Virtual Gingerbread 2020 - VIEWING

Welcome to the 2020 Virtual Gingerbread Exhibit.

Voting is now closed and we are happy to announce the prize winners in each of our categories for the Virtual Gingerbread of 2020:

  • Adult Category - Summer in the She Shed (entry #10348)
  • Family Category - Happy Horsey Holidays! (entry #10347)
  • Children Category - Zomzop's New UFO for Christmas (entry #10319)
  • Scouts Category - Save our Arctic Animal Habitats (entry #10299)
  • Special Needs Category -Impressionism at the Mendham Mudhole (entry #10296)

The winning entries are shown at the top of the display below.

Thank you once again to everyone who submitted a gingerbread creation (they were all wonderful!) and to all who so generously voted for their favorites. We deeply appreciate your participation and your help in keeping this popular tradition alive during the pandemic - We couldn't have done it without you!!!

Congratulations to all the winners who will receive gift cards courtesy of ShopRite, this year's Gingerbread Wonderland sponsor.

10348 Summer in the She-Shed

- Category: Adult// Green Theme: Yes

Winner: Yes

Pam Venanzi, Randolph

Description:
Members of the Home Garden Club of Morristown, Sally Barmakian, Karen Curry, Sheila Fortune, Helene Havers, Barbara Lysenko, Sue McElroy, Linda Pastorino, and Pam Venanzi, created their dream she-shed. It includes a formal garden, a veggie garden, and an amazing potting shed full of everything need to take care of the garden. We have all spent a lot of time in our gardens this year and they always bring us joy.




10347 Happy Horsey Holidays!

- Category: Family// Green Theme: No

Winner: Yes

Brenda Marelli, Florham Park

Description:
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas just like the ones I used to know, where the horse stables glisten, and horses listen to hear hay bales in the snow... I'm dreaming of a white Christmas with every Christmas carrot I give, may your days be grateful and bright and may all your Christmas sheep be white! Happy Horsey Holidays created by Brenda and Stephanie Marelli.

10319 Zomzop's New UFO for Christmas

- Category: Children// Green Theme: No

Winner: Yes

Christina Staltari, Denville

Description:
Made by Joey and Anna. Uzonzuc has surprised Zomzop with a brand new UFO for Christmas!! A blanket of Martian snow, dusted with purple and pink hail embellishes the couple's Christmas decorations on their Martian estate. #DecemberToRemember #DrivewayMoment Joey and Anna spent 10 hours working on their entry. They are excited that they could take part in the Gingerbread Wonderland this year, as it is their 6th year participating.

10306 Save Our Arctic Animal Habitats - Troop 97452

- Category: Scout// Green Theme: Yes

Winner: Yes

Krista Putrino, Chatham

Description:
This is part of Troop 97452's submission of "Save Our Arctic Animal Habitats, & focuses on the Arctic Fox. The Fox’s main food source lemmings (small brown animal) population is being reduced because of global warming which is negatively impacting the fox population. Global warming is reducing the snow cover which is how the fox camouflages. The entry is made out of rice crispy treats, frosting & sugar. It depicts 3 white Arctic foxes, 1 eating a lemming and grass coming through the reduced snow

10296 Impressionism at the Mendham Mudhole

- Category: Special Needs// Green Theme: Yes

Winner: Yes

Benjamin Do, Mendham

Description:
I usually do projects about far-away places. During Covid, I stayed local. As an Assistant Coach for Mendham Magic Cross Country, I'd meet our athletes at the Mendham Mudhole for training. I saw the mudhole change through the seasons. It was beautiful with Fall colors. It inspired me to make this project. I admire the Impressionists' way of using colors and brushstrokes. So I applied the styles of Van Gogh, Monet and Seurat to my beloved mudhole, using royal icing, food paint, frosting, etc.

10352 Gingerbread Art

- Category: Children// Green Theme: No

Erica Adams, Randolph

Description:
Deconstructed ginger bread house turned into art




10351 The Cozy Candy Pop'tart' hut

- Category: Family// Green Theme: Yes

Kathleen Bartnick, MINE HILL

Description:
Poptart octagon hut

10350 Santa's Candyland Houses with his Pet Penguin Going Down the Chimney

- Category: Children// Green Theme: No

Melissa Kent, Kinnelon

Description:
The big house is for Mr. Mint from Candyland and the King lives in the small house. The penguin is Santas pet and is helping to deliver presents down the chimney. I made a snowman out of marshmallows and a patio out of rice cakes. I want to eat my gingerbread houses. Created by Porter, Age 4

10349 Tropical Hotel With A Giant Crab Attack

- Category: Children// Green Theme: No

Melissa Kent, Kinnelon

Description:
My gingerbread hotel was inspired by my dreams of when I can travel again after COVID is gone. This hotel was constructed with handmade gingerbread and pretzel roof with sugar glass windows. The beach is crushed cereal and the ocean is handmade taffy. The gingerbread were having a relaxing time on vacation until....A GIANT CRAB ATTACK through the pretzel boardwalk! Created by Watson Kent, Age: 8

10346 Bye-Bye COVID!

- Category: Family// Green Theme: No

Gray Tuttle, Flanders

Description:
This is a model COVID virus being blown up by TNT. Good riddance!

10345 Gingerbread Contest

- Category: Scout// Green Theme: No

Natalie DaCosta, Chatham

Description:
Arctic Theme-Narwhals- Unicorn of the Sea Created By Isabella GS Brownie Troop 97452

10344 Christmas at the Beach

- Category: Children// Green Theme: No

Kristy Doherty, Denville

Description:
Amanda and Jonathan Doherty put together this entry to show Christmas at the Beach. Brown Sugar Sandy Beaches and Candy Palm Trees!

10338 Paradise???

- Category: Adult// Green Theme: Yes

ilona ontscherenki, CHESTER

Description:
Excitement erupted when the vacationing kitesurfer missed a jump and discovered she’s not alone in the surf! Just before the launch, she inexplicably had recalled that parsley is a natural breath freshener. Meanwhile, Katie ran to get her ball and Jake just chilled.




10336 Haunted Halloween Gingerbread House

- Category: Family// Green Theme: No

Jennifer Roth, Mount Tabor

Description:
My 11-year-old daughter Gabrielle and I created this Haunted Halloween Gingerbread House using classic Halloween candies. Gingerbread is good for celebrating more than just Christmas!

10334 Bet You Can’t Eat Just One!

- Category: Adult// Green Theme: No

L Benci , Morristown

Description:
Chester Cheetah is ready to make his delivery! This is dedicated to all the frontline workers (including my son) working tirelessly around the world. As you can tell, this is my first gingerbread project. Working with fondant - easy! Working with the gingerbread structure - not easy!

10332 The Mermaid Princess Gingerbread Castle

- Category: Family// Green Theme: No

Christine Hasenbein, Morristown

Description:
This is our super sparkly, magical, undersea Mermaid Castle! It's where all the mermaids come to frolic and play in the deep blue sea with their underwater friends.

10331 George Washington Bridge

- Category: Children// Green Theme: No

Megan Klouse, Kinnelon

Description:
An ice monster named Tall Tales tries to gobble fish below this bridge. The monster holds unknown tales as secrets from the bridge.

10330 Go Yankees!

- Category: Children// Green Theme: Yes

Megan Klouse, Kinnelon

Description:
Grab your box of Cracker Jacks, sit back and relax in the bleachers and make memories as you watch the Yankees win! This gingerbread house is a mini replica of Yankee Stadium. As I was making it, I thought of the fun afternoons spent in the Bronx, catching baseballs during batting practice, feeling the warm breeze as subway rumbled below, eating hotdogs and ice cream with blue and white sprinkles, and cheering as the Yankees won!

10329 GO ARMY...SAVE CHRISTMAS

- Category: Children// Green Theme: No

Karen Thomlinson Karen Thomlinson, Budd Lake

Description:
FOB (Forward Operating Base) Santa's Village Army moves in to secure Santa's Village for a Successful Christmas. The Thomlinson children have been making an Army Themed Gingerbread submission for 10 years now. GO ARMY BEAT NAVY

10328 Fayson Lakes

- Category: Children// Green Theme: Yes

Megan Klouse, Kinnelon

Description:
Jump into a fun summer at Fayson Lakes where you can grab a gyro or ice cream from “The Cave” and enjoy it in the perfect picnic area. Next head over to the bleachers and swim a few laps in the swim lanes but watch out for “Big Ben” the humongous snapping turtle. After that grab a pair of goggles from “The Shack” where the lifeguards hang out and plan fun activities. Swim out to the dock and play some water games. Head up to the clubhouse for a pizza party at the end of the day!




10325 It's Shore Been Fun!

- Category: Family// Green Theme: No

Jon Caputo, Millington

Description:
While creating our dream New Jersey beach house out of gingerbread and sweets, besides imagining the modern architecture, of course, our family loves using candy & food that looks like something completely different in a model. Green merichino cherries for the shrubs, chocolate granola bars on the porch, All-Sorts for the basketball court, mint Wrigleys gum for the window trim, even ground cheerios for sand. Hard to believe it was only a few months ago temperatures were "ice-cream-melting."

10324 Gingerbread Pool Party

- Category: Family// Green Theme: No

Alanna Vukcevich, RANDOLPH

Description:
It's Summer in the gingerbread neighborhood and the sour patch kids dropped by to enjoy to pool and hot tub at the gingerbread house.




10323 The trip to Mars

- Category: Family// Green Theme: No

Nancy Plechy, Morris Plains

Description:
Astronaughts land on Mars and celebrate Christmas with aliens. Gingerbread rocket ship, Christmas tree and astronaughts. Rice Krispie treat landscape. Melted hard candy lake.

10322 Tower of Terrorish Mickey Castle

- Category: Family// Green Theme: No

Karen Rowe, Parsippany

Description:
Tower of Terrorish castle surrounded by a wall




10321 Santa’s Workshop

- Category: Family// Green Theme: No

Lila O'Connor, Rockaway

Description:
Santa and Mrs. Claus make gifts and toys for all the kids at their workshop near the candy cane forest and the grand Christmas tree!




10320 Swiss Simplicity

- Category: Family// Green Theme: No

Linda Renzulli, West Lafayette

Description:
Winter chateau in Switzerland




10318 Sweet Chateau

- Category: Family// Green Theme: No

Kathleen Kalaher Kathleen Kalaher, Morristown

Description:
A peppermint winter wonderland

10317 A Dog's Christmas

- Category: Adult// Green Theme: No

Holly Hoffman, Millburn

Description:
The doghouse is decorated for Christmas, and the present is under the tree. The dog has finished her Christmas dinner and is waiting to use the exercise bars.




10315 Christmas Farm

- Category: Adult// Green Theme: No

Nina Rosado, Blairstown

Description:
A farm at Christmas time




10313 Candy Cane Lane

- Category: Special Needs// Green Theme: No

Matheny Medical and Educational Center, Peapack

Description:
Candy Cane Lane, designed and decorated, by the Green Zone adults at Matheny Medical and Educational Center

10312 2020

- Category: Special Needs// Green Theme: No

Matheny Medical and Educational Center, Peapack

Description:
2020, designed and decorated, by the Green Zone adults at Matheny Medical and Educational Center

10310 Wear Your Mask - Red, White and ACHOO

- Category: Special Needs// Green Theme: No

Matheny Medical and Educational Center, Peapack

Description:
Wear your Mask - Red, White and ACHOO, designed and decorated, by the Red Zone adults at Matheny Medical and Educational Center

10309 Frozen

- Category: Special Needs// Green Theme: No

Matheny School, Peapack

Description:
Frozen, designed and created, by the Red Zone adults at Matheny Medical and Educational Center

10308 3 Little Pigs

- Category: Special Needs// Green Theme: No

Nicole Araujo, Peapack

Description:
3 Little Pigs, designed and decorated, by the Red Zone adults at Matheny Medical and Educational Center

10305 Save the Narwhal

- Category: Scout// Green Theme: Yes

Christopher Bottoni Christopher Bottoni, Chatham

Description:
Artic seascape with marshmellow glacier, sweedish schools of fish, Rice Crispy narhwal complete with a tootsie roll tusk.




10304 Spring Butterflies, Birds and Rabbit

- Category: Adult// Green Theme: Yes

Beth Kujan, Morristown

Description:
Hummingbirds and butterflies are printed on edible gel-paper. (Esty cupcake toppers.) I've always wanted to make a gingerbread butterfly house - and this year I could! It hangs from a string which I removed from the photos. Hummingbird eggs are malted milk on a gummy apple ring. The bushes are topped with dyed Ramen noodles, candy melts and sprinkles. The pink tree is cellophane pasta. The soil/grass is split mung beans. Thanks for viewing!




10303 Frozen Heaven

- Category: Children// Green Theme: No

Christine Burkhardt, Middlesex

Description:
Graham, aged 11, made this house alone. It features a simple design, lots of snow with a red brick pathway that leads to the house. The roof has red and green across the top and a peppermint candy above the front door.




10302 Peppermint Place

- Category: Children// Green Theme: No

Christine Burkhardt, Middlesex

Description:
Wesley, aged 11, made this house alone. It features a colorful roof, a rosemary/pretzel Christmas tree and a peppermint candy above the doors.

10300 Skating Wonderland

- Category: Family// Green Theme: No

Tara Bartiromo, Berkeley Hts

Description:
Families are enjoying skating on a frozen pond. There is a hot cocoa stand and a house for the ice skate rentals.

10299 Save Our Arctic Animal Habitats - Troop 97452 (Chatham, NJ)

- Category: Scout// Green Theme: Yes

Karla Kirby, Chatham

Description:
This entry is part of Girl Scout (Brownies) Troop 97452's themed submission of "Save Our Arctic Animal Habitats", and focuses on penguins. I picked the penguins because I think they’re very cute. People can help to save glaciers that penguins and other animals live on by recycling and turning off lights when they’re not needed to help stop global warming. Lyra K., 8 years old

10298 Save Our Arctic Animal Habitats - Troop 97452

- Category: Scout// Green Theme: Yes

Stephanie Lazerus, Chatham

Description:
This entry is part of Girl Scout Troop 97452's themed submission of "Save Our Arctic Animal Habitats, and focuses on whales. The whales' habitat can be ruined by plastic and other pollution in the water. Also, humans can over fish, leaving the whales with less food. Pollution can make water dirty and this can cause whales to have fewer baby whales. This can lower the number of whales. Humans can help by not polluting the waters and by fishing responsibly.




10297 Save Our Arctic Animal Habitats - Troop 97452

- Category: Scout// Green Theme: Yes

Jia-Yi De Vries, Chatham

Description:
This entry is part of Girl Scout Troop 97452's themed submission of "Save Our Arctic Animal Habitats", and focuses on polar bears. Annie chose polar bears because she had learned about them during the summer and developed an interest in the arctic. We are sad to see that global warming is impacting their habitat and hope that we can bring some awareness to this issue and encourage everyone to decrease air pollution by taking public transportation and riding bikes instead of driving.

10295 Thankful House

- Category: Children// Green Theme: No

Mathew Safer Safer, South Orange

Description:
Constructed with love by four children on Thanksgiving Day. We found a way in pandemic times to make a happy holiday.

10294 Gingy

- Category: Children// Green Theme: No

Kelly Ann Arzberger, Randolph

Description:
Gingy was captured by Lord Farquad because he wanted to know where the Fairy Tale creatures were. They put him under a spotlight, broke his legs, and are about to take his buttons. Kiara Hudak age 11

10289 Treasures of the North Pearl

- Category: Adult// Green Theme: No

Barbara Amabile, Florham Park

Description:
My treasure chest was inspired by our pirate ship from 2014. It has antique treasures, Christmas décor plus some items considered treasures in 2020! Our bear is there too - social distancing on the beach! The chest is 16"w x 8"d x 14"h, made from gingerbread imprinted with a wood grain look and stained with brown food coloring. The metal straps, treasures (except chocolate coins), sea shells, and critters are made from fondant, while the jewels are melted Jolly Ranchers. The sand is brown sugar.

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