Great Kid Craft!

Check out my mini gingerbread house! It is so cute and easy to make. I'm going to do this tonight with the Jr. High kids, so hopefully I still think it's easy after that. lol.

Here's what you need:
6 graham cracker halves ( I used chocolate ones, because that's what we had. I did see
Gingerbread graham crackers at Wal-Mart, though.)
Vanilla frosting
Cream of Tarter
Candy for decorations
a piece of cardboard for the base
a knife

Mix some Cream of Tarter into the frosting so that it will harden better and faster. Then ice two sides of one graham and place one iced end on the cardboard base. Follow with a second graham iced on three sides which you will affix to the previous graham to form a right angle. Proceed in the same manner with two more grahams to form the complete box. Wait for the icing to dry a little before attempting the roof. I took this opportunity to decorate the base with the m&m path and the gum drop trees. Once the sides seem to be standing well on their own, ice the top edge of two of the sides and ice one edge of each remaining graham. Carefully place grahams in an A shape with the iced ends meeting at the top. Hold for a while to help the roof stay up. This is the hardest part. Once that seems to be ok, start decorating the sides and decorate the roof last. You don't really need to buy a bunch of special candy. I used smarties and Fall kisses that were Halloween leftovers. Not bad.

This project doesn't take very long, but you do need to be careful and patient. It's really a fun and yummy project to do at this festive time of year.

Mini Gingerbread houses are a great thing!