Gingerbread House with Scalloped Candy Shingle Roof

A gingerbread house is drawn at a slight angle, with a scalloped roof made of rounded candy shingles. The shingles are filled with chevron stripes, circles, and rows of small dots, and a line of gumdrop shapes runs along the roof edge. A striped chimney sits at the back with two dotted curls of smoke rising from it. The front has an arched door framed by candy cane stripes, with a pinwheel peppermint above it and icicle-style frosting dripping from the gable. Frosting swirls, dotted borders, and holly leaves decorate the walls, and the side window has a four-pane frame with a zigzag sill and striped shutters. A path of round peppermint candies leads from the door. The many small sections suit fine-tipped pens or sharp pencils. Try coloring the roof shingles in alternating warm and cool shades, then keep the walls a classic gingerbread brown so the white-frosting swirls stand out when left blank or colored light.