A replica of the McCallister family home that was featured in Home Alone.
Taylor Herring
The stunning edible masterpiece took more than 300 hours to complete and was commissioned by Disney+ as the streaming service marks its first Christmas in the UK, according to a press release shared with Insider.
The stunning edible masterpiece took more than 300 hours to complete and was commissioned by Disney+ as the streaming service marks its first Christmas in the UK, according to a press release shared with Insider.
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Cake designer Michelle Wibowo began her design process by studying the architecture of the red-brick Colonial home found in Winnetka, Illinois, around 20 miles from Chicago.
By Sheena Adesilu2020-12-21T09:07:00+00:00
Food artist and cake designer Michelle Wibowo has created a gingerbread house inspired by the Christmas film Home Alone.
The edible home includes miniature versions of eight-year-old protagonist Kevin McCallister, as well as burglars Harry and Marv.
At 1.7m long and 1.25m wide, the gingerbread house took over 300 hours to make. The creation includes 63 trees, 33 windows, 14 pizza boxes and six lamp posts.
Disney+ commissioned the Wibowo to recreate the famous set, marking the film’s 30
th anniversary.
She began by studying the architecture and exterior of the McCallister family home in the suburbs of Chicago. She then sketched designs of its features, before baking the gingerbread and modelling the house, including fans’ favourite moments.
By Mark Robertson
Dec 9, 2020
One classic Christmas movie is now represented in gingerbread. Michelle Wilbowo took to Twitter to show she created the house from Home Alone out of gingerbread in a collaboration with Disney Plus in celebration for the film’s 30th anniversary. The house even includes a pizza delivery car from the multiple scenes in the movie where pizza is delivered to the house, and has miniaturized and edible versions of some of the famous traps from the film, including paint cans tied to the stair railings. The house will eventually make its way to the Oak Centre for Children and Young People at the Royal Marsden hospital in Surrey, England, where it will be displayed for young cancer patients.