We LOVE this Veggie House or Veggie Lodge!
What a great idea to switch things up from your traditional Gingerbread House decorating and make a Veggie House! We spotted this on the Green Giant Facebook Page a few years ago. It’s such a great idea to make a house out of healthy carrots, celery and cucumbers. The carrots can be made into shapes like Lincoln logs. Too Cute!
Here is what you need to make a veggie house:
-carrots
-celery
-foam core board
-toothpicks
-wooden skewers
CARROTS:
6 – 8inch carrot logs (1 for the front side, 5 for back side)
8 – 5inch carrot logs for the sides of house
8 – 3inch carrot logs for the front of the house
8 – 1 1/4inch short spacer carrot logs by the front door
4 – 1 1/2inch carrot logs to create the side window opening
3 – 7inch carrot logs for the rafters
CELERY:
16 – 6-7inch long stalks of celery for the roof
More Vegetables to complete the winter scene:
-Red Bell Pepper
-Turnip
-Mushrooms
-Broccoli
-Small Cherry Tomatoes
-Artichokes
The foam core board gable ends measure 8″x 6″ x 6″
The foam core board floor/base measures 8″ x 5″ (plus extra on the back for chimney if desired)
The window is made out of a slice of turnip.
Use toothpicks and bamboo skewers to help hold it all together, if needed. Think of the cream cheese “mortar” more of decor rather than a way to hold it all together.
Use bamboo skewers for stacking chimney mushroom “stones”.
Find more creative veggie ideas by visiting the Green Giant on Facebook. Enjoy!
Tied this with hubby & granddaughter. Quite difficult. Our carrots ae not symmetrical. The ones in the model look like they are milled evenly like a log. Thought this would be a fun morning project with the kids. If I want it to look as good as the picture I think I would be working several days and seriously need to upgrade my carpenter skills. BTW, hubby is a carpenter and carrots are just not a good building material he says. Cute idea if you are looking to spend a LOT of time.
Hi Connie! Oh no! Thank you for sharing that. I too love the idea of a healthy version, and wanted to share this fun idea. Maybe it’s just a cute idea to just admire, and not actually try…dang it!