My Gymgerbread House

I have never attempted a gingerbread house before.  Then I saw someone on YouTube make a gym instead of a house and decided it was happening.  I went to the Dollar Store and Wal-Mart to get the supplies.  Ironically enough I had left the house headed to the gym...then got this idea in my head and skipped the gym to instead make one out of candy.  The kid was in shock..."Let me get this straight, you DIDN'T go to the gym and now you want to do this mom-like project?"  Yep...not usually my thing.  But it was fun.  It was also a lot harder than it looks. 

So I used some pretzels and marshmallows to make some dumbbells.  Some graham crackers for the dumbbell rack.  Lifesavers and pretzels for barbells. And the treadmill out of all that plus some Hershey bars.  

Since I can't open my own gym right now, this will have to do.  I had fun making it and the kid had fun sharing my project with friends.  I walked into my gym Saturday morning and spotted one of her friends who goes to the gym with her dad and I hear them laughing and say "Look there she is!"  They had just been looking at pics of the Ginger Gym and pretty sure her friend was making her dad leave the gym to head to Wal-Mart for supplies after they were done!