Building a Gingerbread House
Suggested for K - 5th graders.
This activity will guide you to build a simple edible “gingerbread” house using graham crackers, icing, and your favorite candies. Download the handout below for step-by-step photo instruction. Younger children will need help from an adult to cut the graham cracker shapes.
Materials:
- 6 full sheets of graham crackers
- royal icing, cookie icing, or cake frosting
- optional decorations: red & green m&ms, gumdrops, pez,
- mini candy canes, sprinkles/jimmies, twizzlers, gummies
- cutting board
- serrated knife
- butter knife
- hand mixer
- mixing bowl
Step 1: Using a serrated knife, saw the top of a graham cracker at a diagonal to make the GABLE end of the house. Repeat this step so you have 2 gable ends.
Step 2: Spread a thin line of icing along the vertical edges of the graham cracker you just cut.
Step 3: Place a graham cracker against the icing on each of the vertical sides, and attach the other gable end so all four walls are connected.
Step 4: Spread a line of icing along the diagonal edges of the gable, and place 1 graham cracker on each side to form the roof.
Step 5: Spread a line of icing along the RIDGE. Let the icing harden for 30 minutes.
Step 6: Decorate using your favorite candies. Use the icing like glue to help stick the candies to the graham crackers.
Step 7: Show us what you made! Tag us on Instagram