Looking at your pictures reminds me of my great experience as a child. Making a gingerbread house is a very fun activity for kids. Apr 21, 20 making a gingerbread house is a very fun activity for kids. Simply mix them together until you have a stiff, but still stirable icing.
Make a graham cracker gingerbread house on a milk carton this is the recipe my friend made for our toddler play date last year, and it was perfect for little ones. Attach the milk carton to the foilwrapped cardboard using the icing as glue. Graham cracker haunted houses for halloween kid friendly. Apr 09, 2008 my mom used to take graham crackers and smash them up with milk, so it was almost like a thick soup. Use a serrated knife to saw a graham cracker into two squares. Carefully bind your graham cracker pieces together with the frosting. How to make gingerbread houses using graham crackers.
Just glue to adhere the crackers to the milk carton. Diy graham cracker houses an easy gingerbread house idea. Impressive gingerbread houses and nobake cookie cottages. I got the houses assembled in minutes and they were able to. To make this gingerbread house, youll need the following supplies. Graham cracker gingerbread house and how to make the frosting made the smaller ones years ago, put ribbon through top and they made cute ornaments. The milk carton serves as a frame that supports the house. My kids are in their 20s now but i am collecting ideas for. This is the first graham cracker house little r ever made. I used the length of a graham cracker to make the stable and two graham cracker quarters shaped into a v for the manger. Cut a graham cracker to create two triangles that will fit each of these spaces. Then you need to assemble the gingerbread houses with graham crackers so students can decorate. You can see one of the printable picture direction cards above. Making gingerbread house with graham crackers is easy once you know these tips.
After your milk cartons are cleaned and dry, attach the graham crackers to the milk carton with frosting. From then on, every visit for school lunch resulted in me stashing away my used milk carton into my purse. By the time were ready to give them up, they are a. Gingerbread house made from graham crackers, milk carton. The little ones built the traditional gingerbread houses on friday. By the time were ready to give them up, they are a bit too old to eat anyway. Easy gingerbread houses for kids made with graham crackers. Dec 6, 2012 if you are looking for an easy gingerbread house to make with kids, in the classroom or at home then a milk carton gingerbread house is perfect for. Walmart or maybe your local grocery store has some orange juice single serve juice cartons. I used to make graham cracker houses with my kids when they were little but i love the idea of using animal crackers and gumdrops to create the nativity. A free printable recipe with picture directions for your preschool or kindergarten students.
Making graham cracker gingerbread houses orwhy i bought candy november 29, 2012 by laura 44 comments. I frost the entire outside of the next side and finish the base. Use the frosting to decorate your house with candy of your choice. Graham cracker gingerbread houses the printable princess. Next, with one of the gramcrackers place your thumbs near the center line on the cracker and press gently down.
We called it graham cracker mush and i still make it sometimes when we have graham crackers lying around. When i needed lots of milk cartons for school parties, i always asked the cafeteria workers to please set aside some used ones for me. How to make graham cracker gingerbread houses happiness. Decorating gingerbread houses is a fun holiday tradition, and now its even easier with this simple stepbystep tutorial for how to make graham cracker gingerbread houses quick, easy, and perfect for school classrooms, large groups, or at home with your family. Use either hot glue or royal icing to glue the crackers to the box. On the morning when we are going to make the milk carton gingerbread houses, i set up everything we will need. Here are some of the most clever ideas ive seen around for making gingerbread houses from using milk cartons to cardboard and felt, the possibilities are endless. Decorating these gingerbread houses is a family tradition for more than 20 years.
We buy cheap graham crackers they tend to hold together better. If having an entirely edible creation is not a priority for you, you can use a small milk carton as the base of your building. Then the fun part is to use any types of little candies, marshmallows or other treats you have handy to decorate, using more icing to make them stick. Dec 14, 2015 she started off using the royal icing, then moved to melted sugar just dipping the sides in and gluing the pieces quickly.
I will portion them out so each child gets 4 squares for walls and 2 rectangles for the roof. How to make milk carton gingerbread houses pocket of. How to make milk carton gingerbread houses gingerbread. If you dont have milk cartons, juice cartons work as well. Prepare graham crackers to fit the 4 sides of the carton and a roof. Your little learners will love using candy, icing, and graham crackers to build their very own. Needing a project for a sunday school class one year, i made a stable and manger scene with the graham crackers and it worked quite well.
To make your house simply glue the graham crackers to the sides of the container. With frosting, secure half a graham cracker on each of the four sides of the house. Measure the graham crackers against the sides of the milk carton and cut them with the. Nov 24, 2014 instead of spending hours making gingerbread, or spending lots of money on a kit, you can make a gingerbread house using graham crackers. Use the completed house as a centerpiece or holiday decoration. Learn how to cut the crackers more easily, put them together so they stay together, and more. Using graham crackers as the base of your house is a super easy way to construct the houses since theres no baking required. Graham cracker gingerbread house made with small milk carton easy gingerbread house this is so fun and easy. Gingerbread house recipe gingerbread house ideas rada. How to make gingerbread house with graham crackers. Use four square pieces of gingerbread or graham cracker and adhere to the walls with frosting. Each end of the lower windows has shutters make of sugar wafer strips. As soon as halloween or christmas time came around, we were making milk carton graham cracker houses. Food and entertaining expert liz corbett, showed us some.
Securely tape the batterypowered led inside of the milk carton window. Like all of our nobake cookie cottages, this charming house starts with graham cracker construction. Then, i spread frosting on four of the graham cracker halves and covered each side of the milk carton with them. Adjust the size of your cookie based on which carton you are using.
Below the opening of the carton, on either side, there will be a triangular space exposed. How to make milk carton gingerbread houses in preschool. Dec 03, 2014 you could likely save even more money if you already have plates, milk cartons, and assorted candy decor you can use. When i needed lots of milk cartons for school parties, i always asked the. The easy way to make a gingerbread house my creative days. Make a graham cracker nativity with the kids this christmas. Nov 29, 2012 empty milk cartons 1 cup are used as the base to stick the graham crackers on. Candyland lesson to go with the wise man and foolish man melt sugar to use as glue for graham cracker gingerbread houses. Saw the top corners off of another cracker to create a peaked roof. Gingerbread house recipes for kids seasonal cooking. I know my friend had a hard time collecting milk cartons for all the children in our group, but once you gather the milk cartons, theyre easy to assemble.
Some people like to glue their crackers to a mini milk carton, but i just free form them. Attach graham crackers to the milk carton using the frosting mixture as glue. A mouthful of frosting, graham cracker, foil, and milk carton is just not a treat. Bright white, easy to make royal icing that is perfect glue for the graham cracker gingerbread houses. Impressive gingerbread houses and nobake cookie cottages that anyone can make. You will need to make some easy icing so the kids have a glue to hold their toppings to the house. To make the gingerbread house, just use a singleserve milk carton. You will need 8 graham cracker halves for each house. Display your houses on your table or in a decorative corner for christmas day. We had a gingerbread making party for the little girls when my daughters were 6. Unfortunately, not every single graham cracker in the box is going to come out looking pretty so you need to sort through them.
Milk carton ginger bread house graham cracker gingerbread. Make a graham cracker gingerbread house with a milk carton. This year it is my middle daughters turn to make a gingerbread house. Start by laying out your graham crackers so youre ready. Gingerbread house with graham crackers cleverly simple. This will provide a sturdy base on which the kids can create their homes. The white icing will be the glue that holds your graham cracker construction together, it will also glue on the hard candies which act as holiday decorations on the outside of the house. My kids are in their 20s now but i am collecting ideas for potential grandkids. We built one gluten free house and six graham cracker houses. They will squeeze two large dots on the graham cracker one for the window and one for the door.
Save snack time milk containers and ask parents to send in candy, frosting, and graham crackers and let the kids create. Two more halves make up the roof, with a quarter of a graham cracker covering the space under the roof at the front and back of the house. Then pipe royal icing onto the bottom and straight edges of a peaked piece. We took half pieces of graham crackers and stuck them to little milk cartons, like the ones you get at school, with regular frosting. Save your old milk cartons or any sturdy cardboard boxes which become the base for each gingerbread house. Use icing from a can, or whip up a batch of buttercream frosting as a paste to attach the crackers to the carton. But then i remembered how my sons class had done gingerbread houses, using small milk cartons and graham crackers. But lets be real those milk carton gingerbread houses are a lot of work. I know kids often make them out of milk cartons at school. Each house takes about 5 minutes to make and you can make a few ahead of time so theyre ready to go when youre ready to do the holiday activity with the kids. With the frosting attach graham crackers on each side of the milk carton. Build a basic graham cracker house today im excited to show you how to build a basic graham cracker house.
Dec 10, 2012 learn how to make a graham cracker gingerbread house. They used milk cartons from the elementary school as a base. The only problem with these gingerbread houses is you dont want to really want to eat them. Make a stem gingerbread house to light up the night by christy crawford. Love the gingerbread houses but looking for more holiday cheer. The cracker houses look like little outhouses or doghousesbut, they turn out so cute when theyre decorated. How to make milk carton gingerbread houses pocket of preschool.
Completely edible no yucky milk cartons and the perfect size for kids. The graham cracker cookies are placed crosswise for windows using the pretzel sticks to mark the panes. Dec 10, 2016 this graham cracker milk carton house is a project for your class party. Makes a snappy graham cracker house and we always covered the edges with frosting anyway. The easy way to make a gingerbread house graham cracker. How to make a milk carton gingerbread house rockview. Nov 17, 2014 this is the first graham cracker house little r ever made. They always went a step further and ran them through the dish washer for me. Winter graham cracker gingerbread house this looks like an easy alternative to our efforts to do a gingerbread house. The door is a graham cracker cookie attached with something orange. Your kids can use these as prompts to help them assemble their gingerbread houses. Milk carton gingerbread houses are so easy to make.
Getting large pieces of gingerbread to fit together with frosting glue is not an easy task, especially for a childs hands. Diy gingerbread houses perfect for holiday memories. How to make milk carton gingerbread houses halloween. Then attach the roof with two crackers pointing up. I also participated in a team gingerbread house building contest in college. Glue it onto a sturdy paper plate or a piece of cardboard, and let the glue dry overnight. Some like to use a milk carton to make it sturdier. If you are using candy in wrappers to decorate, it is best to take the wrappers off before hand. Instead of spending hours making gingerbread, you can make gingerbread houses using graham crackers to save yourself both effort and time during a busy season. Make a stem gingerbread house to light up the night. Nov 17, 2009 have your child place a dollop of frosting on the cardboard where you want the house to go.
Instead of spending hours making gingerbread, or spending lots of money on a kit, you can make a gingerbread house using graham crackers. Youve got to collect, clean and dry the milk cartons. Make this minigingerbread house with your children or students. Using milk cartons was a brilliant new addition this year and is highly recommended. Nov 17, 2009 getting large pieces of gingerbread to fit together with frosting glue is not an easy task, especially for a childs hands. Milk carton gingerbread house alternative if having an entirely edible creation is not a priority for you, you can use a small milk carton as the base of your building. Graham cracker holiday houses one good thing by jillee. Then you need to assemble the gingerbread houses with graham crackers so students can.
When you feel your house is ready, its time to decorate. You will need a halfpint sized carton, graham crackers, icing and candy to decorate with. The secret is using two clean, dry paper cartons as the frame and covering wi. As your childs imagination is stimulated, his dexterity and motor skills will receive a boost. Have you ever made milk carton gingerbread house with your kids.
It was a preschool project that used a small milk carton to easily contract the house. Have your child place a dollop of frosting on the cardboard where you want the house to go. We have always used the small school size milk cartons to be the graham cracker base. Gingerbread houses are a christmas tradition the whole family can make together. You can pick up a kit at the store, build your own around a milk carton, use graham crackers, pretzels and wheat foods galore. Mar 29, 2019 gingerbread houses are a christmas tradition the whole family can make together. Easy steps to build a gingerbread house with graham crackers. It means that you cant eat your house, but we usually like to keep these on display. If you teach little people, then theres a good chance that youve made milk carton gingerbread houses. Beat egg whites, cream of tartar and water until frothy. Ive hosted a gingerbread house party for over 25 years and have plenty of tips. Heres a bright idea thats no fuss and easy to make by using graham. If you want to keep it healthy or simply create a rustic look, pretzels and. I decided to replicate this idea with my kids and it worked like a charm.
Learn how to make a graham cracker gingerbread house. How to make graham cracker gingerbread houses happiness is. Dried papaya surrounds the base of the house with a pumpkin candy by the door. When i was a kid, i remember making graham cracker gingerbread houses at a holiday party. It is also important to save and collect milk cartons. How to make a graham cracker gingerbread house restless. The first thing i did was break the graham crackers in half along the seams. Easy graham cracker gingerbread houses our best bites. Empty milk cartons 1 cup are used as the base to stick the graham crackers on. There are many ways to build a house with graham crackers. This graham cracker milk carton house is a project for your class party. Dec 06, 20 milk carton gingerbread houses are so easy to make.
The best sweetened condensed milk graham crackers recipes on yummly strawberry cheesecake ice cream, passion fruit cheesecake, smores seven layer bars. Students use the candies to decorate their graham cracker gingerbread house. The kids love making a gingerbread house, and they love eating it even more. Milk carton gingerbread houses a how to with freebies. Make a gingerbread house suited for childrens hands this year, using a milk carton base and graham cracker walls. My mom always gathers up these little milk cartons for the kids to use as a base for their houses. You may need to shape them a little use a serrated knife and saw back and forth to get a clean break. The graham crackers will be your gingerbread, they are make up the house. There are so many options when it comes to building and decorating gingerbread houses. This recipe does not call for it but thought i used cream of tarter when i did it.