"Gingerbread Empire State Building"

Donkey-Kong Santa made from Marzipan sits atop the building as marshmallow bi-planes circle above.

"Gingerbread Empire State Building"

Kong climbs the gingerbreads tower with his bag of gifts...

"Very Tall Gingerbread House"

Wide-shot of Empire State Building

"Marshmallow bi-plane flies by Empire State Building"

Marshmallow bi-plane circles gingerbread Empire State Building suspended by from stick of pasta.

"Royal Icing Marquee"

A very tiny royal icing marquee marked the entrance to the tower

"Wide shot"

The gingerbread tower looks like a real sky scraper from this angle.

"Donkey King Kong Santa"

A very jolly ape with a Santa hat climbs to the top of the building.

"Marshmallow Bi-Plane"

Made from one marshmallow and a piece of spaghetti

"High-Flying Marshmallow"

They were made to be viewed from several feet away!

"Bi-Planes circle the top of the Empire State Building"

The bi-planes added a sense of motion to the piece.

"Working on the base..."

Greg places Red Hots on the base one by one.

"Adding some more color."

He created a mosaic of color using Red Hots and Mini-M&Ms placed one by one like tiny tiles.

"Construction of the Empire State Building"

Almost done.

"Santa visits the Empire State Bulding."

Made from Royal Icing

"Santa and his helpers."

They are VERY small!

"Santa and his helpers."

Must be his last stop... Santa's sleigh is empty.

"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"

Rudolph leads Santa to the Empire State Building!

"People spot Santa and Rudolph land on the Empire State Building."

Two TINY Royal Icing people spot Santa!

"A girl and her mom walk under the Empire State Building"

You can see how small these are when compared to the Red Hots and mini-M&Ms

"Gingerbread Tower"

The gingerbread house towers over everything in our living room.

"On display at the Gingerbread auction"

Two girls admire the gingerbread creations at the Eldridge Hotel

"Four houses"

Tanya Kulaga's family created the 4 gingerbread houses displayed on this table for the auction. In total the 4 gingerbread pieces raised $6,000 for Douglas County Big Brother's Big Sisters.

"Gingerbread Carl's House from Pixar's UP"

See our 2009 entry of Carl's House from Pixar's UP
LINK: Gingerbread Carl's House from Pixar's UP

"Jayhawk Santa and Gingerbread Space Shuttle"

Click the photo to see local gingerbread artist Christopher Julian's awsome centerpiece for the 2009 Big Brothers, Big Sisters Gingerbread House Auction at the Eldridge Hotel in Lawrence, KS.

LINK:Gingerbread Space Shuttle and Jayhawk Santa by Christopher Julian