Photo gallery: Gingerbread engineering at Sunflower Elementary School

Fourth- and fifth-graders at Lawrence’s Sunflower Elementary added finishing touches to their gingerbread structures on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2017, as part of this year’s Gingerbread STEM Community & Makerspace Global Project. The engineering challenge encourages students to recreate, with gingerbread and other edible materials, local landmarks from their hometowns and share their creations with other K-12 classrooms around the globe.

photo by: Nick Krug

Sunflower Elementary fifth-grader Zoey Miller adds sprinkles to a snowman on the roof of a gingerbread likeness of Allen Fieldhouse on Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017 at the school. Several classes at the school participated in constructing gingerbread representations of Lawrence's iconic buildings and landmarks, which they shared digitally with pen pals in Lithuania.

photo by: Nick Krug

Sunflower Elementary fifth-graders Josh Lavin works to squeeze out some white icing to make a helicopter landing pad on the roof of a gingerbread likeness of Lawrence Memorial Hospital on Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017 at the school. Several classes at the school participated in constructing gingerbread representations of Lawrence's iconic buildings and landmarks, which they later presented to pen pals via video. Also pictured next to Lavin are Lawrence Mccauley, Ava Kohart, Gabby Reed and Addison Norris.