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Downtown Holiday Gingerbread House Competition

Holiday Tent at Black Hawk Mini Park
Iowa City, IA

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Downtown Holiday Gingerbread House Competition

Join us on December 12th, 2015 as the Iowa City Downtown District will host a gingerbread house competition from 7:00 PM-11:30 PM in a heated holiday tent at the north end of the Pedestrian mall. There will be three one-hour shifts of the competition and winners will be announced and receive a prize at the end of each shift.

The event will be ticketed; tickets will be $40/gingerbread house and each house can have up to 4 decorators. Each group will have 1 hour to construct and decorate their houses. The shifts will be 7-8pm; 8:30-9:30pm, 10-11pm. Tickets are limited to 30 gingerbread house per shift.

Tickets for this first ever Downtown Gingerbread House Competition are on sale. To attend this event, you must pre-register by purchasing a ticket and identifying your shift. A ticket includes entry for parties of up to four people, and includes: gingerbread house pieces, royal frosting, candy supplies to decorate, and boxing so you can take your creation home for the holidays!

While competitors are busy at work decorating their gingerbread houses, a holiday cash bar will be open to spectators and participants serving up speciality holiday drinks, Big Grove beer, and wine.

Winners will be announced and receive a prize at the end of each shift. Winners of the gingerbread categories will go home with a Downtown Iowa City gift card of up to $100! Gingerbread houses will be judged by local bakers in the following categories:

Best Overall Execution ($100 prize)

Most Creative/Inventive ($75 prize)

All supplies for the construction and decorating of the gingerbread homes will be provided and are included in the $40 gingerbread house ticket. However, competitors are allowed to bring extra supplies for their creation. All houses must be 100% edible!