Create a Gingerbread House

Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens is hosting a gingerbread house build at The Wells Barn on Friday, November 27. It's a drop-in activity, so you can stop by whenever you've got a window that day.

The setup is straightforward: you'll get a kit with graham crackers, icing, and candy to put together your own mini gingerbread house. Since it's a drop-in, you don't have to commit to a specific time slot—just show up when it works for you. It's the kind of thing that works as well for a quick solo project as it does for bringing along a friend or a couple of kids.

If you're coming from across town, it's worth remembering that the barn is a walk from the main conservatory entrance, so you'll get a bit of the grounds in before you settle in to build. Once you're there, the kit provides everything you need to get a house standing, from the graham cracker walls to the icing that holds it all together and the candy for decorating. You'll walk away with whatever you put together.

The activity runs from 11 AM to 3 PM, and each kit is $10.