December

Build Sweet Memories with Our Bahay Kubo Gingerbread House Kit!

The holidays are all about creating cherished memories with loved ones, and what better way to do that than with a unique and culturally inspired activity? Introducing our Bahay Kubo Gingerbread House Kit—a sweet twist on the Filipino icon that blends tradition, creativity, and holiday cheer. 🎄✨

This one-of-a-kind gingerbread kit includes our favorite childhood snacks and everything you need to build and decorate your own edible version of the beloved Bahay Kubo, making it the perfect activity for families and friends.

DIY Gingerbread house with Filipino flavors. Comes with several snacks you grew up eating. Share this memory with your little ones.

What’s a Bahay Kubo?

A Bahay Kubo (pronounced bah-high koo-boh) is a traditional Filipino stilt house made from natural materials like bamboo, nipa palm, and wood. Known for its simplicity and charm, the Bahay Kubo is a symbol of rural Filipino life, celebrated in the classic folk song, "Bahay Kubo."

Now, we’ve brought this cultural treasure to life in gingerbread form, allowing you to combine a holiday favorite with Filipino heritage.

This holiday season, bring a taste of the Philippines to your festivities with our Bahay Kubo Gingerbread House Kit! A Bahay Kubo is a traditional Filipino stilt house that embodies the simplicity, resilience, and beauty of rural life in the Philippines. We’ve included some of our favorite childhood snacks in this kit.
What's In The Kit? Kit Includes: Sky Flakes, Mini shredded wheat, haw flake candies, Christmas Sprinkle Mix, Mini pretzels, ube barquillos, sweet rice flakes (pinipig), white and red royal icing, chocolate caramels, cardboard base, popsicle stick.

Instructions:

1. You will use 2 Sky Flakes cracker packets per house. Remember, this kit makes 2 houses. For each house, break up the crackers as shown below.
2. Use the cardboard provided as the foundation to build your Bahay Kubo on top of. 1) Use 1 whole cracker as the floor. 2-4) 3 squares will become 3 walls of the Bahay Kubo. Glue the 3 walls using any color royal icing. You will be left with 3 single sections of a cracker. 5) Use 2 single sections to create the 4th wall. 6) The last single section will become a ramp.
3. Use 2 whole crackers to build the roof. 7-8) Place royal icing on the top of 2 opposing walls. 9) Glue the seam of the roof crackers lengthwise and create a pitch. Gently place it on top of the Bahay Kubo. You can use objects (like a tall drinking glass) to prop up the roof as the icing dries. 10) Glue 4 chocolate caramels to the bottom of the Bahay Kubo to serve as “stilts.”
4. Now that your Bahay Kubo is built. Get creative and let the decorating begin! Use the shredded wheat as a thatched roof, the mini pretzels as a railing, the sweet rice flakes as grass, ube barquillos as posts, the Haw Flake candies as stepping stones. Make sure to display your creation and share!

Making a Star Parol:

5. To make the Star Parol, take 1 Haw Flake. Glue a fondant star in the middle using royal icing. Apply icing along the circle’s edge. Dip the iced haw flake in the small beaded sprinkles. Pro tip: avoid getting icing on your fingers by applying icing to half of the circle, dip, then apply icing to the other half of the circle, and dip again. Glue to the wall of your Bahay Kubo. Using the royal icing, create 2 tassels on the bottom of the parol.

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Creating Memories That Last

Decorating a Bahay Kubo Gingerbread House isn’t just about creating something delicious and beautiful—it’s about the shared experience. Through thoughtful questions and attentive engagement, you can turn a simple holiday activity into a memory that strengthens your bond and inspires your child’s creativity.

So grab your icing, candies, and sprinkles, and get ready to build more than just a house. Build lasting memories, one sprinkle at a time!

Here are some open-ended questions you can ask to engage your child in critical thinking and bonding moments:

  • If we added more decorations to this house, what would you use, and where would you put them?
  • What’s your favorite part of decorating this gingerbread house so far? Why?
  • If we could live in this gingerbread house, what would you want it to have inside?
  • I noticed how carefully you added the decorations on the roof. You’re so creative—what inspired you to do it that way?
  • Is there anything you’d like me to help with, or do you want to try this part on your own?

Ingredients:

Sky Flakes:  Wheat Flour, Vegetable Shortening (Coconut Oil and Palm Oil), Coconut Oil, Salt, Sugar, Sodium Bicarbonate, Yeast. 

Shredded Wheat (whole wheat). 

Pretzels: Sugar, Corn Syrup, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Skim Milk, Vegetable Oil (Palm Oil, Shea Oil, Sunflower Oil, Palm Kernel Oil, Safflower Oil), Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (Palm Kernel Oil, Soybean Oil), Chocolate, Contains 2% or Less of: Lactose, Salt, Lecithin, PGPR, Vanillin, Baking Soda. 

Ube Barquillos: Flour, Sugar, Egg, Butter, Milk, Ube Flavor. 

Chocolate Caramels: Sugar, Corn Syrup, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Skim Milk, Vegetable Oil (Palm Oil, Shea Oil, Sunflower Oil, Palm Kernel Oil, Safflower Oil), Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (Palm Kernel Oil, Soybean Oil), Chocolate, Contains 2% or Less of: Lactose, Salt, Lecithin, PGPR, Vanillin, Baking Soda. 

Haw Flakes: Haw, Sugar, Water, FD&C Red 40. 

Sweet Rice Flakes

Royal Icing (sugar, meringue powder, water)

Sprinkles Mix (sugar, corn starch, rice flour, dextrose, vegetable oil, glucose, tapioca starch, confectioner’s glaze, carnuba wax, corn syrup, yellow5, blue1, yellow6, red3, red40, blue2, cellulose gum, maltodextrin, sunflower lecithin, carrageenan, gum Arabic, soy lecithin, salt, xanthan gum, vanillin, acesulfame potassium.

CONTAINS: WHEAT, MILK, SOY, EGGS, COCONUT

 

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