The Library Advisory Board puts on an annual Gingerbread House Building competition, which this year attracted forty two students and many different unique structures.
At the Gingerbread House Building competition, students are supplied with a variety of materials – some edible, some not – and have around an hour and a half to complete their structures. Some examples of the materials that students were provided with were two sleeves of Graham crackers, icing, hot glue, sprinkles, chocolate, as well as various other types of candy and adornments. There were more students than previous years, which made the process both exciting and complicated. There were many different interpretations of how the process of building a gingerbread house could go, and all were equally interesting and special.
The competitors were judged based on a variety of categories, such as appearance, theme, and effort.
“I’m always impressed with the creativity of the students. I should come up with additional categories because some turn out so well,” says Mrs. Morin, the Oakmont Librarian who hosted the event, “It was interesting this year because there were a lot of people there who don’t often show up to library-sponsored events, so it was fun to see some new faces.”
The winners of the competition were decided last week and judged by teachers and peers. The winners of the Artistic Achievement category with the theme of “Get Away Island” were Maddison Botshcafter, Harper Devlin, and Arianna Stowell. The winners of both the Architectural Design category and the winners of the popular vote with the category of “House with Car” were Rachel Koula, Sarah Smith, Josh LeGrand, Polina Aresenault, and Alanna Keese.
The Gingerbread building competition was a fun way for the people there to be expressive, get to know one another, and build a cool gingerbread house to either keep at school or bring home to show their families. I wouldn’t be willing to doubt, however, that some people also took this opportunity to snack on some of the materials.
