How Do You Make Small Gingerbread Houses With Graham Crackers?
Gingerbread houses are a holiday favorite, but they can be difficult to make, especially for younger children. Use graham crackers and small milk cartons for a variation on the gingerbread house that is easy and inexpensive. This simple holiday craft works great in classrooms as well as with small children as home. It can also be used to complement the story Hansel and Gretel. Add one tablespoon of milk to two cups of confectioner’s sugar. Continue adding the milk one or two tablespoons at a time until the frosting is thick. If you add too much milk the frosting will be too thin for the craft. Add more sugar to stiffen it up. Place half the icing in a plastic sandwich page. Cut off one corner of the bag. Now, you can squeeze the icing through the hole and make designs and piping. Spread a layer of icing around the milk carton. Press sections of graham cracker to cover all four sides of the milk carton. Use two large crackers on the sloped top of the carton for a rook. Use a thick layer
