Doodle for Google: SketchUp a Gingerbread House

Google has kicked off a rather sweet, if not unusual, challenge.  It’s their first annual Google SketchUp Gingerbread House Design Competition.

Go ahead and download the blank house from the 3D Warehouse, then follow the instructions in the file.  Decorate your house with an assortment of candy canes, gumdrops, wafer roof tiles, etc…

When you’re finished, just label your gingerbread house with the tag “gingerbread2009″ and upload it to the 3D Warehouse. The competition deadline is January 4th at midnight, Pacific Standard Time.

Google will then award the following prizes and announce all of the winners on SketchUpdate about a week after the competition closes on January 4th.

• 1st, 2nd and 3rd place – for the best overall gingerbread houses in the collection
• The ‘Sprinkles’ Prize – for the best additions to the base model
• The ‘Swirl’ Prize – for the best use of Dynamic Components in the model
• The ‘Sweet-tooth’ Prize – for the most creative use of a single candy ingredient in a model

This could be a fun one, especially if you recall what happened with Santa’s sleigh last year. 

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