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Every year Santa and his elves have a lot of fun making gingerbread houses using graham crackers. It is easy and fun. Here is how you can make your own Graham Cracker Gingerbread Houses.

Houses:
  • 3 1/2 graham crackers
  • 1/2 cup sugar

Break four graham crackers in half, giving you eight squares. Eat one of the squares, or you could keep it in case you need a backup piece. Cut one of the squares in half diagonally. You should now have four squares for walls, two squares for roofs and two triangles for gables.

Melt the sugar in a frying pan. Caution! melted sugar is very hot! Dip an edge of one graham cracker square into the melted sugar and glue it to the edge of another square so that they are perpendicular. Continue gluing the squares together the same way to form the four walls. Glue the triangles to two opposite walls of the house, then glue the roof pieces to the triangles. You now have your gingerbread house.

Royal Icing
  • 3 egg whites
  • 1 lb powdered sugar (4 3/4 cups)
  • 1 t vanilla
  • 1/2 t cream of tartar
Combine all ingredients and beat for 7-10 minutes. Makes 3 cups.
Yard
  • piece of cardboard
  • aluminum foil

Cover the cardboard with aluminum foil. Glue your house to your yard using the royal icing.

Decorate your house with lots of candy. Use the royal icing as snow and to glue the candy to the house. Any candy can be used. Here are some ideas.

  • Christmas mix M&M's
  • Small candy canes
  • Cinnamon Bears
  • Hershey's Kisses
  • Miniature candy bars
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