Editors' Picks: 99 Amazingly Crafted Gingerbread Houses

An X-acto knife was used for cutting pieces and scoring the woodgrain into the rowboat and the pilings; a fine sand paper was used for rounding and smoothing both gingerbread and gumpaste; a metal ruler was used for cutting and measuring all of the main pieces as well as the individual bricks, shingles, and stones; a level to make sure the "rock" base was level.

Created by Mary E. of Timonium, MD. See more details of this charming lighthouse.