13th Annual Gingerbread Build
Thank you for joining the 13th annual Gingerbread Build, a week-long build-at-home event with a public award ceremony! By building small (gingerbread) homes from the comfort of YOUR home, you’re supporting the construction of real homes with low income families in Hampshire & Franklin counties.
- November 12th, 2025: sponsorship deadline
- December 4th, 2025: team registration deadline
- December 6th, 2025: gingerbread kit pickup day!
- December 11th, 2025: contest entry submission deadline
- December 13th, 2025: virtual award ceremony
The 2025 contest categories are…
- Most Creative Use of Color (one or many)
- Tribute to Jimmy Carter
- Most Scientific
- Wildest Habitat for Critters
- Fanciest Fairy Tale Cottage
- Most Original Building Materials
- Best Homage to the Valley We Call Home
- three Judge’s Choice Awards
There are also two fundraising awards for the team that raises the most money and the team with the greatest number of donors. A generous donor will match all team fundraising dollars 1:1 up to $6,000. Last year, teams and matching dollars totaled over $10,000; you and your team can help grow that number this year!
Other important event details:
- For a donation of $100, register your team.
- Gingerbread kits will be available on distribution day, Saturday December 6th. We will supply the six gingerbread house walls and roof pieces and a bag of frosting mortar, you add any other building materials you wish.
- You must use all six pieces of gingerbread we supply to be entered in the contest. Your team’s collective imagination is the only limit when it comes to decorating your masterpiece.
- Submit 3 photos to gingerbread@pvhabitat.org by midnight Thursday December 11th. Include your team name in the submission photos but no personal information (photos will be posted on Facebook).
- There will be a public zoom award ceremony on Saturday December 13th. Esteemed celebrity judges will host and award prizes in each of the categories listed above
Thanks to the generous sponsors of the 2025 Gingerbread Build!
The 2025 Gingerbread Build’s winning creations:
