make your gingerLotus truly genuine looking then you can cut the living roof piece so that it just slightly falls into the house and doesn't rest on the top of the walls. Ice the area inside and at the top of the walls and place the roof piece just inside. As the piece dries over the next half hour continue to press it gently down until it is about a quarter of an inch depressed into the house.
Begin the larger trellis surrounding the living room by placing the two longest 1/4 inch thick cookie pieces along the left and right front side walls. Allow a few minutes to set. Then place the three second longest 1/4 inch pieces perpendicularly on top of the ends that stick out in front from the side pieces. Then place six of the smallest pieces on each side of the room so that they rest on the long piece you previously placed. By the time you finish that the icing on the front three slats should be dry enough that you can affix five of the third largest 1/4 inch pieces to the underside them. Take the sixth of these pieces and ice it on about the front entry. Wait a few minutes and then place three of the smallest 1/4 inches pieces on top of it. If you're confused check out the picture we have of the trellises!
Also, don't forget to ice down your ginger waterspout to complete your water catchment system! Apply icing to the reflecting pool and waterspout (just use some of the 1/4 in think strips of cookie for the spout) then cover with blue sprinkles.
Once every piece is set and has had another half hour to dry you can being decorating! Apply the chocolate fudge onto your living roof and cover with green or Christmas sprinkles and shredded coconut. Ice down your chocolate solar panels onto the slanted portion of the roof (if you feel your gingerLotus needs more power than 1.6 kw feel free to use more chocolate squares!).
Pipe icing along walls, roof, and windows however you'd like.
Don't forget to spread icing all over your "yard" and cover with more green or Christmas sprinkles and shredded coconut.
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