To see the full instructions go back to the cabin page and click the cabin picture in the left-hand column. The link to the cabin page is at the bottom of this page. Don't click the top, large picture. It's the small one further down.
There is an album of photos. It is includes most things that need to be done.
Introduction
This site has been designed for young people to read and enjoy.
The instructions for building your log cabin come later.
HOWEVER, ANYONE, OVER 8 CAN USE THEM!
There should be an adult with you if you are not yet 15 to make sure you are working safely.
Things to be found in the house include a table-knife, a small sharp knife, a cake-board or tray lined with cooking-foil, a cutting board, grease-proof paper, scissors, bowls and spoons.
If you go as far as the lighting, you'll need a slim cycle battery, some wire and two clips, a small bulb-holder and a bulb.If you don't go that far, let the sweets "pour out" from the cabin window.
Putting the light in is not difficult and you can use the unit to test torch bulbs and other batteries all year.
The main stages
Look at all the cake detail in this site.
Think about what you want to do as you are reading.Look for all the household items. Add anything missing to your shopping list.
Decide what you are going to do, when, and arrange any adult help you need.
Prepare your shopping list, then go out and get everything.
Make a start.
Make a space in the kitchen - put things ready.
Cut the cake. Shape the roof. Make the room in the cake for the sweets. Put the light in the room.
Cover the cabin and roof with melted chocolate.
Add the logs/biscuits.Do all the small things like the sledge, snowman, logs and porch.
Write the lettering on greaseproof paper or round chocolate biscuits.
Put all the small items in place.
Put icing sugar in a small sieve and shake it over everything.
Turn down the kitchen lighting and then turn the cabin light on!
Now it is time to think about a shopping list.
Look out for grease-proof paper icing bags at the supermarket or cake decoration shop if you see one. If you can't find any, in the separate album, you are told how to make them.
Otherwise, you can buy small tubes of icing and the Cubs show you how to use them in another cake over on the right on the previous CAbin page.
The food you will need includes ....
Chocolate (a block of cooking chocolate or your favourite variety),
a cake - round or square,
a box of white chocolate finger biscuits and a box of dark or normal chocolate finger biscuits.
Galaxy chocolate is not intended for fine work such as the sledge runners.
The sweets you put in the room are best if they are brightly coloured.
The list continues with two eggs,a small pack of icing sugar and one of marzipan (that's what it's called in the UK - you may call it "almond paste").
Buy small bottles of food-colour - red and green. Supermarket red colour is not very good so go to a cake decoration shop.
You might want to put berries on holly - see later.
Keep your eyes open for bits and pieces you can use on the cake such as a bird for the chimney. If you see a plastic snowman - fine. It's much better and more satisfying to make your own and give him a name.
There is plenty of choice if you want to include Father Christmas and it is difficult to make one at home.
There's lots of ready-made items like "Happy Christmas" in cardboard you can stick on. Some shops sell things like this which you can eat.
The shops are full of things you can add like holly but if you have marzipan, you can colour it green and then cut out the holly in a zig-zag fashion. Twist the pieces a little and put in place. Then pipe red icing on for berries.
Some of our Cubs can be seen via the link on the previous page, colouring the marzipan and rolling it out. Find their picture in the right-hand column.
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You might use ready-made icing to roll out and use when covering the "hill" on which the sledge sits . It can be used for other things as well.
Charlie-the-snowman's body could be marzipan or cake trimmings made into a carrot. Then cover that with the icing. Use your imagination for making his arms.
Write your list in good order. You may want to change things. For example, the instruction album tells you how to cover the cake with chocolate before the "logs" go on.If you don't want so much chocolate, cover it with marzipan. If you read this from outside the UK, it may be called almond paste
Cubs show you how to do that in the right-hand column of the previous page.. If you make your cake with marzipan long before Christmas, it may fall off.
You will need help in using very hot jam to stick it on with so be careful. (Not included in the album of instructions or where the Cubs show you.) That is why the "architect" designed it with chocolate covering.
If you cover the cabin with marzipan, it will look less like a cabin and the marzipan soon dries up and becomes hard. That needs to be covered with icing, either the roll-on type or home-made icing (information in the album).
Home-made icing is wet when it goes on and that makes the "logs" easy to stick in place.
After you have had a look at all aspects of building your cabin including the idea of changing the one on the right of the previous page, it is time to sit down and write your shopping list.
Don't forget the slim cycle battery, some wire and two clips, a small bulb-holder and a bulb if you want to light your cabin. Also a cake board if you need one.
The album is only a guide.It's your project so have your cake and eat it afterwards!
Now, let's look at the album of instructions.
Click anywhere in the picture of the cake in the left column of the previous page. Not the top picture, remember.
http://ross-on-wye-scout-groupxmaslogcabin.blogspot.com/
.When you arrive at the instruction album, use "slideshow".
You need to make an adjustment or the pictures move too fast and you won't be able to read the captions.
You will see a control giving four seconds of viewing - increase it to 20 seconds and each picture should stay still until you click the arrow to move forward or back.
Good luck!!
Comments, questions, advice or anything else you would like to say?
Please send an email to avrf23@dsl.pipex.com and the former Scout Group Chairman will reply as soon as possible.
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