Graham Cracker House with Recipe

Each year, we love to make a gingerbread house before Christmas. I've never had much luck, though, with the walls staying straight. Gingerbread is a lot of work! To keep the kids' attention, this year we decided to use graham crackers. Here is a sort of mini-tutorial.

You will need:
a small cardboard box, plus a long piece of cardboard for the roof
a large box of graham crackers
assorted cookies and candies for decorations
one recipe of frosting-glue, recipe below

1. Start by taping the small carboard box closed so that it is a sturdy base to your house. Add the cardboard roof. I used gray tape. A long piece with half of the sticky side on the base and the other half on the roof held it on. The triangular ends were open, but we tried to fill them in with graham crackers later.

2. Make frosting-glue as follows:
Place 2 egg whites and 2 tablespoons of water in mixing bowl.
Add powdered sugar while mixing until it's a very thick paste, about 3 cups.

3. "Glue" the graham crackers onto the house with frosting. We overlapped the graham crackers like siding. Also glue cookies to the roof for shingles.

 The triangular end pieces were the hardest and we used a blow dryer to dry the frosting and cement the triangles in place. You may have a better idea. There is no support behind these triangles, but so far they are still upright.

Add candies. Try to fill in any cardboard that's showing. Eat the extra candy. Voila! You're finished.

Your kids will think you're the best mom ever.

Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” John 14:6 NIV

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