- Welcome to "Nailed It", a series where we try
the world's most bestest ideas and crafts.
- And absolutely dominate them.
- Yeah!
(giggles)
(dramatic, competitive music)
- Today we are tackling everyone's favorite
holiday tradition, gingerbread houses.
It's gonna be brother versus sister,
with assistance from mom and dad.
- I'm the boss of my team
I'm the team captain.
- Me too!
- Momma, you gonna be getting a little bossed around, okay?
- [Mom] How is that different from life?
- I like this one better, so we're gonna switch.
- I like that one better.
- [Mom] So already, you look like that guy from "Airplane".
- [Dad] You're thinking of "Naked Gun".
- [Mom] "Naked Gun".
You have something on your face, Frank.
- [Dad] Huh? Now you say no, the other side.
- [Mom] No, the other side.
(giggles)
- You un-box these. I'll un-box the candies.
- Okay I un-box these.
Let's start by putting the...
- The bottom.
- Yeah. Is that the roof? Think that's the roof?
- That's the roof.
- These are the sides of the house.
- (funny scream)
- Usually it's the gingerbread houses
that make the child hyper.
Penn Charles is already there.
- (silly cackle)
- Why are you so excited, bud?
- Candy!
- That's why. Let's do it.
- Is this the kind of frosting that dries.
- Hmmm, yeah.
- This is always the part that falls off.
- It's falling.
- That's why I want you to hold it.
- I'm trying to. I'm holding it.
- (sister laughs)
- So I know I'm your assistant, but am I
kind of micro-managing this a little bit?
- [Mom] You are kind of President Business-ing.
- Sorry.
- I'm okay with it.
(laughter)
I'm okay with it.
- A good leader knows how to delegate, right?
What do you think delegate means?
- Punch yourself in the face.
(laughter)
- Someone's gotta be the holder.
- I'm the candy opener.
- Buddy, high-five!
- What about this one?
- Well, let's put the snowman up,
even though he's kinda dead.
And a little gingerbread man that's
missing his head, right there.
And a little of the Christmas trees
that are just kind of like mulch. It's mulch.
- You're kind of weird, Daddy.
How about these are a sunroof?
- [Mom] (laughs) Sunroof.
- We would have to cut a hole in it.
- [Mom] Well...
- A gigantic sunroof!
- We could.
If you put it on the side it looks really creepy.
(giggles)
- This house is amazing.
That window is falling down.
(laughter)
- Oh it is, with an openable garage that opens
from the top, access to this house is very easy.
The gingerbread man doesn't have a head,
and the Christmas tree has been mulched down
for a lovely natural area in the front.
The little snowman is missing a leg
and the Christmas tree is backwards.
But wait, there's more.
On a nice warm day why not take advantage of
the retractable roof which slowly opens
to the side.
(laughter)
No! No, buddy! We couldn't get it to stick.
(laughter)
Retractable roof!
(laughter)
The gauntlet has been thrown.
- (Mom) It has been dropped.
Okay girlfriend. I'm gonna practice a little more restraint
and allow Lola to do some of the work.
So do you have a plan, Lola, in place?
- Yes. Okay, hold this up and then
I'm gonna glue the sides on.
- Should we do a line of glue to,
kind of, stick it to?
I'm gonna practice a little more restraint
and allow Lola to do some of the work.
Trying to hold and squirt.
- So I'm putting the sides on, and we
successfully did the two sides.
- [Mom] I think it's not enough icing on the side.
No offense, Lola, but I'm going to
take this off and do more, safe to say.
Honey, you need more icing.
- [Dad] Does Kim look a little bit like
President Business right now?
- What does he say, the Crazy Crackle?
This is my Crackle.
- [Dad] that's your Crackle.
- [Mom] You know what I wanna do?
I can make it look like snow coming down.
- [Lola] Yeah.
- I'm gonna practice a little more restraint
and allow Lola to do some of the work.
- I feel like Martha Stewart's gonna see this.
Watch out, your sleeve.
- [Dad] That's so much smarter.
See, I put it on there and I kinda missed the spot
- [Mom] Yeah.
- [Dad] You put it... yeah.
Aw, look Penn Charles.
- [Lola] Nope. Uh uh. Uh uh.
- [Dad] Little Miss Perfect having some slippage.
- [Lola] No!
- Don't you want us to succeed?
- [Penn Charles] Nope.
- [Dad] I mean... that's all I gotta show you.
- [Lola] And the front looks amazing. Look at this.
- [Dad] That is really nice.
What is that, a chimney?
- [Mom] Yes.
- [Dad] Okay.
- [Lola] You had a chimney but you made it into mulch.
(giggles)
- [Dad] Oh wow, Lola.
- Lola.
- What? Nobody else is gonna eat it but us.
- [Mom] I'm like, hopeful on this.
- [Dad] You've got a little bit of a
"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" thing
going here. It's a bit of a lean on this side.
- We wanted to add a note of whimsy.
(giggles)
- [Mom] There are the Christmas lights.
- [Dad] Very... they're like pimples.
(laughter)
- [Mom] Hey!
- Oh no. It's buckling.
(kids laughter)
- [Dad] I think you guys should present soon.
- [Lola] No.
- [Mom] No. No, Father.
You don't get the meaning of Christmas.
- It's all about winning.
(laughter)
- Let's cover it in icing real quick.
- [Dad] Oh my gosh, it's going. It's going down.
It is going down!
- [Lola] No, no, no!
- [Penn Charles] (giggles) Yes!
- This charming house has an already open garage
so you don't have to worry about
opening and closing the garage.
It apparently...
(laughter)
- We tried so hard. But the beauty is,
you can take it with you wherever you go.
There's even some dog hair on it.
Really, and I think...
- The door is, wow, I didn't even mean for that to happen.
It apparently...
(laughter)
- Boy that was fun. Both of our houses look amazing.
- They look amazing!
Thanks for watching "Nailed It".
You guys suggested this gingerbread house challenge to us.
- We obviously won.
- Obviously nailed it.
- What?
- We did because in the beginning
ours looked very professional.
- Yeah.
- Ours too.
- And if you could leave a comment
on exactly how you're supposed
to make a gingerbread house work.
- Be great.
- That would be great.
- Be great.
- Thanks for watching.
- Ours looked good in the beginning too.
- You know what, it looked great in the box.
- It was a tie.
- It all looks good in your stomach.
- Yeah, I say we just eat it.
- I'm gonna admire it with my face.
(laughter)