Gingerbread houses rise at Menifee event

Home construction boomed in Menifee Thursday night, Dec. 12 — gingerbread home construction, at least.

Seth Domenigoni, a 7-year-old Menifee resident, takes a closer look at his gingerbread house during Gingerbread House Night at the Marion V. Ashley Community Center in Menifee on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Kailey Lindquist, right, 6, reacts as friend Adrienne Parkinson, 10, takes a piece of candy off her gingerbread house during Gingerbread House Night at the Marion V. Ashley Community Center in Menifee on Thursday Dec. 12, 2019. Both live in Homeland. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
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Families build gingerbread houses during Gingerbread House Night at the Marion V. Ashley Community Center in Menifee on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Lexy Domenigoni, an 8-year-old Menifee resident, concentrates as she puts icing on her gingerbread house while father Wayne looks on during Gingerbread House Night in Menifee on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Savannah Stein, an 11-year-old Homeland resident, enjoys icing during Gingerbread House Night in Menifee on Thursday Dec. 12, 2019. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Aarianna Gallegos, a 4-year-old from Homeland, concentrates during Gingerbread House Night at the Marion V. Ashley Community Center in Menifee on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Evalina Spallino, an 8-year-old Menifee resident, works with icing at Gingerbread House Night in Menifee on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Adrienne Parkinson, left, a 10-year-old Homeland resident, takes a piece of candy off her friend Kailey Lindquist’s, gingerbread house Thursday Dec. 12, 2019.
Kailey, 6, also lives in Homeland. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Camila Siqueiros, a 6-year-old Menifee resident, enjoys the icing on her hand as her mother Tania watches during Gingerbread House Night in Menifee on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Camila Siqueiros, a 6-year-old Menifee resident, laughs with mother Tania as they build a gingerbread house during Gingerbread House Night at the Marion V. Ashley Community Center in Menifee on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019. The event was sold out with about 150 families taking part. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)

Valley-Wide Recreation and Park District hosted a gingerbread-house building event at the Marion V. Ashley Community Center in Menifee.

The district has more holiday activities planned, including a pancake breakfast with Santa from 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 14, at Valley-Wide Regional Park, 901 W. Esplanade Ave., San Jacinto. Admission is $3 per person.