HIGHLAND, California — Artist Christine McConnell transformed her parents California home into a Hansel and Gretel-inspired Gingerbread House. While no actual gingerbread was used in the design of the home, McConnell did create the decorations by hand.

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I made a nylon rope net to mimic an iced roof… Getting it on was tricky! 😥

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My nieces Chloe and Keira played Hansel and Gretel. They're my favorite people 😍😍

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“I’ve always decorated it for Christmas, but never something like this, just traditional,” McConnell told ABC News. “I did their house for Halloween and it just sort of blew up, and I never thought it would get this complicated.”

McConnell enlisted her nieces to dress-up as Hansel and Gretel to pull off a postcard-picture shot of the home.