Accept the Challenge.
We are pleased to announce the 5th Annual Christmastown Gingerbread Challenge. We can’t wait to see your amazing entries decorating the shop windows in downtown Shelton again!
Thanks goes out to the Shelton Mason Chamber of Commerce for once again hosting the 6th Annual Christmastown Gingerbread Contest!
Businesses, organizations, families, teams, individuals, and kids were invited to submit imaginative gingerbread houses and displays.
Any structure is eligible, whether the design was based on a Christmastown or a traditional holiday scene. Entries can be received FROM NOV 27 until December 1 at the Shelton Chamber office on Railroad Avenue.
Gingerbread houses will be on display in shop windows in Shelton until December 21!
The event reserves the right to use any photographs of the gingerbread houses for publicity purposes without compensation. Gingerbread creations can be picked up after judging but all masterpieces are left at owners risk although all efforts will be made to insure their safety. Gingerbreads not picked up after December 22 may be given to the chickens.
2024 Gingerbread Challenge
Key Dates
November 25 - December 5 Deliver entries to Shelton Mason County Chamber office, 215 W Railroad Ave, hours are 9-5.
DEC 1- DEC 22 Entries on display in Shelton windows, must pick up before 5 PM on DEC 22.
Entries are encouraged to fit into the following thematic areas: 1) a design based on Christmastown USA, or 2) a traditional holiday design. The entry does not necessarily have to be in the shape of a “house.” Scenes or other types of structures are allowed.
The entry’s major components (such as sides, roofs, etc.) to be constructed of gingerbread. The rest of the display can be decorated with any edible material. All visible components of the display must be edible. For exam-ple, plastic wrapped candies must be unwrapped; paper or plastic stems of lollipops should be removed or concealed; tin foil bases should be entirely covered with edible materials, etc. Any internal structural support for large gingerbread houses does not have to be edible as long as it is not visible from any angle. The entry must be delivered in completed form attached to a sturdy base (plywood recommended) enabling it to be freestanding. Bases should be concealed with an edible product except for side edges, which can be trimmed with ribbon or other material. Write your name, address, and name of your structure on the underside of your base.
The organizers reserve the right to not display an entry considered to be inappropriate or not show quality. The location of gingerbread displays in the will be determined by event volunteers. The event cannot be held responsible for any damages incurred to the displays, but volunteers will take extra precautions to help ensure the safety of each entry. Entries not picked up by 5 PM on DEC 22 may be discarded.
Entries will be judged based on the following criteria: Overall Appearance, Originality and Creativity, Difficulty and Precision, Use of Materials; and People’s Choice. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd ribbons as well as cash prizes will be awarded in each age category with one overall best of show award ($250). Entry Fee $10. Entry fees are used to award prizes to winning designs. The event reserves the right to use any photographs of the gingerbread houses for publicity purposes without compensation.
