Good morning, friends! First of all, thank you all for the kind birthday wishes and for your generous gifts and donations!! You all are the best! Second, I’m putting the finishing touches on the worst McMansions in Virginia, which has been no easy task! But first, it’s time to kick off a new tradition for this blog, a gingerbread McMansion contest!
Your task is to create the most nubtastic, gawdawful gingerbread McMansion in all of McMansion Hell!! If you succeed, you will be rewarded with cool merch and even some money (as much cash as I’m able to put up):
Prizes!
First Prize: $200, a T-shirt, and 3 pins from the McMansion Hell store.
Second Prize: $100 and a T-shirt and 3 pins from the McMansion Hell store
Third Prize: a T-shirt and 3 pins from the McMansion Hell store.
Honorable Mentions: stickers from the McMansion Hell store and an award certificate
All winners will be featured on the blog and will be mailed an award certificate.
Rules and Regulations:
• Gingerbread structures must be constructed mainly of gingerbread and icing.
• Styrofoam and other support materials are not permitted.
• Entries must be original, don’t just assemble a pre-made kit.
• All components of the display, except for the base, must be made of edible materials.
• Edible materials include candy, nuts, cereal, cookies, crackers, pasta, and other food items that do not include wrappers or sticks. Wrappers should be removed from candy and other decorations.
• Entries must be created this year
Entries will be judged on:
• overall appearance (30 points)
• originality/creativity (30 points)
• workmanship/technique (30 points)
• difficulty (10 points)
Registration starts December 2nd, 2018 and ends January 2nd, 2019. Winners will be announced January 5th, 2019.
Submissions (including photo upload) will be handled via this Google Form:
