Miniature Gingerbread House

Looking for a no-bake, easy to assemble gingerbread house? Well, here's a treat for you! A miniature house made of graham crackers and all your favorite candies...

Supplies

7 graham crackers
Frosting for glue (recipe below)
Assorted small candies for decorating
Pastry bag and tip or Ziploc bag and scissors

Frosting

1/2 pound confectioner's sugar (powdered)
3 tbs. butter/margarine
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 1/2 tbs. of milk

Step 1: Mix all ingredients for frosting until smooth and thick (yet easy to spread). Keep adding sugar if it's too runny.

Step 2: Place frosting in pastry bag or use a Ziploc bag and cut small tip off one corner.

Step 3: Place one graham cracker flat on board and squeeze a little frosting around all the edges.

Step 4: Place one cracker on each side standing up. (It looks like a box without a top). You may need to hold the crackers in postion for a couple minutes.

Step 5: Carefully squeeze more frosting on all outside corners from top to bottom and around the bottom of the box. Let it stand for a while so the frosting can harden. This will make the roof easier to assemble.

Step 6: Next, squeeze frosting on top of the two long edges and place the last two graham crackers in a V shape on as the roof. If your frosting is pretty strong, try getting the crackers to overhang.

Step 7: Squeeze frosting along the top of the roof where the crackers meet.

Step 8: Now you can cover the roof with frosting to look like snow and place candy on the house to decorate. You can also add doors, windows, sidewalks, etc. Use your imagination!

Optional: After the project is totally dry, string a ribbon through the open side of the roof and hang on Christmas tree, OR, treat yourself to a well-earned delicious dessert.