2021 Tour of Gingerbread Houses & Miniature Villages

Thank you Medina & all those who traveled to Medina for the Candlelight Walk and came to the tour and voted for your favorite gingerbread house.  We had a lot of fun and were able to raise over $1100 for the Medina Battered Women's Shelter & YAHAB.  We also thank all those who participated by building a Gingerbread Creation.  We hope next year to have even more participants and that this fun event would become a tradition for many families and for you.  


Below is a list of the winners along with a description.  If you are so interested, we have many videos on our Facebook page of the tour including a spotlight on the many different entries. The winning entries were determined by a "People's Choice Awards."  People voted for their favorite by donation and those with the largest donation amount determined the winning entries. 

3rd place Children's Division - Chloe Hallman

A lovely gingerbread house with a peppermint pathway, gumdrop roof and falling candy snowflakes with a gingerbread Christmas tree and Gingerbread man out front. Great job Chloe!

2nd place Children's Division - Hallie, Cade, Job Glass and Karter

A log cabin gingerbread house with a peanut and marshmallow smoke accented chimney, Starburst front steps and gingerbread walls with pretzel rod beams. Congratulations Glass family and Karter!

1st place Children's Division - Rhys Knettel

A frosting covered gingerbread structure with walls decorated in edible marker, opalescent sprinkle snow covered roof, and a peppermint window front door with a gingerbread man and tree outside. Way to go Rhys!

3rd place Adult Division - Honeybee Bakery

This two story gingerbread open front wonder is a busy "hive" of activity, and each fondant hand crafted bee is a caricature of a real Honey Bee Bakery employee! The fondant and gingerbread coffee stand is complete with tiny sweet mugs ready for sale, frosting "mounds" of snow and hexagonal design complete with fondant bakery supplies and equipment. Creative with a capital "C"!

2nd place Adult Division - Medina High School Art Club

An amazing gingerbread replica of our historic town square, with a gingerbread character ice skating rink and gingerbread bridge to boot! Each painted panel hand crafted by students reflect on time honored traditions, "snow" colored frosting evergreen tree with gingerbread benches and peppermint and lemon drop lamp posts are a testament to this club's talent! Decorated gingerbread characters skating and at play created a picturesque scene for the holidays.

1st place Adult Division - The Eaken Family

This gingerbread country church stands an impressive 23" tall! Chocolate chip and gingerbread steeple (yes there is a baked bell inside) and accented with pulverized Jolly Rancher candies in various colors baked in the openings of the gingerbread wall and front panels to make edible stained glass windows, a melted candy pond with frosting swans and a gingerbread bench, a pretzel fenced gingerbread tombstone cemetery and apple and lime rock candy evergreen trees, overall dusted with confectioner sugar snow!