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a cheerful graham cracker gingerbread house decorated with colorful gummy candies, candy canes, and white icing snow, displayed in a wide horizontal shot on a festive table with a light dusting of powdered sugar, soft warm light, shallow depth of field, landscape orientation

Gingerbread House Craft

A cottage made of graham crackers and decorated with candy and royal icing for kids to decorate!
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Prep Time 40 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings: 1 house
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 8 graham cracker sheets
  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 2 egg whites
  • 0.5 tsp cream of tartar
  • 1 cup assorted gummy candies
  • 0.5 cup mini candy canes
  • 0.5 cup gumdrops

Method
 

  1. Beat the egg whites, powdered sugar, and cream of tartar until thick and glossy to make royal icing.
  2. Pipe icing along the edges of four graham crackers and press them together into walls on a plate.
  3. Add two angled crackers for the roof, holding until the icing grips.
  4. Let the house set 15 minutes so it holds its shape.
  5. Pipe more icing onto the roof and walls and press on candies however the kids like.
  6. Finish with a snowy dusting of powdered sugar over the whole thing.

Notes

Build the bare house yourself first, then hand it over for the fun decorating part.