Dress your gingerbread! - Joanna Farrow

Whether you want to make the perfect birthday party platter, need a fun rainy day activity to do with your kids, or fancy whipping up a unique and tasty gift for grandma, what better way than with a batch of freshly-baked gingerbread as you've never seen it before? Step-by-step instructions show you how to dress up your gingerbread as a whole host of colourful characters, from pirates and princesses to monsters and superheroes. What's more, a selection of seasonal favourites lets you spice up your Christmas, Halloween and Easter. With a foolproof gingerbread recipe, gingerbread characters for both boys and girls and tips on decorating techniques, this is a fun, creative way of keeping the kids entertained and the biscuit tin stocked.