Please join us in showcasing your creative gingerbread artistry! Submit your gingerbread house already made, or join us with your kits for a day of fun, creating your gingerbread houses on-site with us. Your submissions can be anything from made from scratch to commercially available kits, just make them your own unique expression. This contest is open to all ages, however we do have three separate categories:
13 and under
14 and older
Professional and Commercial Sponsorships
Share your entry’s link or QR code with friends, family, and your social network, where they will be able to make a donation on your entry’s page. Entries receiving the highest donations will be awarded prizes. Prizes will be awarded to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places in each of the age categories. Additionally, each category, will have an award for People’s Choice. For this contest, we do require your gingerbread houses to be at our location, with finalists being announced on Sunday, the day following Colfax’s Winterfest event.
Your gingerbread house submissions are not intended be used for consumption, so we aren’t limiting the materials you use. However, there is a size limit. For both of the age categories, please keep your entries to a maximum of 10″ long, 8″ wide, and 12″ high, and for our commercial level sponsors, 14″ long, 10″ wide, and 16″ high.
The cost for entering the contest is $5
Fantastic prizes will be awarded! Please click to see our Gingerbread House Contest 2024 prize page. Each winner will get to choose from several prize options!
Important dates and times:
December 7……….11 AM to 4 PM Join us at Care Sphere for a day of decorating.
December 7 – 9…..11 AM to 6 PM Drop off for additional entries.
December 14……..12 PM to 8 PM City of Colfax Winterfest event. People’s Choice judging. Contest closes at 7 PM.
December 15………5 PM Contest winners are announced and will be contacted for prize pick up.
December 16-17…..3 PM to 6 PM Gingerbread house entries may be picked up between these hours. Please contact us any time to make other arrangements.
100% of the generous donations from this fundraiser directly support our mission to improve care for autistic adults and their caregiving family members. We would like to thank Zeffy, for their kind contribution of covering the card processing fees. To learn more about how we help, please visit: How We Help.