Our Candy House

We started making these our first year of homeschooling. We used to call it a gingerbread house, but in the interest of complete honesty and full disclosure, we now call it the Candy House.

You see, while I think the smell of fresh gingerbread would be delightful, and the challenge of constructing a house made of large, frail cookies would be rewarding if successful, the stress that may accompany such a project is just not what I'm looking for during my holidays.

So we just buy a ton of candy, some graham crackers and 4 or 5 cans of white frosting.

We hot glue the graham crackers to a box to make a house, then the fun begins! No need to be perfect with your graham crackers, you can fill in any spaces with icing or candy. We listen to Christmas music and plan and coordinate and decorate. And before you know it, our candy house is complete.


See the peppermint stick with a whopper on top? That's a security camera courtesy of Garrett.

Because you just never know when some thug gingerbread men may come around looking for trouble. Man, remember the days when you could just leave your chocolate door unlocked?

I'm a pretty big fan of the Nestle Crunch door and the skittle garden.

It's low maintenance, a great decoration, and a ton of fun!