Gingerbread House Hunters Competition

This hands-on gingerbread house team building event is packed with fun holiday-themed challenges and trivia to keep the energy high. Let’s see if your team can “sweeten” the stakes and rise to the occasion in the ultimate gingerbread house competition!

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The Ultimate Gingerbread House Team Building Event!

Gingerbread House Hunters is the ultimate gingerbread house competition that brings out your team’s creativity and resourcefulness in a deliciously fun way! In this fully-facilitated event, your group will be divided into small teams to take on the gingerbread house challenge. Each team is tasked with designing and building a show-stopping gingerbread house. We provide all the edible construction materials you’ll need, from gingerbread pieces and icing to a variety of candy, sprinkles, and other festive decorations.

Teams compete in holiday-themed or Halloween-themed trivia and other mental challenges to earn points, which they can exchange for extra building supplies to enhance their creations. With just one hour on the clock, teams must work together to construct their masterpieces before presenting them to our panel of judges.

But this isn’t just any gingerbread house game—it’s a thrilling race against time!

A group of six people enthusiastically posing next to their gingerbread house creation during a team building competition. The gingerbread structure is tall and decorated with colorful candies, icing, and festive embellishments.

Two women are laughing and enjoying a gingerbread house competition during a team building event. They are actively working together to construct and decorate a small gingerbread house with colorful candies. The setting appears to be a bright, modern office space, and other team members can be seen in the foreground, contributing to the creative project.

A display of intricately decorated gingerbread houses lined up during a team building competition. The houses are adorned with colorful candies, icing, and sprinkles, with one particularly tall gingerbread structure standing out in the foreground.

A cheerful group of seven participants standing behind their gingerbread house creation during a team building competition. The gingerbread house is decorated with colorful candies, frosting, and holiday-themed details. The team members are smiling and waving at the camera, showcasing their collaboration and creativity

A group of seven enthusiastic participants proudly presenting their gingerbread house creation during a team building event. The gingerbread structure is decorated with icing, candy canes, and colorful candies. The team members are smiling and extending their hands toward the gingerbread house.

Five smiling participants gather around a table displaying their decorated gingerbread houses during a team building event. The gingerbread houses are intricately adorned with icing, candy, and festive decorations, including a snowman figure on one of the houses.

Three participants lean over a table, actively working together to assemble gingerbread pieces during a gingerbread house team building event. The table is scattered with building supplies, icing, and candy decorations.

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A team of six participants gathered around a table covered with a green cloth, actively building a gingerbread house during a team building competition. The group is engaged in the process, wearing gloves, and using various candy and gingerbread materials to assemble their house. Other teams can be seen in the background participating in the same activity in a lively and collaborative setting.

A team collaborating on constructing a gingerbread house during a team building event. One participant is applying icing with a piping bag to secure the house's walls, while others assist by holding the pieces together. The table is covered with a red and white checkered cloth, and various gingerbread house components and decorations are visible. The atmosphere is lively, with more participants in the background working on similar projects.

A partially constructed gingerbread house sits on a wooden table surrounded by bowls of colorful candies, including gumdrops, Skittles, and candy canes. The gingerbread house features a tall roof and chimney, with wafer sticks used as decorative accents along the base. The scene is ready for further decoration during the team building event.

A gingerbread house decorated with icing and black licorice pieces, featuring the South Korean flag symbol in the center of the roof. The house is placed on a white table with green decorative grass around it, alongside a small lit candle. Other uniquely decorated gingerbread houses are visible in the background as part of a team building event.

A woman carefully assembling a gingerbread house made with pretzel sticks and icing. She is focused on placing the roof pieces together, with a background showing a table in a room set up for a gingerbread team building activity.

A group of men working together on decorating a gingerbread house during a team building event. One man uses a hot glue gun to assemble pieces, while others discuss and add decorations to the house on a festive, holiday-themed table.

Close-up of a person decorating a gingerbread house by piping white icing on the roof and adding peppermint candies, during a holiday-themed team building event.

Two intricately decorated gingerbread houses with colorful candies, icing, and gummy bears, showcasing festive designs on their roofs and windows, displayed on a dark countertop.

A close-up of a gingerbread house piece being decorated with colorful candies, peppermint, and icing. A hand places a peppermint candy on the gingerbread while a wooden bowl of round candy sits nearby.

This gingerbread house contest isn’t just about building, it’s also about enduring the unexpected! Our legendary facilitators ensure that the competition stays lighthearted and entertaining, especially during the highly anticipated stress test where each gingerbread house faces a simulated earthquake!

More than just a gingerbread house team building event, this experience encourages teams to collaborate in new ways, helping them loosen up, think creatively, and adapt on the fly. Whether you’re celebrating the holiday season or embracing a spooky Halloween twist, it’s a memorable and fun-filled addition to any event!

Team size

10-150

Time needed

1.5 - 2 hours

Space requirement

You’ll want a large indoor space. Each team will need their own table and chairs. We’ll also need two long tables for materials and supplies. If A/V connections are available, we can provide a multi-media presentation as part of your event.

Ideal for

Non-denominational holiday celebrations
Encouraging creativity with gingerbread house ideas for adults
Friendly culinary gingerbread house competition
Seasonal morale boost with a fun gingerbread house game

Tailoring

TeamBonding is all about customization. Would you like specific elements of company trivia, culture and/or mission statement woven into your program? Just let us know what you have in mind.

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