EASY Graham Cracker Gingerbread Houses! Unicorns, Legos & Paw Patrol! New Christmas Tradition
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- Опубліковано 8 лис 2019
- These DIY Gingerbread Houses are incredibly quick and easy to put together and SO much fun to decorate! This has quickly become a favorite part of Christmas for our kids!!
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I cannot believe how amazing these turned out!! I've always wanted to do a gingerbread house decorating party, but felt overwhelmed with people being at my house for the amount of time it takes to do a traditional boxed gingerbread house. These are perfect though!!
This is one of our favourite traditions too! Immediately after Halloween, I ask the kids to separate out the colourful stuff they got - this reduces the amount of candy we have to buy for the houses! Sometimes we end up with Swedish fish houses though lol.
I love that Adeline had to add siding - clearly they’ve been paying attention to your home renovations!
You are raising a very artistic group of children! The houses look great!💕💕💕
Pretzel sticks could turn some houses into log cabins! Fun! And you could've used licorice strings for the eyes on the one you showed where you used the Walmart icing that doesn't harden.
If you ever feel like giving up, remember that there's someone out there that looks up to you. Do it for them.
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Thank you for the sentiment. I keep living for my child! 🤗
Watching them all design their own houses made me so happy. They enjoyed it so much. ❤️
We make these exact houses every year. We always save Halloween candy to decorate with in December.
J rn great idea!!
Brilliant!
Wow.Great idea.thanks for sharing. will be going this now.
OMG, I love these so much! you did a fantastic job and for pennies. We are totally going to do this over and over. One thing I might try different is using the Royal icing in can thats premade by Wilton, this turns rock hard and might shorten the drying time. Thx for the ideas!
Haha!! “Roof”. I get joked about my southern twang how I say water. When I’m not thinking, it comes out “wudder”. 😂 Oh, and wolf comes out as “wuf”. 🤦🏼♀️
Super cute houses! I think we will do that, too!
Very sweet!!! LOVE the unicorn one 🦄💜 I’m trying to buy less stuff this Christmas too and focus on more experiences!!! Lord knows my house has enough stuff in it 🤣🤣 Thank you for creating this video!
It makes me feel so grounded every time I watch your videos Dawn, keeps me reminded that simple life is a lot more meaningful and makes me appreciate and grateful in life as well. Thank you for all you do
You have this down to a science, perfect balance of kid driven and adult assisted. I've picked up some great tips just watching. Thanks, Dawn!
Your children are so cute, I think Maggie is a mini Dawn! I am 55 years old and have NEVER made a Gingerbread house (even with my 3 kids *sniff sniff*) but this year I inherited a 7 year old grand daughter and my son and his wife had my first grandchild... so this would be fun to do when she comes over. Thanks Dawn!
That's what I was thinking just enough of a mess. My mom could do with my son to make a memory! 🎄💖
That's so cool. I brought a kit once that required me to ice the sides of the house, it was a disaster so I brought them ever since pre made houses. Your houses are amazing. Like the child I like order too. My daughter loved doing this. The unicorn and church was a great idea.
Love the idea. I think my daughter and her roommates would enjoy doing this for Christmas and it’s inexpensive for college students. Thanks for sharing.
@MinimalMom, thanks for this super-easy way to make gingerbread houses! I have not had success doing typical gingerbread houses with young kids. But your idea of building the house before hand so they’re set and using simple supplies like graham crackers and canned icing made my venture into gingerbread houses with my preschool and young elementary school aged kids so much fun! (I also think that the smaller size of the house keeps the activity just the right length of time for younger kids.) Thanks for the new fun family memory!
What a great idea! I usually have my son, nieces and nephew make gingerbread houses out of pre-made kits, but they're kind of expensive. The gingerbread in the kits and the candy don't taste very good. I'm so excited, this Christmas, to have them pick out candy and make it from scratch!
I love them all! They look so great. :) Adeline has a lot of artistic ability.
They all turned out great! Fun tradition!
I just introduced these gingerbread houses to my Dutch family who’s never done this before and they had fun! We used our local crackers bec they don’t sell graham crackers here. Those gingerbread houses look beautiful especially the Lego one! My boys would love that!
We made these tonight and they were great. Cheaper and wayyyy less stressful. Our new tradition. Thank you!
These are adorable! We’ve done graham cracker houses for many years but I hot glue them together since we never eat the crackers. After the first year or two we began to rummage through our Halloween candy to set aside what might be used for the houses. We have a local grocery store with a bulk food section that we visit to pick and choose what each person wants. It’s fun to invite friends or another family or two.
Great idea. Love the gingerbread house kits !
On board. I am not into all the commercial. So nice to focus on traditions and quality time with each other. I'm glad you shared this.
Good job kids. Good job mom on your project AND being a good mom. Well done. 👏🏻👏🏻
What an easy way to do them. I can’t wait to try this with my boys!
I've decided that gingerbread house kits are what santa is going to stuff our stockings with this year. Thanks for the inspiration!
So glad I found you! I'm a mother of four and I love to keep it simple and fun! Anthing for my kiddos! Love your family!
Hosted a Christmas party for my daughter tonight & made these. Turned out great & so much fun!!!
We did this in school growing up. I think they put a single serving milk carton in the middle of ours. But yours seemed to stay up just fine :)
They are all so talented and did a beautiful job!Tell them thank you for letting us watch.
Adorable! I am going to do these with my grand daughters 💕💒🎄
Thank you so much for sharing.
Oh my word...could this video have been any cuter?!? Brought tears to my eyes as I recalled having littles not so long ago. You're kids are awesome and what an amazing mom you are! Thank you for this gingerbread video! 😍
What a cute and inexpensive way to make a gingerbread house. Thank you and your family for sharing with us. The houses are all so cute!
This is such perfect timing! This year I really wanted to help the kids to focus on things other than what they are getting. We are going to do the 12 days of Christmas for a family. I've been trying to think of other simple things we could DO, instead of have. I would love any other ideas. Thank you!
LOVE this! I don't have any small children but I want to make these gingerbread houses. The kit idea is wonderful. Maybe the adults in my family would enjoy this as an activity after Thanksgiving dinner. Get everyone in the holiday spirit. Thanks so much for sharing your family fun with us.
So fun, I have been using gram crackers to make ginger bread houses too. I LOVE the unicorn.
So sweet. I've always been so intimidated by making these. I never made them growing up, but this is something I think we will definitely add to our traditions with our children. Not Christmas related but we carve Jack O Lanterns every year with them and they really look forward to it. ☺
So fun! We’ve started talking about holiday baking because our 24-yr old is falling in love with making treats 😀
Thank you SO MUCH for sharing this with us Dawn! As always, your video brightened my day! Thanks for the tip on letting them sit a few hours after you construct them. We did graham cracker houses last year but tried to decorate too soon, we will be doing this idea for sure! I liked everyone's creations! Awesome job kids & Dawn! So fun to see you create yours too! You are so creative, but we all knew that! 2 questions: 1-do you cut the cone to make sure it fits on the roof? 2-what do you do with the houses and little toys once done? Does everything get tossed in trash & are the kids good with that? (I guess that was 3 questions) LOL! Happy Weekend & thanks for helping us get ready for the Christmas season in a light, fun & gentle way! You are a blessing to me! ;)
That's how we do "gingerbread" houses too. Super fun!
I ❤️ this idea! I see a new tradition to enjoy with my grandkids🙂
Such great ideas-perfect timing! I love how easy and inexpensive these are-will definitely be making these with my girls. I used to spend hours making dough and royal icing for gingerbread houses-and the mess!! So done with that! Thank you for making such wonderful videos-love love love!
We've been making these for several years now too. My kids love to make them but as soon as they are done, they want to eat them! We used to make a village to enjoy for a day but not anymore! It goes right to their mouth. Congratulations on your kids not eating them!
I’ve seen houses made out of Pop Tarts! I love how creative your kids are❣️
The kids did an amazing job on their gingerbread houses! Great ideas.
Awesome! The kids are so creative. I wonder where they get that from?! 😁
We did this last year and plan on doing it again! My daughter just turned 3 so last year I decided so save her Halloween candy for the houses and I’m doing the same this year. Not sure how much control I’ll have over her candy in the future but for now that’s working 😉
I'm stealing the unicorn idea this year! Thank you!
That unicorn one!!!!
Dawn you should share this video again. It's about that time of year. This the best gingerbread house video I've seen.
When my kids were little, they made these in school. They actually stuck the graham crackers to a small milk or juice carton. I like your way of doing it better.❤️
My kids do the same at their school for a 5th grade activity around Christmas. But at home, we make them Dawn's way 😉
Thoroughly enjoyed this vlog! Thank-you for posting!!
I love all of your videos but for some reason, this video brought happy tears to my eyes. ❤
My family and I are definitely making these!
I make these with royal icing, and sometimes they collapse before the icing sets, so I set soup cans on the outside of the walls to hold them in place. I have never cut gables in the walls - great idea! I'll try that this year!
Love the idea for smaller houses! The cone could be a steeple for a church! 😊
All the kids at my daughters babysitter are getting these for Christmas! Thanks for this awesome idea
So cute! The early stages of the unicorn house also looks like an old country church, if you wanted to make a village!
Putting them together beforehand= genius
Simple but SO effective! Absolutely love the fun and cheer this would bring. Definitely going to remember this one for the future
So cute! The kids are so creative! And all the houses turned out so cute.
This is sooo great! I’m amazed! Truthfully I already have the things to do this too except the frosting. We eat graham crackers all the time and always have candy of all sorts and sprinkles and such. Thank you sooo much. This has truly made my day. I feel like I have found something new to make this holiday season a little better.
I made 12 of these a couple of years ago but had so much trouble with them falling apart but finally mastered! I glued (with frosting ) to white boards so the little ones had an easier time to decorate too.
beautiful mom!
I absolutely love this project! Thanks for sharing.
I’m so impressed by the family creativity! 😍 Definitely going to try this with my kids. Thanks!
We just made these, this past weekend, during a sleepover and it was so easy and so much fun! Thank you for the great explanation and directions, as I've never made a gingerbread house before! It was such a great way to SPEND TIME together, which is what we're able to do more of now since I've minimized - all thanks to your inspiring videos! Thank you for sharing this idea! ❤😁
These are so cute, and your kids are so creative!
This is totally the kind of project that would feel overwhelming to me and that I would simplify right out of our holidays...ha! Glad it is something that brings your family joy.
Out of curiosity, what do you do with the puppy, paw patrol figurine, etc. afterwards so they don't become clutter?
I cant wait to do this with my nieces and nephews!
We have been doing this for 38 years, with a few breaks. We started when DD was three and DS was five. The five yo did well but the 3yo needed more help. A class of first greaders was pretty good at it too. We made a tradition of inviting another family for a meal and dessert was making the houses. The rule was EVERYONE had to participate, but building or helping someone. No observers were allowed. We continued with the youth group or college friends. :-) Now with grandchildren we are back at it. One year a boy's house kept collapsing. He finally said added more red candy and called it the Centralia Mine Fire. We also had an earthquake. We use the mini candy canes for lamp posts with gum drops glued on. We always use meringue powder for mortar.
What a great idea! Bought everything and got the houses assembled for some friends coming over tonight.
Theses are fabulous ...my granddaughters would love doing this .Great job everyone !
Love this! We have food allergies in my house but they make graham crackers and frosting that will work for us! So excited to be able to begin this tradition this year! Thank u so much for the inspiration!
Just precious. 🙂🎄🙂
Love this!!! Thanks for sharing!
We will have to make these this year!
I'm just as excited to make some gingerbread houses as I am to have my kids make them lol
Love those gingerbread houses! The kids are very creative! I can't pick one that is my favorite because I like them all! :) Thanks for sharing!
I’m so glad you posted this now I’m going to save part of the Halloween candy for this. And get rid of the rest (so I stop eating it)
Big 👍 for you Dawn! This is such a great idea, I’ve spend lots of money in the past buying those kits, not anymore! This is not only cheaper but soo unique, my daughter will have so much more fun this year! 🍬🎄🏠
Thanks for sharing! We are definitely going to try this visiting family during Thanksgiving. So fun!
Oh I can't wait to make some with my Grandsons. Thank you so very much for sharing the holiday ideas....great gingerbread houses!
Looks like fun, the cones would make great trees too
I love this. Thanks for sharing
Such a great idea, so simple and fun!
❤️ thanks for sharing this idea!!
So cute!
Such a great idea!!!! Thank you for sharing! We are definitely going to do this.
Beautiful gingerbread houses! All of them! And sweet little kids... These are the best memories ❤️ Thank you so much for sharing, Dawn!🤗
Those look great and super easy! I have always wanted to do gingerbread house with my kids but those kits are so expensive, times that by five kids. This looks like it will be cheaper. We usually make Christmas cookies together but I think we will try both this year. Thanks Dawn!!!
These are gorgeous Dawn. The kids are amazing so focussed and calm I love watching them. What a lovely Christmas tradition..... 🎄
Looks like lots of fun for kids. Great idea.
I love these! I wanted to do gingerbread houses with the grandkids, this will be so much easier then the way I was going to do it. Thank you
they all did a great job!
Love the idea of making a kit to give away.
Love this, I might even attempt it with my two-year-old boys, I think they would really enjoy sticking the candy to the icing.
I remember making a gingerbread house with Graham crackers at my grandma's house, she's really artistic and used the icing the make icicles hanging off the eves. And when I was a teenager my siblings and I made gingerbread houses totally from scratch, they were huge and sloppy because we used buttercream icing. They lasted two days before we have in and ate them 😅
Everyone did a fantastic job! Fun idea for Christmas.
How adorable all the houses turned out! What a great idea to have as part of holiday decorations. And how easy with Graham crackers. 😀😀